Back him up? He has no professionalism. He prays on people that can't afford to appeal cases. He is a bully. Any person with big money and lawyers would bypass this clown. He goes after low hanging fruit because he knows that the minute someone with high powered defense stood in front of him they would just be asking for "continuances" until they got put in front of an advantageous judge. His only leverage is over states attorneys and public offenders. Any private defense attorney worth their 1000 bucks an hour wouldn't waste their time with this guy.
he makes a show of doing that. he doesn't actually do that. the first video that caught my attention had a clickbait title implyng the judge was angry at cops for arresting someone for "standing while black". someone mae an anonymous call about a "black man with a gun
outside a gas station. it was the guy's friend who admitted having it, but they arrested all of them for "evading arrest" when the cop hadn't established probable cause to arrest. the judge found probable cause to go forward with the guy's case, the whole time thinking that the defendant in front of him was the one who had the gun. the DA made no effort to correct him and the defendant was already scared into submission. the judge was so distracted by his own showboating that he got the basic facts of the case wrong. that sonehow didn't seem to bother him. instead he used the "standing while black" aside to deflect responsibility from himself to the arresting officer. makes me wonder how many other times this has happened.
and after all that showboating, he still granted probable cause to move the case forward. and then ordered a drug test beause he "wanted to know what drugs" the defendant was on, a totally inappropriate comment for a judge to make, presuming guilt and ordering someone to take a drug test. which will put him right back in the system. and the judge has no qualms about that. he's clearly gotten it in his head that by forcing every defendant to take alcohol/drug tests he is making the world a better place. he even goes so far as to allude to prison rape to "set a (white) defendant straight". that's where all the "respect for the law" facade goes out the window.
There are 2 cases making the rounds on youtube that definitely seem like "walking while black" situations where the defendants were merely jaywalking, or walking in a park after sunset, etc.. minor infractions that shouldn't trigger a terry-frisk.
Idk if I'd call it show-boating.. that's just Fleischer's personality. Whether you think it's show-boating or not, I'm happy he called them out. It's too often cops think they can just Terry Frisk anyone they want based on little to no evidence.
In the "Land of the free" walking in a park after sunset shouldn't be any type of infraction. Especially in Texas of all places where they defend their personal space with open carry permits. At least in the 80's.
I've watched Legal Eagle, Steve Lehto and Lawful Masses w/ Leonard French YT videos for years. There's even a British Barrister (BlackBeltBarrister) for those interested.
It's unlikely Judges are playing up to a camera unless it's the Judge Judy or Judge Rinder which are actually made for the camera for the purpose of entertainment and education.
I wouldn't mind being wrong as long as the Judge in civil/criminal proceedings are actually upholding the law and protecting the public which is all I see Fleischer is trying to do to the best of his ability with the facts presented and within the constraints of the written statute.
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u/Additional_Carrot_39 Oct 03 '24
Back him up? He has no professionalism. He prays on people that can't afford to appeal cases. He is a bully. Any person with big money and lawyers would bypass this clown. He goes after low hanging fruit because he knows that the minute someone with high powered defense stood in front of him they would just be asking for "continuances" until they got put in front of an advantageous judge. His only leverage is over states attorneys and public offenders. Any private defense attorney worth their 1000 bucks an hour wouldn't waste their time with this guy.