White officer seeks recusal of black judge in police slaying

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Updated 3:52 pm, Tuesday, May 16, 2017


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A white Alabama police officer charged with murder in the killing a black man is asking the black judge hearing the case to step aside, with a hearing on the request set for Thursday.

Attorneys representing Aaron Smith made the request based on what they argued in a court document was a Facebook post by Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin.

WSFA-TV (http://bit.ly/2qOofat ) reported that a motion filed Monday included a copy of a post in which Griffin wrote he was stopped by Montgomery police early last year.

An officer claimed Griffin matched the description of someone who had been reported in the area with a crowbar, said the post.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/White-officer-seeks-recusal-of-black-judge-in-11150440.php

[SoCalMusicLover]

1. What's The Matter Piggie?

Worried that a black judge might not buy into your BS? Is he not a friend of the cops or something?

[aggiesal]

2. Meanwhile in the courtroom down the hall ...

a black officer charged with murder for killing a white man asked the white judge
hearing the case to step aside.
And of course it was declined like it has always been for the last 400 years.

[IronLionZion]

3. This is why conservatives want to take us back to the 50s

when we didn't have these cultural anxieties

I hope this request is denied and the cop has to have the black judge. It's time people understand that even a judge was stopped by cops for walking while black.

In fact, even the one black Republican US Senator Tim Scott shared a story of when he was profiled while driving.