Penelope Soto, Fla. teen who flipped off judge, apologizes and avoids 30-day sentence

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16. feel free to elaborate

why you would label a common greeting "smart-assed".

Her smile when she says "adiós" is sweet and endearing. So, remember, you are impugning her apparent intention here, to be nice and friendly, relieved that the unpleasant situation is over, after looking concerned and anxious while the proceedings are going on.

Since we cannot look into the heads of others, you need to explain what you think her intention was and how you came to the conclusion that it was there. Expect to be contradicted, since I am absolutely certain, having watched the video many times, that there was nothing "smart-assed" about it.

Ms Soto was not at all treated with respect, the numskull carrying out the interrogation was extremely rude and condescending all the way, even raising his voice when reminding her to "be serious abaht it". He never took into account the age and the situation his counterpart was in, snarkily refused to let the PD intervene and finally DELIBERATELY upset an already troubled young person FOR NO GOOD REASON AT ALL simply because her farewell was spoken in the common first language of the both of them. Finally, I suspect, he violated proper procedure and we know that his decision was reversed a day or two later.

In addition, as you very well know, the judge has a history of acting inappropriately as I have already pointed out here.