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C:。ミ ([personal profile] mummysquid) wrote in [community profile] hms_anon2015-06-19 01:28 pm

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In wake of the Charleston Church shooting please content warn your discussion of the event on anon.

tw charleston, racism, slurs

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Racist Talk from Dylann Roof’s Judge

The judge who called for sympathy for shooter Dylann Roof’s family members has a history of racist language in the courtroom.

Charleston County Magistrate James B. Gosnell began Friday’s bond hearing for mass-murderer Dylann Roof by declaring that the killer’s family members were victims as well.

At least he did not repeat an opinion that he offered in another proceeding a dozen years ago.

“There are four kinds of people in this world—black people, white people, red necks, and n---rs,” Gosnell advised a black defendant in a November 6, 2003 bond reduction hearing.

The comment led to a judicial disciplinary proceeding and a 2005 determination by the state Supreme Court. The court’s written finding reports Gosnell’s lame defense.

“[Gosnell] represents he knew the defendant, the defendant’s father, and the defendant’s grandfather,” the finding notes.

“[Gosnell] represents that when the defendant, an African-American, appeared in court for the bond hearing, [Gosnell] recalled a statement made to him by a veteran African American sheriff’s deputy.”

That being the four kinds of people remark.

“Gosnell alleges he repeated this statement to the defendant in an ill-considered effort to encourage him to recognize and change the path he had chosen in life,” the finding notes.

The same finding addressed a second, unrelated ethical complaint. This case suggests that Gosnell feels there was in fact a fifth kind of person in the world, that being a fellow judge.

The defendant in that case was a fellow Charleston judge, Joseph S. Mendelsohn, who had been arrested in the town of Mount Pleasant on the night of November 8, 2003 for driving under the influence and having an open container in his car.

Re: tw charleston, racism, slurs

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
who is surprised

Re: tw charleston, racism, slurs

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
welp