"’I wasn't trying to punish the young lady. What I was trying to do was, I was trying to serve as a deterrence,’ King said in a phone interview Wednesday afternoon.” Deterrence for what? Sleeping isn’t supposed to be a crime. When your job is punishment, all you see are criminals.
“when your job is punishment, all you see are criminals” 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The hope is the publicity leads to an investigation , impeachment, disbarment. But not bloody likely.
Oh, you went way the fuck past deterring all the way to abuse, you condescending creep.
People who’ve never been to court should really go down to the local courthouse & watch some of these judges throw temper tantrums for the most mildest of inconveniences. I heard one of our locals declare during a epic bitchfest “I am God in this room” over someone not knowing how to navigate court
As usual, authoritarians say “respect “ when they mean “terrified obedience.”
It would help if you linked to an article for context.
“A Detroit judge who had a teen girl handcuffed and threatened her with jail time for sleeping in his court and giving him "attitude" has been removed temporarily from his docket and ordered to undergo training, according to a statement from the chief judge in the district.”
Judge Kenneth King was temporarily removed from his docket and assigned training, said 36th District Court Judge William McConico