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  • Man Holding Bully Sign Says Judge Ruined His Life

    An Ohio man ordered by a judge to spend Sunday wearing a sign reading “I AM A BULLY” at a busy street corner in Cleveland said was greeted by jeers and honking, and said the sentence was unfair, and that the judge ruined his life.

    “The judge destroyed me,” Aviv said.

    “This isn’t fair at all,” Aviv said.

    Edmond Aviv, 62, was ordered by Municipal Court Judge Gayle William-Byers to display the sign for five hours on a corner in South Euclid, Cleveland, as part of his sentence in a dispute in which a neighbor said Aviv bullied her and her disabled children for the past 15 years. Aviv pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge.

    “I AM A BULLY! 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,” the sign said.

    The judge also said that the letters on the sign had to be large enough for the average person to see from a distance of 25 feet.

    Aviv arrived at the corner just before 9 a.m. on Sunday, and dozens of cars drove by and honked. Some people who passed yelled at him, while others took pictures.

    Aviv’s neighbor, Sandra Prugh, who filed the dispute, has two adult adopted children with developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Her husband has dementia, and her son is paralyzed.

    Prugh said in a letter to the court that Aviv had called her an ethnic slur while she was holding her adopted black children, spit on her several times, regularly threw dog feces on her son’s car windshield, and once smeared feces on a wheelchair ramp.

    “I am very concerned for the safety of our family,” Prugh wrote in a letter to the court for Aviv’s sentencing. She said she just wants to live in peace.

    The judge also ordered Aviv to serve 15 days in jail, 100 hours of community service, and to attend anger management classes and counseling. Aviv also had to submit an apology letter to Prugh and have it published in a local newspaper.

    “I want to express my sincere apology for acting irrationally towards your house and the safety of your children,” Aviv wrote.

    “I understand my actions could have caused harm but at that time I was not really thinking about it,”Aviv wrote.

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  • ‘I Am A Bully’: Judge Orders Man To Carry Sign For Harassing Neighbors

    Edmond Aviv, 62, was ordered to carry a sign that read, “I AM A BULLY” for five hours on a street corner as punishment for harassing his neighbor and her disabled children.

    The sign also said, “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.”

    Judge Gayle Williams-Byers, the municipal court judge, also said that the letters on the sign must be readable from 25 feet from where Aviv is standing.

    This punishment is the result of Aviv’s neighbor claiming that the man has been harassing her and her disabled children for several years. His neighbor Sandra Prugh, said that the feud had been going on for the past 15 years. The feud escalated when Aviv applied kerosene to a fan and directed it to Prugh’s property. Aviv said that he was annoyed at the smell coming out of Prugh’s vent whenever she did laundry.

    Both of Prugh’s adopted children are suffering from epilepsy and cerebral palsy. She also has a son with her husband who is paralyzed and  suffers from dementia.

    Aviv was charged with disorderly conduct and pleaded no contest. He was sentenced last month.

    He arrived at the curbside with his sign before 9 a.m. on Sunday. Throughout the day, pedestrians and motorists yelled at him and honked their horns. Some even took pictures of him holding the sign. “The judge destroyed me,” Aviv said.

    One other order from the judge was for Aviv to write a letter of apology to Prugh. He wrote: “I want to express my sincere apology for acting irrationally towards your house and the safety of your children.” He also said that he understands the consequences of his actions and that he was not thinking when he did them.

    The judge also sentenced Aviv to 15 days in jail in addition to undergoing counseling and anger management classes.

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