Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
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Defense Requests New Judge in Racial Profiling Case
A racial profiling lawsuit against Dillards is in the Mississippi Supreme Court Tuesday, not to find a verdict, but to determine who should be the judge in the Circuit Court case.
In a hearing Tuesday morning, defense attorney Daniel Jordan asked that Judge Tommie Green step down from the case. Jordan cited a 2002 video, shot by WLBT, in which Judge Green said she had been racially profiled by Jackson police. A defendant in the Dillards case is a J.P.D. officer.
The plantiff's attorney Dale Danks called the argument weak, saying the defense is only looking to find a more sympathetic judge.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
held a press conference in support of Green staying on the case[/
b]. "We say, do not impugn the reputation and integrity of black judges. Do not question their ability to be fair and impartial simply for being black and having black experiences," said Stephanie Parker-Weaver, Executive Director of the Mississippi SCLC.
The code of judicial conduct says a judge should step down if a reasonable person might reasonably question a judge's impartiality in a particular case.
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Wake up America and smell the nigger.
T.N.B.
Defense Requests New Judge in Racial Profiling Case
A racial profiling lawsuit against Dillards is in the Mississippi Supreme Court Tuesday, not to find a verdict, but to determine who should be the judge in the Circuit Court case.
In a hearing Tuesday morning, defense attorney Daniel Jordan asked that Judge Tommie Green step down from the case. Jordan cited a 2002 video, shot by WLBT, in which Judge Green said she had been racially profiled by Jackson police. A defendant in the Dillards case is a J.P.D. officer.
The plantiff's attorney Dale Danks called the argument weak, saying the defense is only looking to find a more sympathetic judge.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
held a press conference in support of Green staying on the case[/
b]. "We say, do not impugn the reputation and integrity of black judges. Do not question their ability to be fair and impartial simply for being black and having black experiences," said Stephanie Parker-Weaver, Executive Director of the Mississippi SCLC.
The code of judicial conduct says a judge should step down if a reasonable person might reasonably question a judge's impartiality in a particular case.
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Wake up America and smell the nigger.
T.N.B.