SmarterthanYou
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An obvious favortism of police over civilians by sitting judge
So all of you who believe that you must NEVER resist the police and believe that the courts are where you resolve these issues, what say you?
Judge Woodard’s comportment on the bench left no secret about her leanings, according to several courtroom observers. During the trial, she was overtly sympathetic toward the defense(cop on trial) and hostile to the prosecution, signaling her disdain with facial expressions and by turning her back on the prosecutor, Joseph Ruddy, during his closing argument. Those gestures may have been noticed by jurors.
This month at the sentencing, where Mr. Harrison faced up to several years in prison for his conviction for second-degree assault, the judge dispensed a token punishment: 30 days of home detention, followed by 18 months of unsupervised probation. The judge opted for leniency despite the fact that Mr. Harrison displayed no remorse for the beating or the coverup, and he failed even to acknowledge Mr. McKenna, whom he had bludgeoned with his baton, in the courtroom.
In fact, Mr. Harrison had the gall to suggest he had been persecuted for what he regarded as reasonable use of force. One need only watch the videotape to disprove that self-serving account.
At the same time, Judge Woodard, in her comments at sentencing, went out of her way to vilify Mr. McKenna by dwelling at length on the unruly behavior of some, though not most, Maryland students following the game. She thereby managed to smear an innocent victim by associating him with the unrelated actions of others. Judge Woodard did not respond to phone calls to her office.
So all of you who believe that you must NEVER resist the police and believe that the courts are where you resolve these issues, what say you?