Judge Resigns, Ferguson Cases Moved After Scathing DOJ Report

[Purveyor]

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Source: CNN

(CNN)Ferguson's municipal judge has resigned and all the city's court cases are getting moved after the U.S. Justice Department said the court participated in unlawfully targeting African-Americans.

"To help restore public trust and confidence in the Ferguson municipal court division, the Supreme Court of Missouri today transferred Judge Roy L. Richter of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, to the St. Louis County Circuit Court, where he will be assigned to hear all of Ferguson's pending and future municipal division cases," the Supreme Court said in a statement Monday.

"Extraordinary action is warranted in Ferguson, but the court also is examining reforms that are needed on a statewide basis," Chief Justice Mary R. Russell said in the statement.

The announcement came the same day Municipal Court Judge Ronald Brockmeyer resigned as Ferguson's judge.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/09/us/ferguson-missouri-courts/

[azurnoir]

1. and of course the Judge blames the DoJ (Obama?) and the 'librul' media

The announcement came the same day Municipal Court Judge Ronald Brockmeyer resigned as Ferguson's judge.

"Mr. Brockmeyer recognizes that the Department of Justice report, as well as recent media reports, regardless of their accuracy or validity, have diminished the public's confidence in the Ferguson Municipal Court," his attorney Bert Fulk said in a statement.

[pansypoo53219]

2. but did the thief pay his taxes?

[davidpdx]

3. Good, maybe people won't be thrown in jail anymore for parking tickets

[DFW]

4. Apprpriate name, "Judge Roy Richter"

"Richter" is the German word for "judge."

[billhicks76]

5. Statewide Baby

The entire state is a hornets nest of racism.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141034407

But glad the residents are seeing some relief from the oppression.

[OKNancy]

8. Locking as a duplicate topic

Previous thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141034407