Calls from the public and some officials for Louisiana Judge Michelle Odinet to resign for repeatedly calling a Black burglary nigga couldn’t materialize, but she will go on unpaid leave for using those words on the suspected Black thief.
Michelle Odinet was caught on video using nigga on the suspected thief while she and her family watched surveillance footage of the suspect trying to break into her home.
The suspect, Ronald Handy, has been arrested and charged with two counts of simple burglary and is held at Lafayette Parish Jail on a $10,000 bond.
The short clip captured one of Odinet’s children saying ‘And mom’s yelling n****r, n****r,’ to which the Republican judge responds ‘We have a n****r. It’s a n****r, like a roach.’
Odinet’s lawyer Dane Ciolino announced Thursday: ‘She is humiliated, embarrassed and sorry for what she’s done and the trouble she’s caused to the community.
‘Tomorrow, she’s going on interim leave without pay. And as far as what’ll happen in the longer term, she’ll have to deal with that in the weeks to come.’
The Louisiana Supreme Court is the only body that can remove Odinet because she holds a position that can not be recalled by the public.
In order to be removed, an investigation must be made by the Judicial Commission, which can take months.
Judge Odinet first blamed her son’s drug habit for her saying the N-word, then she blamed a sedative she took before stating she couldn’t remember anything that happened that day because she was too traumatized.
She is very likely to keep her job and keep putting innocent black men in jail because she definitely has something against them. That is extremely clear from the video. She doesn’t look like she is going to resign.
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