Comments by "girl from the bronx by way of el barrio" (@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288) on "ABC7" channel.

I seem to remember a certain famous defendant falling asleep constantly in a NYS court.... Hmm ....
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I hope they contacted the adminstrative judge, basically his supervisor. Start a file in this guy, in case he does this again in other situations. And no more field trips for you, Your Honor. This obviously is not your area of expertise.
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Contact the administrative judge. Every court has one. That's basically the supervisor. They need to know about his behavior, especially if he has done this before.
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Abbott thought it was cute to declare Texas a gun sanctuary state, no permits, open carry, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. What did he think would happen? Abbott's fingerprints are all over this tragedy. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed, because irresponsible governors like Abbott will never fix this.
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I saw a "scared straight" presentation one time where an inmate was the speaker. Most of the students were in shock, so, yeah, scared straight but only because they were good kids anyway who just happened to live in a rough neighborhood. One young man did start to get sassy with the inmate. Honestly, the inmate handled the interaction calmly and intelligently, and the young man sulked down in his seat and remained quiet for the duration of the event. This judge needed to learn from that inmate. So disappointing. In general, I think these "scared straight" activities are a mistake and should be stopped. Just one more way to enforce negative stereotypes and create self fulfilling prophecy. Imagine the truly positive things they could have done with that time. A museum, a college campus, anything. At least spend the time talking about all the different careers at work in a court house: clerks, court officers, paralegals, etc. All the different records that the public might want to use and how to access them. Do something different, this is clearly not it.
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