A truly remarkable case study. She stumbled into a low level judge position by running unopposed. Somehow became the highest paid judge in the state, despite doing low level clerical cases for vital records like wedding certificates. In this role she managed to rack up over 50 ethics complaints and was recommended by a judicial review board for removal from office, this is before she punched a cop.
Many of the charges involve her behavior online. She has an Instagram account identifying herself as a judge and posts regularly her cash app asking for donations. She doesn’t see how this is a bad thing for a judge to be doing.
Another series of charges comes from her getting the time of a wedding wrong. Attendees of the wedding have to go through a security check point at the courthouse. She thought the wedding she was officiating started at 11 on a Saturday. Deputies arrived at the courthouse at 10:30 to process the guests. The wedding was at 1 not 11, so there were no guests. The deputies left and the chief told the judge she’s not allowed to let people in without being checked. She let people in without being checked.
As bad as that was she tried to cover it up, first by denying access to the marriage certificate which had the time and date of the wedding, because it clearly showed she broke the law. She then started to insult the police department on a e-mail thread using childish vulgar remarks to the majority of city hall.
Her worst violation was throwing a Thai mother into jail because the judge didn’t believe the legal document the woman brought was authentic.
Due to a language barrier and miscommunication on this Thai woman’s marriage certificate her uncle was listed as father of the bride. She was petitioning to amend the document but the judge thought the Thai birth certificate was a forgery. (Why would such information be forged idk)
The judge ordered this woman to attend a hearing, without informing her she was being held in contempt or that she had the right to have a lawyer. Despite bringing an authentic BC and offering to translate the Thai, this judge deemed it “fictitious, fraudulent, and forged.” And ordered the woman to jail for two days without allowing her to contact her husband, make childcare arrangements, or call her employer.
Just a fascinating case of corruption from a position that seems too small to even gain anything from corruption. She was just a petty tyrant reality show want to be. She will not be on the ballot next term, she’ll likely be in jail for assault.
She claims this is all a conspiracy to bring her down because she was the first black woman in this county role.
She claims this is all a conspiracy to bring her down because she was the first black woman in this county role.
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