The teen was seeing King’s court as part of a visit organized by The Greening of Detroit, a nonprofit environmental group. During the visit, King noticed the girl falling asleep, WXYZ reported.
“You fall asleep in my courtroom one more time, I’m gonna put you in back, understood?” the judge said, according to video of his remarks.
King then had the girl change into jail clothes and wear handcuffs.
“It was her whole attitude and her whole disposition that disturbed me,” the judge told WXYZ. “I wanted to get through to her, show how serious this is and how you are to conduct yourself inside of a courtroom.”
I take umbrage at the notion that disrespect of the court system is a problem of younger generations. My perception of the Sovereign citizen movement seems to be almost exclusively of the boomer generation, and especially from entitled white boomers. But if there is disrespect fostered in the younger generations of the court system, i would put the blame on the courts themselves. The courts have gone above and beyond to show that they do not concern them selves with fair application of the rule of law.
Disdain for police officers, courts, law makers, the federal government are all well earned. And I welcome the day they are torn down and replaced. Though it is in everyone’s best interest fake respect until the ordeal is over…This is a prime example that vindicates the hatred and distrust in our government systems.