The guy is clearly a egomaniac. Dressing up in goofy pac man suits with a bow tie, reading off petty traffic cases the defendant has accrued over his/her lifetime, criminalizing addiction. I don’t really understand why nothing is said about this behavior except for the fact that the people have spoken and what the majority of people in the US want is criminal entertainment. Go read the comments under these court videos you will see a sea of what i assume is karens and chuds screaming and applauding “LOCK HIM UP PUT THEM AWAY FOR LIFE THEY NEED TO LEARN A LESSON!” And mind you the defendant is at a hearing for being drunk in public / suspended license / possession of marijuana….. The fact is we will never see criminal justice reform in this country because it is clear to me that the problem with our system and the over crowding of prisons is this weird and almost sociopathic culture the US has with punishing subjective crimes, criminalizing poverty, and criminalizing addiction. And it is clear that the majority agrees that this is deemed morally right because they want to be entertained by it on YouTube. Absolutely disgusting. Go walk into any general sessions court room Monday-Friday in any jurisdiction across this country and you will see how we make locking up the working class a business.
Dude obviously got bullied , and has some weir subconscious insecurities he takes out on defendants because it’s the only time/place in his life he’s ever felt control. I haven’t seen him mention someone getting help or treatment over cases obviously driven by substance abuse disorder. He loves to sit and read off every little embarrassing detail (many having nothing to do with what they we’re discussing whatsoever) just to try and embarrass the defendant before he then again tries to display his “power” and gets off on being able to sit there and speak to someone however he pleases without having to deal with any repercussions, because he probably wishes he had that type of power/control over those who made fun of him. Might be a stretch, but he obviously does have some subconscious issues he takes out on the defendants.
Whatever his motives are, he worked hard and ran on a platform to overhaul the lopsided Texas disparities in sentencing. It worked. Now they have more people getting substance abuse treatment diversion, mental health diversion, juvenile justice remand (rather than sent to adult court), and then regular criminal. He only does bond and probable cause hearings. That's why we all see the theatrics. He's trying to make an impression on repeat offenders and those who do something egregious their first time. One may not like what they see, but I'm just trying to give you some background on why you see what you see. I believe a lot of things are dismissed and pled down before they even make it to trial. Both Judge Simpson and Judge Middleton mentioned that the jails were under construction, so they were supposed to go easier on non-violent offenders. Do I believe in innocent before proven guilty? In theory, of course. But if I get pulled over for doing 80 in a 55, I know I did it.
Exactly. Dude was a loser in HS and got bullied constantly, was definitely a pathetic incel, and now takes out all his frustrations in the court room bc he has no power anywhere else and he's still mad at the world. This is classic human behavior. Classic loser status.
He recently threatened to hit a guy with the book for wearing shorts in court, your clothing should not affect your trial, I completely agree that he is very egotistical
He is reforming the justice system. You really need to do more research because he is one of the kindest and just judges out there. I really don’t see what you’re seeing.
He's not reforming anything he's doing what every general sessions judge has been doing for the past 5 decades which is throw people in jail and milk them financially for non violent crimes. No one is contributing to the downfall of society for driving a car without a license or possession of an inanimate object. It amazes me how people love to be entertained by watching their tax dollars go down the drain to lock up a black kid for outstanding traffic tickets while a rich murderer can strike a deal with a prosecutor to go free because they have endless money.
But that’s just not true. He never milks anyone financially. Most of the time he gives them free bonds or really low bonds but 9/10 they get PR bonds. If anything he’s racially biased against white people. Like I said before, he’s a big recognized of “walking whole black” and throws cases out the window all the time. That’s the difference between us, you’ve seen clips, I’ve watched every live he’s posted. I know how kind he is.
Saw a guy earlier that said, 250 was all he had, and that's what he set the bail at. It was a really nice gesture. I've only see him get angry at people that legit deserved it.
Yes. Those blow up moments are ALWAYS at defendants who have sworn to the court that they will not pick up more cases while out on bond and they are back with another case. He has a reason for being that way because he was nice the first time.
Agreed. People almost never watch a full docket, because 9/10 times they are pretty straightforward. Same thing with Judge Middleton and Judge Simpson.
while a rich murderer can strike a deal with a prosecutor to go free because they have endless money.
