A teenager on a field trip to see a Detroit court ended up in jail clothes and handcuffs because a judge said he didn’t like her attitude

The teen was seeing King's court as part of a visit organized by The Greening of Detroit, a nonprofit environmental group. During the visit, King noticed the girl falling asleep, WXYZ reported.

wtf The fuck is an environmental group doing court tours for?

I hope the family can sue either the court or the org. Just what the hell was the purpose of it?

https://www.greeningofdetroit.com/

YOU PLANT PLANTS! THAT'S WHAT YOU DO! What in the just... honk-enraged

  • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]
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    4 months ago

    The contempt power of judges is nearly absolute. In some jurisdictions they can put you in jail for 2 days without a hearing at all. In most others they have to give you a hearing, but the same judge presides over it and they can stack 90 day sentences consecutively. You have a right to appeal, but you'll wait out the sentence before the appeal is heard.

    Judges also have absolute immunity for actions taking within the job, so the family won't be able to sue him personally.