Georgia Supreme Court Removes Judge After Nightclub Incident and Pattern of Misconduct

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The Georgia Supreme Court has removed Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson from her position following allegations of shoving a police officer during a profanity-laden altercation outside an Atlanta nightclub. The incident, captured on bodycam footage, has led to her arrest and has raised significant concerns about her conduct both in and out of the courtroom.

 

Judge Peterson, 38, was removed from office and banned from holding any judicial position in the state for seven years after the state's highest court issued its opinion on Tuesday. Despite the public attention on her recent arrest, it was not the incident that led directly to her removal. Instead, the Judicial Qualifications Commission found that she exhibited a "pattern of judicial misconduct" while in office. 

 

Elected and sworn into office in December 2020, Peterson faced 50 counts of alleged misconduct less than a year into her four-year term. While 20 of these counts were dismissed, a hearing panel found clear and convincing evidence to convict her of 28 out of the remaining 30 counts. The panel's March report concluded that she should be removed from the bench, a decision the Georgia Supreme Court upheld. The court found Peterson showed a "flagrant disregard for the law, court rules, and judicial conduct rules," with a consistent pattern of violations.

 

 

One particularly troubling incident involved Peterson holding a woman in criminal contempt for appealing to correct an error on her marriage certificate. The judge sentenced the woman to the maximum jail time of 20 days and imposed a fine without providing an explanation or justification. Additionally, Peterson was accused of allowing unauthorized individuals to enter the county courthouse after hours without proper screening and using deputies for personal overtime work at taxpayer expense.

 

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Peterson's inappropriate behavior extended beyond the courthouse. She was accused of engaging in hostile exchanges with neighbors during homeowners association meetings while simultaneously suing the association. This conduct, the court said, did not reflect the decorum and temperament required of a judge.

 

The Georgia Supreme Court did not consider Peterson’s recent arrest in its determination, as it was not part of the investigation. However, the incident further damaged her reputation. During the incident, Peterson allegedly pushed an off-duty Atlanta police officer twice in the chest outside the Red Martini Restaurant and Lounge. She was charged with simple battery against a police officer and obstruction of a law enforcement officer.

According to police reports, Peterson interfered as the officer was trying to de-escalate a situation involving a security guard escorting a woman out of the club. Bodycam footage shows Peterson shouting, "Let her f–cking go, let her f–cking go," at the guard and officer before being handcuffed and placed in a police cruiser, where she continued to shout expletives and refused to give her name.

 

Peterson's attorney, Marvin Arrington Jr., defended her actions, stating she was trying to help a woman who had been reportedly attacked by a man outside the club and did not mean to push the officer. Two witnesses, including the alleged victim, supported Peterson's account at a press conference, with the alleged victim stating, "He viciously attacked me, punched me in my face, and Judge Peterson was the only one to help me."

 

Arrington expressed confidence in Peterson's eventual exoneration, saying, "As the investigation continues to unfold and more facts come to light, we believe that Judge Christina Peterson will be completely exonerated of these charges."

 

 

Credit: New York Post 2024-06-27

 

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[chondan]

DEI

Dumb Evil Idiot.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck. talks like a duck its a duck, or in this case.....TRASH! Got what she deserved!

[JonnyF]

Clearly unsuitable for the job.

 

One suspects a DEI hire. No other way someone who exhibits such behaviour could rise to such a position. Imagine having her deciding your fate. No wonder the US justice system is in such a mess. 

[impulse]

4 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Clearly unsuitable for the job.

 

One suspects a DEI hire. No other way someone who exhibits such behaviour could rise to such a position. Imagine having her deciding your fate. No wonder the US justice system is in such a mess. 

 

It wasn't a DEI hire. It was a DEI election.

 

She is under investigation for at least 50 counts of misconduct.  Not surprisingly, she pulls the race card and blames the cops, though she was in hot water long before the nightclub incident.

 

BTW, not surprising she's a Dem.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6355736821112

 

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/panel-douglas-judge-guilty-of-systemic-incompetence

 

[JonnyF]

8 minutes ago, impulse said:

BTW, not surprising she's a Dem.

 

I didn't even check. I just knew. 

[impulse]

7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

I didn't even check. I just knew. 

 

I was 99% sure, but I looked it up anyway.  That's how I found out that the nightclub incident was just a small incident in a string of misconduct.  Some of the stories about how she treated people as a judge are appalling.  She needs to go to jail, not just step down.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 02:03 AM by impulse

[Tug]

She’s a nutter best send her to the mental ward yeiks!

[Bangkok Barry]

 

Why are so many in the USA totally unable to separate politics from the law. If the law is administered along Party lines rather than the rule of law then the USA is in an even bigger mess than we thought. I'm from the UK, and cannot imagine the courts ruling on someone depending on if they are a member of, say, Labour instead of the Conservatives.

But what I believe is really happening is that those who claim the law is administered depending on who you vote for are talking out of their a***.

[Celsius]

I wud

[Tug]

9 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Why are so many in the USA totally unable to separate politics from the law. If the law is administered along Party lines rather than the rule of law then the USA is in an even bigger mess than we thought. I'm from the UK, and cannot imagine the courts ruling on someone depending on if they are a member of, say, Labour instead of the Conservatives.

But what I believe is really happening is that those who claim the law is administered depending on who you vote for are talking out of their a***.

It’s mostly gas lighting and sniveling cases are judged on their merits not the political party 

[herfiehandbag]

14 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Why are so many in the USA totally unable to separate politics from the law. If the law is administered along Party lines rather than the rule of law then the USA is in an even bigger mess than we thought. I'm from the UK, and cannot imagine the courts ruling on someone depending on if they are a member of, say, Labour instead of the Conservatives.

But what I believe is really happening is that those who claim the law is administered depending on who you vote for are talking out of their a***.

 

I would hope so, but of late party affiliations seem to be central to many judicial appointments.

[stoner]

13 minutes ago, Celsius said:

I wud

 

back of the squad car pic got you too eh. fire !! 

[stoner]

26 minutes ago, Tug said:

She’s a nutter best send her to the mental ward yeiks!

 

what about all the charges she is up on ? surely you advocate for that to be resolved in a court of law yes. 

[Roo Island]

How about they prosecutate Gaetz next