Apparently Maryland is all up in arms over a Judge who decided, maybe it wasn't enough to rule behind the Bench. He seemed to have a problem with people parking in his parking spot, which is clearly marked and in a clearly marked restricted area. Additionally, the Judge felt that the notes he was leaving for people telling them to cease and desist weren't enough.
The Judge learned a valuable lesson: Being nice to people is tantamount to laying a six lane superhighway right down your back. It's the kind of lesson you wished you had've learned in the After School Specials, but found out about Date Rape and the evils of Narcotics instead.
Park in my spot, ONE MORE TIME!!!!According to this article, The Chief Administrative Judge for Maryland's 7th Circuit doesn't know what he's going to do about it, but he suggested to The Washington Post, that Judge Robert Nalley aka Big Bad Bob, would probably be sanctioned.
Are we serious? That's his job. To make rulings and sentencings. Are we really going to sanction a Judge because he's not technically behind the Bench when he does it? Literally, if this had been in the Courtroom, he could have ruled that all four of the perpetrators' tires be flattened, and it would have happened before the Defendant could have screamed, "Appeal!"
Not to mention, God help this lady if it really does go before a Court. Seriously, she should have counted her blessings and moved on, and let's expound a bit on Ms. Washington, the "victim" here. Upon further investigation, the picture starts to focus: The Leaf Chronicle ABA Journal
"Washington says she thought the restricted parking signs were meant for visitors. They are not. Those who park there must have a permit."
Exactly why would a Part-time cleaning lady think that she would be exempt and have special privileges to park in a clearly restricted area that was also clearly marked as the Judge's parking space? The only thing more ludicrous than this little tidbit, is how the press is spinning it:
"I was almost in tears," said Jean Washington, who says that because of construction, she's been parking along the street for a few weeks.
"I was just about in tears," Washington told the newspaper.
Yeah, I bet she was in tears, because she thought she was just going to park wherever she felt like and get away with it. My six year old niece cries when she pulls a stunt and doesn't get away with it too. Let's face it, whether she "knew" she couldn't park in the Judge's place, didn't know she couldn't, or just plain didn't care, it all amounts to one conclusion. This was clear and simple disrespect to a Jurist, and I don't believe Ms. Washington for a second. Afterall, we're all innocent when we break the law.
So she can cry all she wants, but the only injustice here is that Big Bad Bob didn't flatten all four of her tires and drive a .44 magnum bullet through the engine block. Just another person who thinks they can do whatever they want and get away with it, and when they don't, they whine and cry with righteous indignation when they are clearly in the wrong. Welcome to today's America.
