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Ohio Man Who Mocked Young Girl’s Cerebral Palsy Sentenced to 1 Month in Jail

Nov. 28, 2012 6:15pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Ohio Man William M. Bailey Who Mocked Young Girls Cerebral Palsy Sentenced to 1 Month in Jail

William M. Bailey was sentenced to nearly a month in jail Tuesday after he was accused of mocking 10-year-old Hope Holcomb (Image source: WJW-TV)

A northeast Ohio man accused of making fun of a young girl with cerebral palsy has been sentenced to nearly a month in jail.

Canton Municipal Judge John A. Poulos gave William M. Bailey, 43, the maximum sentence Tuesday after Bailey pleaded no contest to reduced misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and aggravated menacing, the Canton Repository reported. He will report to jail in January to begin a 29-day jail sentence and will pay more than $400 in court costs and fines.

Bailey and his 9-year-old son were caught on video apparently mimicking their 10-year-old neighbor Hope Holcomb’s limp. The footage went viral last month, though Bailey insisted he was not mocking Holcomb and was reacting only to name-calling directed at his son, the newspaper reported.

A statement distributed by Bailey’s attorney after the court hearing said: “To Hope and her family, please accept my apology for my inappropriate behavior. I know that my actions were immature and lacked the respect you deserve. I didn’t realize the impact this incident would have upon both of our families and I truly regret it.”

Bailey also wrote a direct apology to Holcomb. Her mother, Tricia Knight, told the Repository: “I know he doesn’t mean it. I know it’s crap.”

Knight said her daughter has been deeply upset by the incident.

“She wants the blinds closed. She doesn’t want to be outside,” Knight said.

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just my opinion maybe not yours
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:52pm
I think the family should not have had him arrested but they should have sued for it, hitting the father right where it hurts, the BANK ACCOUNT!!

It’s not a criminal case and how long will he actually stay in jail, story says 29 days but he’ll get out early for being nice. Now if they sue then that money is gone never to get it back and that would hurt way more!

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- SgtB
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:25pm
  Really?!? You think that filing a lawsuit on no grounds whatsoever instead of the parents, or more specifically, the father of this little girl standing up for her and dealing with the problem on the spot, is the right thing to do? Since when are we a nation that has to use laws to coddle everyone? No adult should mock a child with a disability, but should that be a criminal offense or even the subject of a civil suit? I say no. Not unless he was committing the act on the family’s property and then it would be a trespassing issue.
  
  I don’t know about you, but I took an oath to the Constitution. Now, if I have to stand by and say that the Hilsboro Baptist Church is practicing their freedom of speech when they go to funerals for fallen Marines and the like, then you can be damn sure that I will say that while this man’s actions were distasteful, lewd, and immoral; he broke no law.
  
  As an aside, the father of this little girl looks like he is lacking in the man department. I’m pretty sure that his wife wears the pants. Maybe that is what is really wrong with this situation.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 12:28am
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  Stop being so offended.
  Mocking anyone isn’t a crime.
  Jeez, what’s next, jailing someone for criticizing Obama?
  America has gone crazy.
  
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- NOTMOHAMMED
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 5:04am
  What the hell do you think they’re settin’ us up for?
  
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- November29
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 5:32am
  The guy is a jerk, but people have a right to be jerks in this country. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- Johnny Cocheroo
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:12am
  @SGTB
  
  Problem is the dad (& his buddies if needed) knock some sense into this idiot without getting sued.
  
  The community won’t do much as these guys are probably already on the outs. Most of those types only respond to physical force – and ironically are the first to press charges.
  
  Family is simply left with is the law. Sucks that men are no longer a part of society.
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:39am
  The man yes was clearly out of line and immature as he admits and apologizes for. Thats where this should have ended. The mother says his apology is crap! Once someone apologizes and it appears to me that his words are regretful and he is taking responsibility for what he did then the ball is in the corner of the folks whom he offended.
  
  Jail time? Hardly!! If this is the new precedent, then anyone can be jailed for just about any perceived slight. We will need to build more jails if this keeps up.
  
  How about work place violence where someone who survived and went through the violence in the work place, then at a later time feels threatened by a coworkers glare or quick response to being surprised from behind? Are we then going to have people removed? I’ve already seen this done and it happened 6 years after the tragic event. If people are given an excuse to FEEL entitled to some kind of special treatment by society, they will then lean on that and keep the fires of victimhood burning brightly within them and sometimes more than not, for all to see.
  
