A Detroit judge has been temporarily taken off the bench after he forced a 15-year-old girl to wear handcuffs and a jail uniform because she appeared to fall asleep during a field trip to his court.
District Court Judge Kenneth King said he did not like Eva Goodman’s “attitude” and said he wanted to show her “how you are to conduct yourself in a courtroom”.
The teenager was visiting the 36th District Court for a trip organised by the environmental charity The Greening, whose other excursions include kayaking and bird-watching.
On Thursday, the chief judge of the 36th District Court, William McConico, said in a statement that he had conducted a “swift and thorough internal investigation” of the incident and decided to temporarily take Mr King off his cases to undergo “necessary training”.
“We sincerely hope that this incident does not undermine our longstanding relationships with local schools,” Judge McConio said.
The girl’s…
