Detroit judge scolds teen during court field trip, places her in jail uniform

A Detroit nonprofit hosted a field trip at the 36th District Court so students could learn about the legal system, when a sleeping teenager during the visit ended up in a jail uniform, handcuffs and in front of Judge Kenneth King because of her “attitude” inside his courtroom.

[nickJonas-fk]

He wanted to humiliate and traumatize her. How disgusting

[crinklecut]

Let that be a lesson to the school systems: don’t take your kids to court. You will only teach them to hate and fear it.

[Playkeeks]

He was over the top. She fell alseep. He could have asked her to leave and kept it moving, but no. He wanted to be extra. Judges are supposed to be unbiased and fair. Nothing about this says unbias or fair. Normally, when im sleep deprived, I'm grumpy too.

[DanLMblogs]

She should sue for emotional distress and felonious misuse of power.

[onceagain]

1. Its not "his" court room!!!
2. The "judge " DEFINITELY abused his authority!
3. Put the child in jail for what CRIMINAL CONVICTION?

[Lucy-vxnn]

Cant believe he said he was tramatized by this hearing also, trying to play the victim, and then calls her home to offer to "mentor" her and tramatize her more and plays victim a second time because he didnt hear back. NARCASSIST 101, HE SHOULD NOT BE A JUDGE, WE DONT NEED NARCASSIST JUDGES.

[michelleruffin]

•She is not your child to discipline
• It is not your courtroom
•Falling asleep or having an unacceptable attitude (in your opinion) is not a crime!

[kanekgt]

Clearly this judge needs to be put in handcuffs and in jail so that he can learn a lesson about equal treatment for those with the wrong attitude.

[ANTAGONIST]

"I COULD HAVE" he said. Thats rich.

[KekoaRecruit]

He was offended by his own delusion of disrespect. Yet he didnt offer any respect or understanding to her at all. Anybody else remember being a teenager? We were always tired. It feels like he just wanted to have fun at her expense.

[bllasae]

"Could I have? Probably so." Oh yeah? what are you going to charge her with lmao

[Awoo-]

This is a wonderful demonstration of how the ENTIRE COURT SYSTEM behaves. Authoritarians that are no better than the cops.

[weneedtodobetter]

Who tf does he think he is?! She fell asleep?! She was on a field trip! Why tf would she need to be scared straight?? He needs to be checked

[sheepwshotguns]

how many people has this "man" abused because of his own ego?

[Christopher_Chris]

This clown should be removed and sent to prison. This girl was on a field trip and not someone before him facing criminal charges. Who does he think he is?

[ranger]

whats the backstory of a teenager, maybe she babysits all night while her mom works or maybe she has a job she does go to...who knows, she could have been bored of the bag of wind showing how much power he has

[akee]

That judge owes the child and the parents an apology!

[lydellwebster]

Apparently a fact most of you are forgetting is that there was no court in session. It was a field trip. He could have told her to wait outside until the group finished. He overstepped his bounds by having her handcuffed and detained for no legal reason. Illegal intimidation. Her mother should sue for him violating her civil rights. And for those of you who say he was correct, under what rule of law was he correct? I'll wait. And very weird that now he wants to mentor her. Sounds like a set up for grooming. I wouldn't let him within 10 miles of my daughter.

[TruthsHandmaid]

Mentor her!!?! Wow -

That mom hasn’t asked for his mentorship! This man is deranged.

[thudtheace]

Dumb Judge! He just opened himself up to lawsuits and disbarring.