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- Misty Williams
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:10am
  Thought police on the move. Even if what you have done is really only immature, vile, cruel and ugly, gov’t officials, in this case a prosecutor and judge, will find a way to make it a “CRIME” so you will go to jail–and for how long? How long will this man’s family be disrupted because he behaved childishly and with a total lack of feeling and forethought for a few moments? Doesn’t he have a right to be a dufus? I feel very badly for the hurt of this little gal and her folks, but I feel a lot worse about what this sort of case presages for America’s future.
  
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- Balpit
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:03pm
  If he went to jail just for mocking her, that would be a violation of free speech.
  However, if he was harassing her and committing aggravated menacing, that’s where it stops being free speech and starts being a crime.
  
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Lloyd Drako
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:44pm
I don’t think this guy deserves jail time for a lapse in taste. But if he does deserve jail, so does Rush, for mocking Michael J. Fox’s MS.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 8:00pm
  That never happened you need to do a little research and apologize. I’ll wait.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 9:26pm
  He won’t. He’s a lib, they’re never wrong. Just ask them.
  
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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 9:49am
  It most certainly did happen.
  
  “”He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. . . . He’s moving all around and shaking and it’s purely an act. . . . This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn’t take his medication or he’s acting.” Thus Rush, in October 2006, after Fox’s appearance in a campaign ad for Claire McCaskill
  
  Here’s another quote from Rush: “”Now people are telling me they have seen Michael J. Fox in interviews and he does appear the same way in the interviews as he does in this commercial. All right then, I stand corrected. . . . So I will bigly, hugely admit that I was wrong, and I will apologize to Michael J. Fox, if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act.”
  
  Rush at least apologized. I invite you to “bigly” do the same. It’s not a question of liberalism or conservatism, just a question of fact, on which you happen to be wrong.
  
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48Straights
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:29pm
Wow, where would be without TheBlaze’s relevant news?

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- From Virginia
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:36pm
  I don’t know about you, but I’d like to know why someone was sentenced to JAIL for being an *******? An apology should have been enough! If his community decided to ostricize him, fine! That’s his communities decision. But JAIL? Seriously?
  
  We’re officially no better than the UK who routinely jails their people for saying stupid things but only give out warning cards to YOBS (thug youths) who vandalize and assault people!
  
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- 48Straights
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:59am
  You can go over to the link on the unfortunate mentally ill woman and read the same people here that attack this guy, attack her. People that follow Glen Beck are really mean hypocrites.
  
  Good job Glen on the followers, they are what you teach and preach.
  
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IWISHIWASINTEXAS
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:10pm
What a douche. He should have an unfortunate “accident” falling down some stairs and into a dumpster, but in no way should the government be sending him to jail for being a douche. I’m sorry but everybody look out for the Feeling Police!!! What he did was terrible and despicable but people do that everyday and they don’t go to jail for it nor should they! Freedom of speech means he can say what he wants to that little girl…but I would fully support her father in his efforts to beat some sense and respect into that piece of trash!

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- afishfarted
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:19pm
  I’m wonderin’ if he’ll get upset when he’s mocked for his walk when he gets out–walkin’ all bowl-legged from bein’ the cell “girlfriend”
  
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- IWISHIWASINTEXAS
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:25pm
  Let’s hope no one makes fun of him for it or they’ll be deathgripping the soap in prison too!
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:03am
  I have a handicapped son. If I tried to prosecute everyone that makes fun of him, I’d have a never ending job. I’ve had mothers steer their children away from him in a public park, had a “friend” at CHURCH make fun of him (dealt with that one through the parents, only to find out they have a family member that’s disabled….hate to be them). It’s part of life. I got teased for being smart, how I wore my ****, having braces, and on and on. It’s sort of a right of passage and makes you stronger. Yes, the parents should have spoken to the man, confronted him, and shamed him, but prosecution? Like a previous poster said, the government is setting us up to accept people being jailed for criticizing Obama….it will be called treason to even think bad thoughts about the messiah O.
  
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SolitudeBliss
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:05pm
What next? Re-alignment CAMP to correct his behaviour and/or thinking? Remember the comments by baseball player John Rocker in late 90s early 00s (?) “Imagine having to take” the subway line that runs to the Mets’ ballpark “looking like you were [riding through] Beirut, next to some kid with purple ****, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids.” He was sent to Diversity Training. Now it would be jail !!!

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grayling646
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:02pm
He should be ostracized by his community, not punished by the government.

