Story out of Louisville, KY:
After Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Olu Stevens revoked Adam Satterly's bond on drug charges Monday, Satterly shouted out a parting message as deputies took him into custody.
"Punk a-- ni--er," Satterly could be heard saying from a hallway just outside the courtroom, according to a video of the hearing.
That ended up costing him an additional 60 days in jail as Stevens found Satterly in contempt of court and rebuked him for using the racial slur.
It is at least the third time in the last year the issue of race has come up in Stevens' courtroom. Stevens, who is black, had stopped hearing cases for a few weeks in the wake of a scolding by Kentucky's chief justice and an ongoing investigation by the Judicial Conduct Commission over his comments alleging top prosecutor Tom Wine wants "all-white" juries.
And last February, Stevens came under fire for criticizing the victims of an armed robbery for "fostering" the views of their 5-year-old daughter. The parents said in court records that the daughter was still scared of black men after two had held the family at gunpoint.
"I'm offended by that. I'm deeply offended by that. That they would be victimized by an individual, and then express some kind of fear of all black men," Stevens said at the time. "I wonder if the perpetrator had been white, would they be in fear of white men? The answer would probably be 'no'." Cont. (Video)
Story from - WDRB
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