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The Associated Press: A teen was falling asleep during a courtroom field trip. She ended up in cuffs and jail clothes

A teenager on a field trip to see a Detroit court ended up in jail clothes and handcuffs because a judge said he didn’t like her attitude.

The teen was seeing King’s court as part of a visit organized by The Greening of Detroit, a nonprofit environmental group. During the visit, King noticed the girl falling asleep, WXYZ reported.

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He said he couldn’t arrest her so it was really just a display to show the kids what the system is like. It sounds like he singled her out because of the sleeping rather that asking for a volunteer. I can see that being embarrassing to a teenager to be called out, but is it really traumatic?

Leate_Wonceslace ,
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is it really traumatic

Have you ever woken up to being suddenly put in handcuffs?

someguy3 ,

[Anakin Padme meme]

As a joke, right?

Right?

Diplomjodler3 ,

What a disgusting power tripping asshole.

Kyrgizion ,

I essentially feel that way about every judge. The power to choose other people’s fates goes to anyone’s head, no exceptions.

Huckledebuck OP ,

What would happen if the lower level judges had very limited terms (1 year?) with term limits?

Corkyskog ,

You would have a bunch of incompetent judges. I say create a test and test them vigorously every year. If they fail, they come off the bench.

paddirn ,

How is it that a judge can just decide somebody can be arrested for no other reason than “they didn’t like their attitude”? If a crime hasn’t been committed and a person hasn’t been arrested, how does the judge have any say over what a private citizen is doing? I would expect them to have to have slightly more leeway over their courtroom and they can have people escorted out or whatever, but just being able to detain people for no reason seems like an abuse of power? Across the board it seems like the Judicial branch has too much power.

FlyingSquid ,
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but just being able to detain people for no reason seems like an abuse of power?

Welcome to America, friend. First time?

protist ,

Do be clear, it doesn’t sound like she was actually arrested or actually detained at any point. The judge said he intended having her put on jail clothes and handcuffs to frighten her into taking court seriously, like a “life lesson” thing. It sounds like she mouthed off at him after he asked her to pay attention. His goal was to “scare her straight,” but he definitely should not have tried to reach her this way

MrPoopbutt ,

The judge is definitely am example of “if you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail”.

catloaf ,

Judges have a lot of leeway to hold people in contempt of court. But because the US is so big and has so many judges, you’re bound to get a few shitty ones.

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