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- 00100111
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 9:28pm
  He’s a Wango, (a d***head), but he shouldn’t go to jail for it. Shunned for a while, yes, but that doesn’t deserve jail.
  
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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 9:35pm
  I agree. If it were against the law to be a Jerk… the jails would be full of them! It’s not against the law to act stupid. This incident is unfortunate and wrong, but I don’t see how the guy broke any law? Did I miss something in the story?
  
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Diane TX
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:00pm
Young, disabled girl to idiot man:

“Sir, I don’t understand why you’re mocking my disability . After all, I don’t mock your disability of being born stupid.”

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- carnivour
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:53pm
  His disability is self inflicted. That very mean man had to work hard at being that stupid and that much of a jackass. If he was born that stupid, he would have been picked on enough to know what it feels like. He’s lucky that little girls dad didn’t get at him before the system did. I hope she comes to realize she’s more valuable with her physical issues than he is with his video cam. With his criminal record, and everyone knowing why he got in trouble, he’ll have a hard time providing for the boy he was teaching to be a jackass like him. Hopefully he’ll be too ashamed to come back to the neighbourhood, even to pack up.
  
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sparkyrules
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:58pm
I would imagine the shame and humiliation this guy felt after all the bad publicity would be enough punishment.We don’t need to go around jailing people for rude or disgusting behavior.
Disorderly conduct?Aggravated menacing? Really????These charges should be reserved for real criminal activity.
His apology was sufficient and all was needed was a stiff warning from the Judge to not let it happen again,period.
“To Hope and her family, please accept my apology for my inappropriate behavior. I know that my actions were immature and lacked the respect you deserve. I didn’t realize the impact this incident would have upon both of our families and I truly regret it.”

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- Bobj_1960
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:28pm
  A stern warning from the judge. Are you serious? Look how well that has worked over the past 30 years with teenage delinquents. This man and his son need to learn that actions have consequences. They have emotionally damaged that young girl and need to pay the price. I have been the recepient of a ‘court-ordered apology’ myself and can recognize the weasel-wording used to satisfy lawyers.
  
  This man should have known better. I hope his son learned a lesson from this example.
  
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- IWISHIWASINTEXAS
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:35pm
  BOBJ: You’re post offends me deeply *sniffle*…you need to go to jail to learn a lesson.
  
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- JohnnyRaiden
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:37pm
  Are YOU serious bob? That guy could be raped,beaten, or killed in jail. You think that’s ok too? This is a blatant overstep by the state and unconstitutional. He should bring a lawsuit against the county and fight till that p.o.s judge is removed.
  
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- IWISHIWASINTEXAS
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:50pm
  Spot on Johnny :)
  
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- Bobj_1960
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 9:34pm
  This fool is guilty of child abuse which is defined as sexual, physical, mental, and or emotional trauma. Because of her disability she is more susceptible/sensitive to this harassment than most people.
  
  Thirty days in the local lock-up is light in my opinion. I stand by my original statements. Laws are made to protect the innocent in cases like this. Do we chose which laws to enforce or ignore? That leads to anarchy.
  
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- IWISHIWASINTEXAS
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 6:06pm
  If he is guilty of child abuse then so is the rest of the country that has ever offended a child by making them cry. Grow up bud. Or is it time to send all of the bullies at school to detention centers for child abuse? Some poeple are dicks and there is no way around it. Everyone is just freaking out nowadays about the poor children’s feelings. Everyone’s been picked on at some point in their life but it makes you stronger in the end as you learn to deal with it and to not care what others think of you. I make jokes about people (not to their face cuz that’s in extremely bad taste) but I also laugh at myself because I’m nowhere close to perfect and have many faults which I’m sure others laugh at. Again this guy is the biggest douche I’ve heard of in a long time but we need to stop screaming for limitation of free speech because we don’t like what some people are saying. I feel so bad for this girl and what she’s gone through with this neighbor but she’ll be stronger and better off when she learns to ignore the dips***s of this world.
  
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scrapadapolis
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:52pm
O’boy I see the samething happining when I yell at the muslims.The judge should be looked at very closley.Obama an Ass..Gonna jail me??

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HOOT_OWL
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:45pm
I have a personal experience with them ..I happen to use to live their in the 90’s.. I just want people to know I think guy should have had his **** kicked ,BUT I DO NOT THINK HE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE INSIDE OF A COURT ROOM. This city has overreached their authority for some time now.. I don’t care how bad it gets ..Free speech is free speech.. This man has a right to be the biggest jerk in the world in this country. I guarantee this will not be equally applied, in this commie city . We will still see hatred from the liberals and local chapters of the NBP in this sorry excuse for a American city . These protected people will still spew their cold calloused drivel, too anyone in earshot without NOT one eyebrow raised on whether they offended someone feelings. with not an ounce of retribution .

