SC Judge removed after racial comment

July 28th, 2008

Judge removed after racial comment: A South Carolina judge who admitted calling crack cocaine addiction “black man’s disease” has been banned from the bench, the state’s Supreme Court said in an order Monday.

(Via MSNBC.com: Crime & courts.)

Wow. Just wow.

It’s nice to see that the state supreme court stepped in and did the right thing, but it’s still a shame that this could even happen. However, given South Carolina’s recent spate of freak-outs, it’s perhaps not that surprising.

Consider:

  • The state recently freaked out over a gay travel ad campaign, and then lied about it.
  • SC state Senator Kevin L. Bryant made a blatantly offensive and un-American t-shirt attempting to link Osama bin Laden and Barack Obama.
  • Christian Reconstructionists targeted South Carolina as a state in which to set up a theocracy.

    South Carolina has a long way to go, I think.

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