A New York state judge who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high school graduation party should be removed from office, a judicial watchdog panel ruled.

State Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall, 53, invoked her authority as a judge to try to get uninvited guests arrested, threatened to shoot Black teenagers and bragged that her 18-year-old son had “put the smackdown” on another partygoer, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct said in its report issued Monday.

The commission found that Gall, a white Republican who has served as an elected judge in upstate Oneida County since 2012, “created at least the appearance that she harbored racial bias,” which could undermine public confidence in her integrity.

The judicial conduct panel said that “impropriety permeated” Gall’s conduct after the July 1, 2022 graduation party at a friend’s house got out of hand. “Her wide array of misconduct severely undermined public confidence in the judiciary and in her ability to serve as a fair and impartial judge,” the commission said in recommending her removal.

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    4 months ago

    Everyone: Cops are FUCKIN corrupt the whole system is dirty as fuck

    Cops: This white lady in authority is out of her damn mind, no I am not arresting anybody I just want to get these kids their keys so everyone can be on about their business

    System: Hey yeah she’s racist as fuck let’s get rid of her

    (Just want to poke another hole in the ACAB narrative… this story includes some quotes from the cops on the scene telling the judge to STFU and they weren’t planning to arrest anybody and please to calm the fuck down so they could resolve everything and leave.)

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      It’s definitely a sign when there’s so few stories about police not escalating things and shooting unarmed minorities that when it happens you point to the story and say “See!? Everything’s great!!!”