We need to boycott the Canton football hall of fame and send a message to this jackboot goose-stepping town .

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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:55pm
  Clarification:
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  ‘I have a personal experience with them
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  I was referring to “The City of Canton” NOT Any of the people involved in this city.
  
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sdrider
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:42pm
My heart breaks for Hope as she has enough challenges without an “adult” and his son making fun of her, never mind the mom lying to try and cover for the idiots. I’m not sure if I agree with jail time, though; I’d need more information.

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TrUe.AmEriCaN
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:42pm
Ok so here is where I get into a fight. Now although I agree with the fact that what this guy did to this little girl was the most horrid, the most tacky and tastless, the most dispicable thing any human being could do to another. I also must say that this guy has every right to do what he did, we call it freedom of expression. …………….. This man should not have jailed for one month, not even for one second……………………

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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:49pm
  Amen !!!!! Violation of Civil Rights
  
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Mowrite
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:41pm
It’s a bit of a harsh sentence, but at least he was punished for it. In Washington State people can ruin someone’s life with a false accusation, and walk away with no consequences. Seriously, it’s messed up. I’m not kidding

http://www.enumclaw.com/articles/false-accusations-of-rape-and-hugging-in-washington-state/.

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- JohnnyRaiden
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:41pm
  He shouldn’t have been punished at all since he did nothing ILLEGAL. I guess his 1st amend rights and freedom of expression don’t mean crap anymore right? Let’s punish everyone with jail who’s a douche and makes fun of people. Cause that’s not a sign of fascism.
  
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hostiletimes
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:37pm
it was wrong for him to do that&wrong for judge to do that.so folks how far do we go back to fix these types of problems? i would have went voodoo on his AAAAAAAAAAAA!

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:36pm
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God bless Judge John A. Poulos.
It’s good to see a Judge who still has morals and values.

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- welovetheUSA
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:44pm
  Another liberal fool….freedom to say whatever you want, period.
  
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Obamalarky
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:35pm
If people can be jailed for being stupid and insensitive, a large part of our country will be behind bars. This is rediculous. I neither condone nor encourage this type of behavior but geez, 1st amendment much?

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- Polarized America
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:39pm
  Bailey pleaded no contest to reduced misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and
  ……..”"aggravated menacing,”"
  
  oh no..can Beck go to jail for ..pee-pee–obamo
  
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- grayling646
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:53pm
  Nailed it Polar. If the government can punish this idiot for what he did how little will it take to punish anybody?
  
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- IWISHIWASINTEXAS
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:23pm
  Gee, imagine the amount of tiptoeing around whenever you disagree with someone. “You sir are…a…a…uh…nevermind.” Give me a break! Everyone give thanks for Political Correctness! Hey Obama: You’re a socialist pig!
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:33pm
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Once ObamaCare is fully implemented, handicapped people will be disposed of.
Folks, we are in for a very rough four years.
Obama will make Hitler look like a Sunday school teacher.

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- catty
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:02pm
  what are they going to do with them?
  
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- IWISHIWASINTEXAS
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:37pm
  They’re going to remove all gradual inclines and replace them with stairs…
  
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broper
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:32pm
Lean FORWARD and brace yourself. We are going to be stunned by the things people can be jailed for in the near future. Just writing this might even do it.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:01pm
  Most don’t see it but it’s coming,they’ll get it when it really starts but by then it’ll be to late.
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:27pm
Another idiot, it would appear we are over run.

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oceandove
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:24pm
You have GOT to be kidding me! You can go to jail for being STUPID??? This is really nuts!

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- oldguy49
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:28pm
  yep …………more bs for being an idiot and gee how about taking christ out of christmas……….
  
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- CatB
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:30pm
  Yes .. he gets to sit in a jail cell .. what a waste .. some community service would have been more in order .. where he had to do something.
  
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truthnstuff
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:24pm
While his actions were despicable, we are in big trouble when someone can be jailed simply because they are insensitive. I can point to 47% of society that offends me and hurts my feelings. Let’s jail them.

How do idiots like this judge get to be judges.

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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:34pm
  The United States of America that was :-(
  
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- welovetheUSA
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:45pm
  Aye……
  
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- NOTMOHAMMED
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 5:10am
  Foreshadowings of a police state to be sure, but a sickening display by BOTH father & son. The kid should go to jail too, then be removed from his parents for good, and they should be sterilized.
  