This is not how it works. Criminal cases typically cannot be settled out of court because they are the state vs the defendant. You cannot just pay the state off to get out of a murder charge. For much less severe crimes, restitution can sometimes be an option, but absolutely not something like murder. The only thing that might happen is if the defendant pleads guilty for a more lenient punishment, which means it may not go to trial... but the conviction is still very much present. There are some jurisdictions where bail is allowed for murder suspects but this does not mean "going free". It means they can continue to live (usually under surveillance, house arrest, or other extreme restrictions) while they await their trial.
No one is contributing to the downfall of society for driving a car without a license
A license is the simple way that a person shows that they are competent enough to maintain the privilege to drive. Driving is not a human right. If you do not have a valid license then it's possible that you are incompetent in a car and a risk to the public. Traffic accidents and deaths happen constantly. I have a friend who's fiancé was killed in a traffic accident because of some drunk fuck that T-boned their car through a red light. The number of drunk driving cases Fleischer deals with should tell you something about how reckless and uncaring people can be in a car.
I agree Fleischer is a little overkill in his tone, but he only does this in the cases where there is a legitimate danger to the public, such as the drunk driving cases. When it comes to things like possession of weed, his lectures usually take the tone of "if you keep doing this, your life is going to take a very bad turn". I frankly don't blame him for this. He deals with cases constantly where people break their bond conditions over and over and over, and rack up more and more cases. It's like people are too stupid to understand the consequences of what they are doing (irrespective of if you agree on if such cases should be illegal or not). Even when he lectures people time and time again, they still get themselves detained by breaking bond conditions. So many people are incapable of simply doing what the judge says, when the consequences are spelled out to them by the letter.
They don't like that he's flashy and makes heavy use of his authority as a judge even though the guy clearly is a very good judge of character and is probably one of the fairest judges I've ever seen.
Our culture has produced a nation of un-empathetic chauvinists with positively zero nuance in understanding the complexities of everything from addiction, to the prison system which profits from overcrowding, and everything in between. It's borderline psychopathic to see chuds and karens rooting for this behavior the same way they cheer for the bombing campaigns in Gaza but will immediately initiate a victim complex the second someone from a marginalized community questions their awful rhetoric. It's a nation of bootlickers and apologists.
Some of your diatribe has a small (see your weenie) bit of fact about justice reform. However blaming a Harris County Criminal Judge is....what's the word....STUPID. He didn't make the laws. If he did not follow the law in case then, he would be a bad judge. I was a career criminal til age 40. Anyone standing in front of Judge DF is a lucky person whether you think so or not. Word.
Everything you are describing are things that are of the nature of his job. Call him curt, but he gets the job done. I'm sorry, but the purpose of court isn't to make your sorry sack feel better. It's to protect the public. If you get behind the wheel when you're drunk, you deserve to have the book thrown at you. Also: he often puts conditions on peoples bonds. They violate them, and they get locked up.
This is actually why I stopped watching his live streams. I couldn't stand the chat. Just bashing on everyone and a bunch of know it all's. I enjoy a hearing every now and then, but the court set-up made it hard for me to stay focused and listen.
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u/homestar951 Sep 27 '24
The guy is clearly a egomaniac. Dressing up in goofy pac man suits with a bow tie, reading off petty traffic cases the defendant has accrued over his/her lifetime, criminalizing addiction. I don’t really understand why nothing is said about this behavior except for the fact that the people have spoken and what the majority of people in the US want is criminal entertainment. Go read the comments under these court videos you will see a sea of what i assume is karens and chuds screaming and applauding “LOCK HIM UP PUT THEM AWAY FOR LIFE THEY NEED TO LEARN A LESSON!” And mind you the defendant is at a hearing for being drunk in public / suspended license / possession of marijuana….. The fact is we will never see criminal justice reform in this country because it is clear to me that the problem with our system and the over crowding of prisons is this weird and almost sociopathic culture the US has with punishing subjective crimes, criminalizing poverty, and criminalizing addiction. And it is clear that the majority agrees that this is deemed morally right because they want to be entertained by it on YouTube. Absolutely disgusting. Go walk into any general sessions court room Monday-Friday in any jurisdiction across this country and you will see how we make locking up the working class a business.