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‘Idiot’ sign makes a comeback: Man must wear it for threatening cops
Posted: 03.06.2013 at 12:06 PM
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CLEVELAND -- The same judge who made a Cleveland woman wear an "idiot" sign in public after she drove around a school bus that was unloading children now wants a similar punishment for a man convicted of threatening police officers.

According to the Associated Press, Judge Pinkey Carr has ordered 58-year-old Richard Dameron to stand in front of a district police station with an idiot sign after he serves 90 days in jail.

Dameron will have to wear the sign for three hours a day for an entire week in June. The sign must read, "I was being an idiot and it will never happen again."

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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