The teen girl without a permanent home who was forced to don jail garb, wear handcuffs and ask for mercy after falling asleep in a courtroom is suing the Detroit judge who had her taken into custody.
Eva Goodman, 15, and her mother filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan against 36th District Judge Kenneth King. They allege he violated the teen’s civil rights, arguing King acted outside the scope of his judicial authority when he detained her, yelled at her and threatened her with jail time.
I’m glad she is suing him. It was insane how he doubled down on his actions. There are too many Judges who either racist or insane assholes without any empathy.
Donald Trump fell asleep in his own trial, nothing
Teen girl fell asleep as an observer in a trial, jail
she was asleep while black though
And poor. And homeless. Definitely a menace to society.
isn’t the judge African American, too ?
that doesn’t change much. black cops also can be racist against black people. they’re part of a racist structure.
Some of the most virulently racist people I’ve met have been African American. Even against other African Americans.
This is a stupid comment to make. Yes, black people can be racist against black people. No, they are not “the most racist.” Look at Elon Musk and his family’s emerald mines. THAT’S the most racist people we know - the prison owners, the people destabilizing Africa and other countries, the people enslaving other races for profit. Just because that racism is socially acceptable here because it affords those people luxury, doesn’t make them “less racist.” You just don’t pick up on it because you’re used to it.
I’m black, for context. The guy said they were the most racist he’s personally met. Can’t really argue with anecdotal evidence. My family is from Jamaica, and I can say, with shame, that I did come the the US with some preconceived notions about African Americans. It’s doesn’t speak at all to the atrocious Emerald mines or even the MAGA flag wielders next door, but it is a real issue.
If you can’t hear the dog whistle in what he said, show it to a black friend of yours, someone who is good at detecting bullshit. Saying “ackshully, black people are the most racist,” and then qualifying it with “in my experience” to try to mitigate the racist statement doesn’t really fly with me. I have heard too many racist Nazi fucks say that exact phrase to not recognize it. There are other variations too for other races, such as “The Chinese/Indians/Japanese are the most racist,” the main goal being how superior western white culture is compared to whatever race is so terribly racist. It’s just another “white people are so amazing actially” circlejerk.
And I do indeed know very wealthy white racists, and anecdotally what they said to me behind closed doors is worse than anything a black person has ever said to me. Because of their success, these wealthy men do not self analyze and instead have wicked confirmation/survivor’s bias. Which truly anyone including someone who is black can succumb to - eg Kanye.
If that judge is so concerned about her sleep then he can buy her a house. She’ll sleep much better having a bedroom.
But he already offered to “Mentor” her personally while being interviewed after the incident, what more do you want from this guy?! /s
Oh he will
You mean we will, right? I’m sure he’s protected the same way cops are so taxes will be used to pay for judge’s mistakes while he continues to be a piece of shit without any repercussions.
If you don’t like paying for the mistakes of law enforcement, legislate punishment on law enforcement that makes mistakes!
When it’s a judge you have to vote them out (usually), and since they were voted in you have to punish the taxpayer for making such a boneheaded mistake.
It’s a taxpayer votes in this chuckle fucker again and maybe we need to punish them that much harder.
The government has the money to spare otherwise they would stop fucking up so goddamn always.
Yep. Settlement payouts need to go through the roof until the apathetic or unaware take notice of what they are doing to their tax bill. It’s the US after all, so impacting peoples’ money is of course the only way we’ll get any reform.
Those officers should be fired, too. I do security for a living, and I would 100% have not detained her.
You’re held to a higher standard than most cops, I assure you.
So are pizza delivery drivers. And dog groomers. And cashier’s. And…
You do security, you’re not a cop. Totally different mindset, don’t compare yourself to pigs.
And you would’ve 100% lost your job in the lovely free market of the US. I’m not sure what the laws surrounding ‘contempt’ are in the US, but I’d guess that’s what he’s charged her with and it’s a pretty grey area, so you as a court room bailiff, are not going to be ‘investigating’ and taking moral stands at work, she likely was the 10th person they’ve arrested and half of them don’t even know why the were radioed to come in and ‘assist with an arrest’
The judge is a straight cunt though
I would gladly go to my union over this and get my paid time off until I’m returned to duty.
Well yeah you think you would as you sit there on you moral high horse but as I said, half of them probably don’t even know why she’s being arrested. You come into a room and see her flailing around, fighting your colleagues and you’re going to start asking questions and making phone calls?
Doubt it.
Even in-between cases, there are bailiffs in the courtroom, so at least a 1 if them knew she did nothing. But go ahead and continue talking about stuff you clearly don’t know about.
I don’t think that comment had the impact you thought it did.
Good luck to you with your abysmal employment laws!
That judge should clearly have been removed from the bench, instead of just being asked to attend some sort of behavior class with pay. The usual slap on the wrist with a feather for the privileged.
He clearly lacks a sense of scope, and limitation to his powers. And apparently has extreme views on punishment for nothing burgers that aren’t even illegal. He also has a complete lack of empathy and understanding how strongly punishment can influence a person, especially a young person, and especially a person being punished harshly despite doing no harm.
He is completely unfit to be a judge.I hope the girl wins her lawsuit, and the judge will receive some true punishment through that.
… and his past cases need to be reviewed. Is someone serving 10x the usual jail sentence for some infraction because of this judge? Probably.
Whenever I hear about a shitty judge, DA, or cop that’s where my mind jumps immediately. Once one of these people have their judgment or integrity called into question, every case they had any involvement in should also be questioned.
From one of the linked articles:
“Eva Goodman, 15, attended King’s court earlier this week with a nonprofit on a field trip.”
I’m guessing that non-profit is done exposing kids to courtrooms now even as simple observers.
“Let’s learn how the justice system works in the US!”
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This a-hole judge should be removed from the bench and fired for this. Or at least forced to undergo the same treatment.
Has this judge even been to court before? If you’re not there to sue or be sued(or tried) or to watch someone for a specific reason, then court is boring as hell. Instead of punishing someone who fell asleep, congratulate those who stayed awake - that’s far more worthy of notice.
Previously:
King said he reached out to the family to help mentor Goodman, the family says they’re not interested.
This guy is so bad at damage control it’s hilarious.
Fuck him, I’m glad they’re going all in on this loser fuck.
She was on a field trip and not scheduled to be in court. He just reached out into the crowd and just sent her to jail because his feelings were hurt.
But… But he also offered to mentor her. He said it in a really creepy tone.
“HI I’ve shown terrible reasoning and judgment skills, let me teach you about the world.”
Sounds like grooming to me.
This girl is also temporarily homeless, which is why she was so tired. Adds a whole extra level to this…
Well this lawsuit should help her get hers back.
Is she falling asleep in this picture, too? Lol
