Posted on 09/04/2013 3:18:22 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian
An Ohio man is standing outside this week wearing a sign around his neck that declares he is an idiot.
Richard Dameron, a 58-year-old from Cleveland, stood with his arms crossed outside the local police station in Sky News footage, a yellow sign with block lettering stating his apology.
"I apologize to officer Simone & all police officers for being an idiot calling 911 threatening to kill you. I'm sorry and it will never happen again," the sign says.
Dameron was convicted of calling 911 and threatening police, and then missing a court appearance, according to WKYC. His unusual sentence is public shaming for three hours every day this week.
(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...
I like this lady's style, at least in this case. (Judging from her background, she is likely a Democrat. Judge Pinkey Carr, Cleveland Municipal Court )
Could something like this be visited upon a number of politicians in several countries, at least in addition to prison time?
Local court cases should be tried live on cable television. People would think twice about breaking the law if they knew their dirty deeds would be publicly aired in the community.
After reading your reply, I realized that it would not work with politicians. For them, ANY press coverage is good press coverage! Not saying the majority are media whores, but many act like weiners! ;>}
Well, I clicked the link to confirm my suspicion.
Richard is a white male. Shaming conferred upon any other
“group” would never be tolerated. Or even considered.
I don’t know about “cruel”, but this is certainly UNUSUAL punishment.
FWIW
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