Black judge gives white man 60 days for using n-word

Text Drivers are Killers said:
In the hallway, yes. Which means it's same as saying it on the street. THINK
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Sorry, but if it is within ear shot of the judge, you are going to get slammed. I do think, this young skin head didn't and it got him 60 days. That's the power of a judge, you may not agree, but it's the law. You shouldn't piss off your judge.
 
Of relevance

This might seem like a small case. Who cares if a foul-mouthed ex-con cools off in prison for four months? But it gets at something large. Judges are already walled off from the public in all sorts of ways. They sit on elevated benches, they wear robes, they are addressed as “Your Honor,” and their work cannot in many cases be televised or photographed. This special status widens the gulf between judges and the people whose cases they judge.

Insulating judges from criticism takes this elevation too far. In monarchies, lèse majesté laws historically made it a crime to violate the dignity of the king or queen. Lèse majesté lives on in some countries. Earlier this year in Thailand, a man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sending insulting text messages about the royal family. The punishment of Peoples for speaking harshly about a judge is akin to this clearly undemocratic example.

(MORE: Cohen: A New First Amendment Right: Videotaping the Police)

The F word is not so powerful that it can bring a mighty justice system to a standstill. The Supreme Court considered a similar issue in 1971, in a case involving a man who was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the “offensive conduct” of wearing a jacket bearing the words “F— the Draft” in the Los Angeles County Courthouse, and made clear that the words on the jacket were protected by the First Amendment. “One of the prerogatives of American citizenship is the right to criticize public men and measures — and that means not only informed and responsible criticism, but the freedom to speak foolishly and without moderation,” the court said, quoting Justice Felix Frankfurter.

We can have a system in which people are afraid to talk harshly about judges out of fear that they will be thrown in jail — or we can have a democracy. Peoples should take last week’s misguided ruling to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court should reverse his conviction — and uphold the right of all of us to criticize courts and judges “without moderation.”

http://ideas.time.com/2012/10/29/should-a-person-be-jailed-for-swearing-in-court/
 
J Craft said:
Of relevance

This might seem like a small case. Who cares if a foul-mouthed ex-con cools off in prison for four months? But it gets at something large. Judges are already walled off from the public in all sorts of ways. They sit on elevated benches, they wear robes, they are addressed as “Your Honor,” and their work cannot in many cases be televised or photographed. This special status widens the gulf between judges and the people whose cases they judge.

Insulating judges from criticism takes this elevation too far. In monarchies, lèse majesté laws historically made it a crime to violate the dignity of the king or queen. Lèse majesté lives on in some countries. Earlier this year in Thailand, a man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sending insulting text messages about the royal family. The punishment of Peoples for speaking harshly about a judge is akin to this clearly undemocratic example.

(MORE: Cohen: A New First Amendment Right: Videotaping the Police)

The F word is not so powerful that it can bring a mighty justice system to a standstill. The Supreme Court considered a similar issue in 1971, in a case involving a man who was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the “offensive conduct” of wearing a jacket bearing the words “F— the Draft” in the Los Angeles County Courthouse, and made clear that the words on the jacket were protected by the First Amendment. “One of the prerogatives of American citizenship is the right to criticize public men and measures — and that means not only informed and responsible criticism, but the freedom to speak foolishly and without moderation,” the court said, quoting Justice Felix Frankfurter.

We can have a system in which people are afraid to talk harshly about judges out of fear that they will be thrown in jail — or we can have a democracy. Peoples should take last week’s misguided ruling to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court should reverse his conviction — and uphold the right of all of us to criticize courts and judges “without moderation.”

http://ideas.time.com/2012/10/29/should-a-person-be-jailed-for-swearing-in-court/
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You can say anything you want about any judge out of court. That's 1st amendment protection.
While court is in session the judge is the king or queen of their little universe.
They run their show without question of their authority. If he wants to say he heard it in court ...then he heard it in court.
That's how the system works.
 
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Text Drivers are Killers said:
And you think that's right?
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Right or wrong that's how the system has always worked.
Without the unquestioned power of the judge to make such judgements during a session, all court proceedings could quickly become a circus and a shouting match.
The sentence could be overturned if an appellate court deemed it worthy to hear and the judge was found to be out of line.
Don't like it?
Find another country.
 
Buckly J. Ewer said:
You racists desperately want it to okay to use the N word don't you...
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I was watching The Cowboys the other day, one of John Wayne's best films albeit mostly forgotten these days. There was several uses of the word nigger in that film but in such a way that it served to make one of the main characters Nightlinger, played by Roscoe Lee Brown, appear even more heroic. That film was shown on British terrestrial TV in the afternoon, I doubt that is even possible on the US equivalent even though it was patently anti-racist. You ought to watch it as it is a real gem of a film with a terrific script and great acting.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068421/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 
Borboletta said:
I was watching The Cowboys the other day, one of John Wayne's best films albeit mostly forgotten these days. There was several uses of the word nigger in that film but in such a way that it served to make one of the main characters Nightlinger, played by Roscoe Lee Brown, appear even more heroic. That film was shown on British terrestrial TV in the afternoon, I doubt that is even possible on the US equivalent even though it was patently anti-racist. You ought to watch it as it is a real gem of a film with a terrific script and great acting.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068421/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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Two reasons BucKKK aka Howey won't watch it

1) it has John Wayne in it and John Wayne is a symbols of American greatness. BucKKK aka Howey hates that

2) it has the dreaded N word in it and BucKKK aka Howey can't have that.
 
I Love America said:
Two reasons BucKKK aka Howey won't watch it

1) it has John Wayne in it and John Wayne is a symbols of American greatness. BucKKK aka Howey hates that

2) it has the dreaded N word in it and BucKKK aka Howey can't have that.
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Mark Rydell, the director, is very much a liberal as judged by some of his other films like On Golden Pond, The Fox and The Rose. I like quite a few John Wayne films although he made many turkeys as well. Films like the Conqueror, where he plays Genghis Khan, and Brannigan are just risible and his casting as a German captain in the Sea Chase was just downright laughable.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753073/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
 
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