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.
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.
Is the judge also black or is the article illustrated with a picture of a different, black judge?
He’s been removed from the bench: https://apnews.com/article/28a60f3d2814d7e2a097b80676c714a7
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.
No he is ordered to undergo “additional training”.
This is just a tiny slap, and he’ll be back. Privileged people are privileged.
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?