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In reply to the discussion: Ohio man gets jail for mocking disabled girl [View all]frylock
(34,825 posts)60. yes, you are
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I made that comment before I knew all of the aggravating circumstances
TwilightGardener
Nov 2012
#143
I'd blame my lack of knowledge on the headlines instead of not reading the story too.
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#175
These people were all adults, and approached you when you were ten years old?
thucythucy
Nov 2012
#141
There are laws against disorderly conduct and menacing - that's what he plead to.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#43
Go read the statute in post #43 before you spout off and make silly declarative statements.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#77
Child abuse is illegal. And this kind of bullying qualified as child abuse. n/t
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#136
It was used as an example cause theres alot of support for antigay bullying laws
Arcanetrance
Nov 2012
#167
I agree. A more suitable punishment would be a few days in the stocks with
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#64
nothing personal. if you look through the thread, i'm engaging all the morans here
frylock
Nov 2012
#101
He won't serve a month--probably a week or two. But the sentence will be more aggravating
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#116
I'd say the prosecutor and the judge found that the situation was pretty serious.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#144
If you knew which jail he was held in, you could pay someone on the inside...
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#145
He's been convicted of a crime, so it's a safe bet that he committed a crime.
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#68
Here's the video of the "man" and his son, mockingly walking like the little girl:
Poll_Blind
Nov 2012
#8
"You are defending his actions?" Are you talking to me? Of course not! WTF? nt
Poll_Blind
Nov 2012
#20
what is this country coming to when you can't threaten to choke someone with a chain..
frylock
Nov 2012
#123
now that the girl is a public figure- doesn't that let the dad off the hook...?
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#39
The girl is a private citizen. Merely being a victim of a crime does not make you
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#72
His actions appear to fall well within the charge of Disorderly Contact as written.
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#51
Yeah, I expect that if I had a ten year old daughter with cerebral palsy, and if an adult
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#56
I imagine we often think people with different opinions are somewhat less
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#128
Seeing that his actions included death threats on top of child abuse, I'd say he got off light. n/t
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#151
It would have been far better to give him community service to help the disabled
still_one
Nov 2012
#53