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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: May 28, 2016, 09:59:56 am »
Huff Post article about a public defender who was handcuffed and seated with inmates after interrupting the judge.
This is the wtf though:
This nonsense, sensational bullshit. If there's no indication that it was because she was a black woman, why the fuck are you bringing it up?
This is the wtf though:
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It's well within a judge's power to restrain a person who is acting out of order in the courtroom, but rarely do they use this power against an attorney advocating on behalf of a client. And while Hafen didn't make any specific references to Bakhtary's gender in the court transcript, it's possible to see the incident as fitting into a larger pattern of men silencing women in this kind of setting.
This nonsense, sensational bullshit. If there's no indication that it was because she was a black woman, why the fuck are you bringing it up?