Judge in Charleston case used the N word from the bench

[DonCoquixote]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CHARLESTON_SHOOTING_THE_LATEST?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

scroll down to this gem :

8:30 p.m.

The county magistrate judge who oversaw a hearing for the white man accused of killing nine people at a black church was previously reprimanded for saying a racial slur from the bench.

Charleston Chief Magistrate James B. Gosnell Jr. prompted controversy at a bond hearing for Dylann Roof on Friday when he asked for sympathy for Roof's family as well as the victims.

In 2005, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a public reprimand for misconduct to Gosnell. According to documents, in November 2003 Gosnell presided over a bond reduction hearing where he knew the defendant's father. Speaking to the black defendant, Gosnell told the man "there are four kinds of people in this world - black people, white people, red necks, and n-----."

In his defense, the judge said he was simply repeating a saying he had heard from a veteran sheriff's deputy who was black.

When coupled with a separate allegation that Gosnell had shown improper favoritism to another judge arrested for drunken driving, the justices voted to issue a public reprimand, specifically citing "his racial remark."

Is anyone surprised?

[onecaliberal]

1. Is there any chance of getting a new judge?

[seveneyes]

2. The motherfucker needs Jesus

[me b zola]

3. Not suprised at all

His little speech was so inappropriate to me it was clear that he had an agenda.

[Stardust]

4. But he seemed so sincere when he spoke to the victims relatives. Maybe I'm naive. nt

[craigmatic]

6. There once was a bird who was walking in a cow pasture and got shitted on by a cow.

Then a hungry cat pulled the bird out of the shit and prepared to eat him. Moral of the story is that not everyone who shits on you is your enemy and not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.

[craigmatic]

5. I've heard a version of that same saying before. If you live in the south and are around whites of a

certain age and get familiar with them you'd be surprised what you'll hear. It's not all and this doesn't necessarily mean he's racist but he does have poor taste and it seemed like he was trying to be funny or making some bullshit point and this is south carolina we're talking about here- the birth place for most of America's bad ideas. Still I'd take this asshat judge over the asshole on trial.