Judge Says Kicking White Lawyers Out of Court to Lecture Black Defendants a 'Mistake'

Fox News ^ | 4/2/2008 | ap

[Eurale]

Just imagine the MSM howling if this situation were reversed!

[Blue Turtle]

why are we allowing this to continue? do any white men have any balls anymore?

[JimRed]

The thugs are no more likely to listen to him than to Cosby, and exiling the whites was dumb. But, good intentions and no great harm done.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Sounds like his lecture was on the money. However, he should not have segregated the courtroom and should know better.

It appears that he understands this now.

[reagan_fanatic]

My bet is the only regret he has is that it was made public.

[johnny7]

And if the defendants were black muslims... this ‘grand-inquisitor’ would have ordered Christians out as well.

[Condor51]

I wonder if (cough) ‘Judge’ Marvin can spell... “Mistrial” or, “Overturned on Appeal”.

[Truth29]

"My bet is the only regret he has is that it was made public."

Agree. Racism is racism and this was in an official capacity. The judge should be sanctioned. An attorney can comment, but could this behavior be used by a white defendent to appeal the judge's decision in a future case?

[11th Commandment]

Was the Lawyer a “Typical White Person”?

[Tribune7]

Apparently one did raise the issue.

[Telepathic Intruder]

he intended nothing racist when he ordered white lawyers from his courtroom

I suppose it depends on how he phrased the delicate order. If it was something like "OK all you white crackers get get the hell out", that would certainly have been racist. But if it was more like "excuse me, but could anyone of European ancestry please leave", that sounds fair.

[Blue Turtle]

if a white judge got rid of any black lawyers...he’d be fired.

[SoFloFreeper]

He ought to be investigated for committing a hate crime.

[dangus]

Go read what happened again. I’m 100% for what this guy said, and I don’t blame him one bit for excusing the lawyers.

[Yo-Yo]

Did the judge also remove the court reporter? By removing their lawyers, he handed an instant winning appeal to any one of those defendants he later found guilty.

[subterfuge]

White folks have been lectured for the past 30 years that there doesn’t need to be any “intent” for it to be racist.

Not that I really care about this particular situation. ‘Cause I don’t.

[contemplator]

It’s only racist if a white person is doing something insensitive Don;t you know? Having lived in a predominately black neighborhood while growing up, I experienced black on white racism at it’s worst. There were many days when I would have to bolt off the school bus and would be chased all the way home just to keep from getting my butt kicked. You’d be amazed at how many times I was treated like I was crazy if I brought it up and lectured on how only whites can be racists. The logic was that when a black person did it, it wasn’t racism it was “payback”.

[AnAmericanMother]

You've got to understand . . . Marvin is not the brightest bulb on the porch. He got where he is strictly because he is a long time Atlanta politician, not because he's the best material around for a superior court judge.

With that said, his heart is in the right place. This was kind of a dumb move, but he didn't mean any harm by it.

I can see where he was coming from -- from a certain point of view, the white lawyers in the room represented 'the man' even more than the judge. I find that incredible, but that's the way some people think. So he was trying to remove that excuse from the equation, so to speak, and speak to these young defendants man-to-man.

I give him points for trying, and I respect him more for it. I've always thought of him as just another political hack, but this demonstrates that he has a heart.

[tobyhill]

The segregation was an on purpose. This judge apparently believes in two justice systems and the only reason he called it a mistake is that he got called on it.