You Will Not Believe This: Man Caught On Camera Mocking Limp Of 10-Year-Old Cerebral Palsy Girl

Posted: Published on October 5th, 2012

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By Radar Staff

Imagine the Hatfields and the McCoys - complete with police blotter, caught on tape jaw-droppers, "They started it first" defenses, and the horrific bullying of disabled children - and we're just talking about the grown-ups.

As a feud rages between his family and their neighbors, Ohio father-of-five William Bailey was caught on camera (with his 9-year-old son Joseph) relentlessly mocking a 10-year-old girl named Hope Holcomb, who suffers from cerebral palsy, by using an exaggerated limp to imitate the way she walks to the school bus stop.

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Bailey said he only resorted to humiliating the handicapped girl because of the ongoing family feud. He says the limp was a direct response to the Knight family's mocking of his son Joseph, who suffers from seizures and ADHD. He said he was inspired to limp as if he has CP after the rival family taunted his son by calling him a "retard" at the school bus stop.

"I told my son, 'If they want to call us retard, well show them a 'retard.' And we walked to the car from the bus like that. I did that with my son," Bailey told the Canton Rep. "I never even meant that or anything at all toward little Hope. I dont make fun of anybody with a disability. I wasnt making fun of anyone."

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"They just kept calling my little boy [names] and I reacted badly," he said. "You have to defend your son, your children."

Hopes mother Tricia Knight told Fox the taunting "started last year we had trouble on the bus, [Hope] was miserable, she didnt want to ride the bus, cried every morning. Tricia added the son, Joseph, "treats [Hope] like crap, and most recently, the dad got involved."

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