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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:24pm
Breaking his legs would have been more appropriate but I’ll take it. Good job Judge ..

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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:29pm
  Well, you might as well just toss out the Constitution since you must not believe in the 1st Amendment. The guy might be a jackass but he has the right to express himself.
  
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- ChuckJ
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:36pm
  I have to agree. His remarks are horrible and no real father would ever say anything like that to a child, but we can express our thoughts. What happens next time someone tells a dirty or racist joke? You goto jail for offending anyone of any race or either gender. This is a slope that once on we will not be able to get off. There will be no line to draw to stop from sending anyone to jail for anything that offends anyone.
  
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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:48pm
  ChuckJ – I fear it’s too late already…..
  
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The-Monk
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:21pm
Looks like one more troll we won’t have to hear from for a month.

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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:33pm
  No, the townfolk will just pay the taxes to house and feed him for a month, the taxes for his unemployment if he loses his job over this, not to mention the utter violation of his civil right to free speech. If I were him I’d sue the town !!!!!
  
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Keatonc333
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:20pm
Good! too bad its only a month..

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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:31pm
  Fascisti !!! Grrrrrrrrr
  
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kaydeebeau
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:19pm
So now people can go to jail for hurting someone’s feelings?? What is wrong with people?

I guess this is what happens when no ones is taught the golden Rule or to think first.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:23pm
  That’s right he shouldn’t go to jail for that,just slapped around a little bit so he won’t do it again.
  
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- Jeetman
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:42pm
  I wouldn’t need the courts. Let catch some ass neighbor of mine mock my child on video who has a debilitating disease (thankfully I don’t have a child who’s handicapped) that she’s trying to cope with daily. I’ll be the one in jail after he takes a trip to the hospital as I unload 30+ years of martial arts training on his ass. This neighbor is a jerk and I have no problem with him going to jail. I think freedom of speech should end when an adult purposefully makes fun of and mocks a 10 year old girl. Like I said, I’d be in jail. I get angry just watching the video.
  
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- JohnnyRaiden
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:30pm
  No Jeet, it shouldn’t end at your crappy completely arbitrary line in the sand for free speech. This is a blatant affront to the constitution. Is this guy a total dick whom i would laugh at if he punched in the jaw? Yep. But the government punishing him is unacceptable,unconstitutional, and shouldn’t be left alone. Who’s next? People who make fun of Islam? Christianity? Scientology?
  
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- freepr008
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:51pm
  That man was a bully. Not only he bullied a handicapped little girl, he teached his son to do it also. There’s two victims. Freedom of speech?…come on…that’s an abused right…used to protect certain misguided conducts…censured and criticize for others. The law is not clear about this…it seems to be something that’s interpreted according to the eye of the beholder.
  
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- JohnnyRaiden
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 9:26pm
  FREEPROO8~ Your joking right? Freedom of speech is abused? You need to reexamine if your not kidding, what right is next to be abused? Let’s just get rid of those rights then since people abuse them. Then you won’t be able to have a critical public opinion about certain things, then what? The law is DEAD CLEAR, he has every legal and constitutional right to be a massive douche like this if he so wants to that isn’t up to interpretation. This judge should be removed asap for this.
  
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- freepr008
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:54pm
  JOHNNY@- People interpret freedom of speech as they conveniently think. Is not clear when is correct or when overstep some boundaries. As you may notice in many of this posts, there’s some disagreement of when the use of the freedom of speech became just hurtful or plainly wrong. I think abused is not the correct term to describe the constitutional right but you have to agree that’s isn’t entirely clear. Freedom to speak whatever I might want to speak? Individually that’s something any person can do, even in the most of the oppressive governments exist today or ever existed. The consequence, that’s another matter. In this case the judge just apply some existing law. He didn’t made the law. The accused person didn’t contest the charges. You think the judge did wrong? He just apparently interpreted that in that particular case freedom of speech didn’t apply to justify the action.
  Use words to purposely and intentionally and just for fun hurt someone is not right. Bullying isn’t right in any place. Many childrens live in hell everyday in schools around America because some inmatures exercises the freedom to speak stupidity just for fun. Look what happened in Columbine Colorado. Kids get abused verbally, just for the fun of others. They growth and someday they decided to exercise the freedom to express what they think about the freedom of speech of others. Did they have the constitutional right to defend themselves? Is was right?
  
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