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Cerebral Palsy Lawyers Approve of Punishment for Man Who Mocked Disabled Child

You may have seen a video that went viral in October; a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy leaves a school bus and crosses the street. Hope Holcomb has a limp, and requires braces to walk. William Bailey, 43, walks behind her and imitates the way she walks. The man’s 9-year-old son does the same. Tricia Knight, Hope’s mother, said that Bailey lives nearby and made her children afraid to play outside. Her daughter was scared to ride the school bus for fear of further bullying. “It makes me sick to think that a grown man would tease a 10-year-old disabled girl that has never done a thing to any of them for any reason, and now she doesn’t want to get on the bus to go to school,” said Mike Knight, Hope’s father. Disorderly Conduct, Aggravated Menacing                  Now, Bailey is facing consequences…
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