Alabama probate judge Yashiba Glenn Blanchard faces suspension following accusations of racist comment against a white court clerk, as well as neglecting critical court cases.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: An Alabama judge has been suspended after being accused of making an anti-white remark, among other complaints. 📰 DETAIL: The Judicial Inquiry Commission’s filing alleges that Probate Judge Yashiba Glenn Blanchard made derogatory comments about Amanda Reid, a white court clerk. Allegedly, a court staffer told Blanchard that she liked Reid, to which Blanchard replied: “Oh, I forgot you all like kissing white ass.” Blanchard is also accused of postponing critical hearings for involuntarily committed patients in hospital so that she could walk her dogs, causing significant distress and disruptions. One attorney expressed concern over a client’s potential death due to Blanchard’s alleged negligence, saying, “Just hoping we do not have a continuance because I am so worried that my client is going to die.” Court documents allege 24 instances of hearings being delayed or canceled. Blanchard has also been accused of being regularly late to court and creating a backlog of court cases. Blanchard has been suspended. Her suspension is indefinite as the case proceeds, underscoring the serious nature of the allegations. Blanchard faces seven charges in total. The charges include violating multiple provisions of the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics. 🎯 IMPACT: This is not the first time that a judge has been accused of making anti-white remarks. In February last year, it was revealed that U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell, who blocked an order by President Donald J. Trump to freeze federal grant spending at the time, went on an anti-white, anti-Trump tirade in an interview a few years prior. Later that same year, Richard Bennett, a federal judge, upheld anti-white admissions policies at the United States Naval Academy. “The Academy has tied its use of race to the realization of an officer corps that represents the country it protects and the people it leads,” Bennett argued at the time. |
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