Stop and look closely at the allegations ... remember that she had to deal with the dregs of society, day-in, day-out. That exchange with the woman who called her, a sitting judge, a vulgar name in her courtroom looks positively tame. As to her other comments, while insensitive, we do not know all the testimony that preceeded her pronouncements. Perhaps the man was a pig;, the litigant sure sounds dysfunctional to me and maybe it was high time that the person was so informed. The beads is a toughie but if the dude had a ganga rap sheet a mile long and was there for abandoning his family, perhaps asking him to get out of the Jamacian stoner look was sound advice. Nah, it sounds more like burn-out to me. I’m not sure I could deal with that job for long (family court).
I don’t even blame her for telling the person to return without the hair ornaments. The dignity of the court is a two way street. Why can’t people see that?