The latest Karen tantrum came from a New York State Supreme Court Justice, whose racist threats toward a group of Black teens cost her BIG time.
In a 2022 incident that resurfaced upon the release of the police body camera footage, Judge Erin Gall was attending a high school graduation party at her friendâs house, per CBS 6 Albany. The group of Black teens were alleged to have received an invite to the party, the report says.
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Officers responded to the home on the report of an argument between the party attendees and some uninvited guests. Police said a fight broke out; amidst the scuffle, one of the teens lost their keys.
In the body camera footage, Gall is seen refusing the officerâs request that she search the property to find the keys so the kid could return home. Instead, she said if the keys turned up, sheâd throw them in the toilet, per the video. She then told the officer that if the teen comes looking for it, sheâd call 911. Thatâs not all she threatened to do either.
â[The teens] will be arrested or theyâll be shot on the property, because when they trespass you can shoot them on the property. Iâll shoot them on the property,â Gall says in the video. âThey donât look like theyâre that smart. Theyâre not going to business school thatâs for sure.â
Following her threats, Gall then tells the officers sheâs âalways on their sideâ and would âtake anyone downâ for them.
The release of the video prompted the Commission on Judicial Conduct to suspend Gall, calling her comments racially offensive and claiming sheâs no longer able to serve as a fair and impartial judge.
âIt is utterly unacceptable for a judge to threaten gun violence, exhibit racial prejudice, promise favorable treatment for the police, or disparage a law intended to keep guns away from dangerous people. Any one of these things would undermine public confidence in the administration of justice. That all this and more was committed by one judge disqualifies her from further service on the bench,â said Commission Administrator Robert H. Tembeckjian in a statement.
In response to the backlash, Gallâs attorney stated her client had a trauma response to her own assault in the 1990s. She said by way of her attorney she was âacting as a mom who witnessed something awful,â the report says.
Gall has 30 days to appeal her suspension. While the Court of Appeals is deciding whether to remove her, her 14-year term expires next year, per CBS.
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