The lawsuit states Judge Kenneth King violated the teen's constitutional rights when he detained her after she fell asleep in his courtroom.

The teen girl without a permanent home who was forced to don jail garb, wear handcuffs and ask for mercy after falling asleep in a courtroom is suing the Detroit judge who had her taken into custody.

Eva Goodman, 15, and her mother filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan against 36th District Judge Kenneth King. They allege he violated the teen’s civil rights, arguing King acted outside the scope of his judicial authority when he detained her, yelled at her and threatened her with jail time.

    • boyi@lemmy.sdf.org
      51·
      4 months ago

      Not sure this applies here. The judge is black. Anyway, still possible though.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝English
        5·
        4 months ago

        Black people can be racist toward black people as well.

        Though I think this was just a standard power trip, and the unhoused black girl was just an appealing defenseless target unlike the weirdo-in-chief.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 months ago

        Could be overcompensating to avoid looking like he was playing favorites with his own race. Which is still racism, just different motivation for it.

        Hope he loses the suit.