Judge Orders Whites Out Of Atlanta Court

WSBTV.com. ^ | March 28, 2008

[kingattax]

ATLANTA -- Judge Marvin Arrington insists he's not a racist; despite ordering white lawyers out of his courtroom on Thursday.

The Fulton County Superior Court judge said he was just fed up seeing a parade of young black defendants in his courtroom.

"I came out and saw the defendants, about 99.9 percent Afro-Americans, and some point time I excused some of the lawyers, most of them white, and said to the young people in here 'What in the world are you doing with your lives,'" he told WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter JaQuitta Williams.

Arrington said he thought his message might have more power if it was delivered to a blacks-only audience.

"I didn't think about racism or reverse racism, I practiced law for 30 years and 75 percent of my partners were white," he explained.

The judge said the majority of people who appear before him accused of crimes such as murder, rape and robbery are black and he wanted to do something about it, one on one.

"I didn't want them to think I was talking down to them; trying to embarrass them or insult them; be derogatory towards them and I was just saying 'Please get yourself together,'" he said.

Arrington added that he may make a similar speech next week, but this time he'll allow everyone to hear it.

[A_perfect_lady]

What about the people they robbed, raped, and killed? No one gives a crap about them.

I think the idea was that the judge was trying to convince them not to rob, rape, and kill anymore. This would be good, yes?

[SeaHawkFan]

Here is his phone number so we can call and tell him what a wonderful thing he did. Couldn’t find an email address.

Superior Court Judge Marvin S. Arrington (404) 730-6907

[lonestar]

He is still in the pen. He was truly remoarseful...cried and apologized over and over. He had never been in trouble. He had recently moved to Atlanta from a small town in La.

It was so bad and got a lot of media attention in Atlanta---his roomate turned him in. He had come in wearing bloody clothes and the roomate called police.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Jailtime does nothing, either.

Sure it does. For a time, at least, the thugs are prevented from victimizing innocent citizens; which is, of course, the only legitimate function of the justice system.