This Detroit-Area ‘Karen’ Judge is Benched For Her Wild Racism and Homophobia Caught on Tape

Last month, The Root reported that suburban Detroit Judge Kathleen Ryan was removed from her docket on Aug. 27 after secret recordings of her wildly racist phone conversations were recorded and made public.

Now, ABC 7 Detroit has reported that new recordings have surfaced in which she made even more racist comments. The Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan was recorded by the court’s administrator Edward Hutton, who was deeply disturbed by her remarks. At first, there were six recordings.

On one, Ryan made a homophobic remark about Oakland County Executive David Coulter, who is gay and the county’s highest elected official. She can be heard telling him to “put that in your f***** a** and stuff it” according to Detroit Free Press.

Ryan also said that Coulter was “more concerned about the f***** AIDS vaccinations.” She also disparaged Black people from the United States by saying, “if you’re an American Black person, then you’re a f****** lazy piece of s***.”

Now, in newly revealed recordings obtained by ABC 7 Investigators, she allegedly stated: “You f*****g Black c***. I’m so pissed off at this Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, all this bulls***, oh my God – f**k you b***h.”

“…With this whole Black Lives Matter stuff you know they’re like - everyone’s all entitled and s**t… Let’s assume they did get screwed just because of the nature of your color, and the way America is, systemic racism, all that s**t! Fine,” she also allegedly said.

“But don’t they have an obligation to step up to the plate too? I mean think about it, all they have to do is look at their history, like the whole like baby mommas, and the dads taking off, it’s like, you guys have an obligation too,” she said. 

Ryan is the Oakland County Chief Probate Pro Tem Judge and she’s been on the bench for more than a decade. Whether her leave is permanent remains undetermined.