An Ohio judge ordered 62-year-old Edmond Aviv to sit on a street corner Sunday with a sign exclaiming "I AM A BULLY!" as punishment for harassing a neighbor and her disabled children for the past 15 years.
Aviv was ordered to sit on the Cleveland street corner for five hours, beginning at 9 a.m. It didn't take long for the first car to honk just two minutes later, probably because the rest of the sign's message was equally as attention-grabbing: "I pick on children that are disabled, and I am intolerant of those that are different from myself. My actions do not reflect an appreciation for the diverse South Euclid community that I live in."
According to court records, Aviv pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge in February. His alleged actions live up to the sign, too. In one instance during their 15-year feud, Aviv connected kerosene to a fan that blew into his neighbor's property in retaliation for a smell of laundry wafting from it. Other times, he threw dog feces on their car and called them ethnic slurs.
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Aviv will also serve 15 days in jail and participate in anger management classes. -- Jordan Valinsky
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