Detroit judge who threatened sleepy teen with jail sends message to Black community

It’s bad enough that young Black folks nationally are disproportionately jailed. Now Detroit has a judge who threatened a teen with jail time for falling asleep.

And now we wonder why Black teenagers — and their older peers — don’t trust the court system to deliver justice. We wonder why so many don’t believe law enforcement will deal fairly with them, and why they run from police.

The Black Lives Matter movement is not only about abuse during arrests, but extends to justice in courtrooms throughout America, both the punishment of criminal cops and justice for those unfairly imprisoned alike.

And I’m sure that many Black folks, watching this kangaroo court on YouTube, couldn’t have faith in our justice system.

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And now it turns out that the 15-year-old girl is homeless, the Free Press reported Thursday. Eva Goodman’s mother, Latoreya Till, told a reporter that the family does not have a permanent residence.

What an asshole.

I’d recommend listening to S3 of the Serial podcast. They spent a year in the Cleveland criminal justice system to really understand the American justice system. It was grim.

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I imagine an unhoused teenager might be just a little bit more tired than most.

Big red flag anytime someone says they don’t like someone’s “attitude”. He didn’t feel she gave him enough respect, so he abused his authority to humiliate and punish her. He should be permanently removed from the bench.

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I imagine an unhoused teenager might be just a little bit more tired than most.

“Just work three jobs. Pull yourself up by the bootstraps!”

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That season pissed me off so bad. So fucking crazy that shit is happening and nothing is being done about it. I highly advise anyone who hasn’t heard it to go play - i couldn’t stop listening once i started.

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I had to stop listening to Serial. My mental health is not where it needs to be to hear the realities of life right now, unfortunately.

It’s a really good podcast tho

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8 points

Is the judge also black or is the article illustrated with a picture of a different, black judge?

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I believe his name was Uncle Ruckus.

/s

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No relation

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I don’t think that’s relevant. A black cop killing a black man is still a cop killing a black man. It’s the institutions and systems that are racist and thus folks within them that also act that way. Hence the whole bad apple thing.

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That’s really good news. Thank you.

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King will continue to be paid.

Gonna be the same treatment as cops.

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Administrative leave i.e. paid vacation

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This is an easy question, if you were to ask it.

If - while he’s still innocent and not yet proved guilty - they didnt pay him, and either he appealed or something reversed or delayed the charges, he’d have a case that they tried to make him quit or that lawsuits - even the frivolous ones - are punitive.

So paying a guy while he’s removed from duty pending an investigation is 99% shitty and also the least-worse thing to do at the same time.

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My point is that they will investigate themselves and find no wrongdoing, and all that will come of it will be his paid vacation.

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Judges are just cops in nightgowns

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I appreciate the reputable source, thanks

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Ironically, the shitty news bot reports it as ‘left-leaning.’ Reality bias, etc.

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No he is ordered to undergo “additional training”.
This is just a tiny slap, and he’ll be back. Privileged people are privileged.

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What you said is true, so is the comment you’re responding to.

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It’s closer to paid vacation

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He was temporarily removed from his criminal cases while he undergoes training. Technically yes, he was “removed from the bench” but that is misleading as it makes it seem like he was fired, which he was not.

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so many don’t believe law enforcement will deal fairly with them

i haven’t dug deep into this, but maybe that’s exactly the point he’s trying to illustrate?

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He used the justice system to treat her unfairly to make a point that the justice system will treat her unfairly?

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