Ex-judge literally dragged out of courtroom to serve jail sentence in wild scene

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Ex-judge literally dragged out of courtroom to serve jail sentence in wild scene
July 23, 2019 | Victor Rantala


Screen capture … Ex-judge Tracie Hunter dragged out of courtroom following her felony sentencing … Credit: WCPO

It was turmoil and chaos in the Cincinnati courtroom following the sentencing of former Hamilton County Juvenile Court judge Tracie Hunter’s to six months in jail. Hunter had to literally be dragged out of the room to begin serving her sentence while more than two dozen supporters howled and wailed. One of those supporters tried to jump the railing and was stopped by officers and led away in handcuffs.

The bizarre scene was clearly not unexpected since there were at least 10 law enforcement officers immediately reacting to the bedlam, preventing the situation from getting totally out of control.

more w/video
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/23/ex-judge-literally-dragged-out-of-courtroom-to-serve-jail-sentence-in-wild-scene-777476

[PeteS in CA]

Hunter’s legal team had fought to keep her out of jail since being convicted in October 2014 of unlawful interest in a public contract by helping her brother, a juvenile court jailer, in a disciplinary hearing. She was found guilty of the felony of sharing confidential documents with her youth corrections officer brother after he was accused of hitting a young offender in 2013.

She was convicted nearly five years ago! Between that conviction and this incident, she needs to be disbarred.

[rangerrebew]

Convicted Judge Is Dragged Off to County Jail
Presiding judge says he won't be intimidated by her supporters
By Bob Cronin,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 22, 2019 5:30 PM CDT
 

(Newser) – Supporters screamed in a Cincinnati courtroom Monday as a convicted former judge was dragged away to jail by a deputy. Tracie Hunter, who was a juvenile court judge, was convicted five years ago of misusing her position to help her brother keep his job with the county government. Prosecutors said she gave him information from a confidential document about his job dispute, NBC reports. Hunter has been fighting that conviction, and a six-month jail sentence, ever since. The case has divided the city and officials, often along racial lines, and more than 1,000 people demonstrated last month for her release. Discussions have begun about more protests and an economic boycott. Cincinnati's mayor is among those who asked Judge Patrick Dinkelacker to keep Hunter out of jail. After the hearing Monday, the county prosecutor—who was not involved in the case but questioned Hunter's mental condition—asked the governor of Ohio to commute her sentence. Hunter maintains that she broke no laws.

https://www.newser.com/story/278152/supporters-scream-as-deputy-drags-ex-judge-to-jail.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=mixi&utm_campaign=newser

[rangerrebew]

 

[Sanguine]

Brave man.

[Fishrrman]

THIS is how we "clean up the judiciary".

Should work at the federal level, too!