'You're a Black man in America': Judge asked to resign over warning to stay away from cops.

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A Black judge with jurisdiction over Clark County, and notably its Las Vegas strip, is being targeted by a local police union for advising a Black suspect before her for a probation hearing to use caution with police.

"You're a Black man in America,” 8th Judicial District Court Judge Erika Ballou told the defendant. “You know you don't want to be nowhere where cops are. You know you don't want to be nowhere where cops are cause I know I don't, and I'm a middle-aged, middle-class Black woman. I don't want to be around where the cops are because I don't know if I'm going to walk away alive or not."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/19/2111362/--You-re-a-Black-man-in-America-Judge-asked-to-resign-over-warning-to-stay-away-from-cops?detail=emailLL

Proud to say I voted for this judge.

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1. She told the truth. NT

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2. The judge is right !! 2 black men were shot in the back in the last 2 weeks, one in socal another in

... Chi

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3. The police arrest around a million people a month, what % of those are unjustifiably shot?

I am guessing a small fraction of 1%, even less when you consider not all police/civilian interactions result in arrest.

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4. Swoosh.