A suburban Detroit judge is no longer handling cases after a court official turned over recordings of her making anti-gay insults and referring to Black people as lazy.
Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan was removed from her docket on Aug. 27 for unspecified misconduct. Now the court’s administrator has stepped forward to say he blew the whistle on her, secretly recording their phone calls.
“I just want to make it right. … I want to keep my job and do it in peace,” Edward Hutton told WXYZ-TV. “And I want the people in Oakland County that come to court to get a fair shake, to have their day in court, to have an unbiased trier of fact.”
Respect to Hutton for stepping forward and pushing back against bigotry.
lol she would be a Kathy, feel like that’s up there with Karen
Because of course she’s in Probate
Lower courts held to a higher standard than the Supreme Court. How fun for us.
I can’t wait to see a recording of a male judge uttering the same thing and getting the same outcome … right?
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Nice try to discredit the commenter but you’re wrong and you know that you are
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I find vk6flab to be delightful.
Checking your post history, you’re not, so I guess I don’t want to talk to you. Bye!
P.S. “I’m rude to people because I’m calling them out,” is self-centred boor 101. Lame.
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Only here you were completely wrong hahaha
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Please stop whining about a nothing burger.
Got any examples of a man getting away with something like this?
Seriously?
Here’s a start: Donald Trump, Clarence Thomas, Elon Musk
“I’m not systemically racist. I’m a new racist,” said Ryan
Still getting paid too. Be a racist officer (of the court), get caught - Free Vacation! Jägerbombs all ‘round!
Oh, cool, that “new racism” I’ve been hearing about, that’s awesome.
Jesus. I thought you were exaggerating with that quote. Nope. She just out and out admits she is a piece of shit.
Yeah, I didn’t believe either of you so I went and checked for myself.
“I’m not systemically racist. I’m a new racist,” said Ryan, who was first elected in 2010.
Holy fuck, she fucking said it.
Happy Cakeday! 🍰🎂
That’s hard to hold personal biases after seeing all kinds of people doing shitty things. It’s natural for us to form them as we optinize our workflow, right, but toward such general groups like The Blacks © and The Gays ™? She inherited them and consciously kept them in her. I don’t know how it affected her judgement in court, but at the very least saying stuff like that doesn’t sit right with her job, even if it’s said in person. It’s like a surgeon telling an anecdote of them not washing hands after using a toilet.
I want to keep my job and do it in peace
Good luck. Doing the right thing often does not have that result.
Not in this country, under our Corporate overlords.
Now let’s wipe all her gay and black convictions.
As a probate judge would she have convictions?
The Probate Division manages decedents’ estates, trusts, guardianship of minors, and conservatorship of adults who are unable to provide for their personal needs or manage their financial resources.
Doesn’t look like it, but Brittany Spears can tell you about the other horrors this bigot would have been able to serve up as “punishments.”
All her assets neet to be seized and audited. I guarantee this piece of shit has stolen from mentally challenged kids and adults.
retrial time
And lawsuit time if they are found innocent.
I’d like to see everyone have reasonable consequences applied to their actions, thank you.
Tbf, our prisons aren’t by any stretch of the imagination “reasonable.”
This is APPALLING! If we allow this to Stand then Maybe in a couple Decades we won’t even allow Judges to take MULTI MILLION DOLLAR BRIBES FROM THE PEOPLE BRINGING CASES BEFORE THEM! Sickening!
“Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan”
