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October 6, 2010

White Boys Get All The Breaks



A judge in western Pennsylvania has decreed that there is a separate and unequal "white boy" level of punishment in the state penal code. The judge is _________(fill in the blank).

Black judge rejects plea deal for 'white boy'

PITTSBURGH — A black judge from western Pennsylvania rejected a plea agreement for a man accused of fighting with police during a traffic stop, saying it was "a ridiculous plea that only goes to white boys."

The plea agreement was for a sentence of three months probation. Allegheny County Judge Joseph Williams said on Tuesday that a black defendant in that situation would not have been treated as leniently.

In court, Williams told Assistant District Attorney Brian Catanzarite that he "for some reason comes up with I think ridiculous pleas whenever it's a young white guy," according to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I'm just telling you what my observation is. If this had been a black kid who did the same thing, we wouldn't be talking about three months' probation."

Catanzarite responded that he was standing in for another prosecutor and didn't broker the plea deal.

"Now that the court has essentially called me a racist, I think that's unfair. I don't make offers based on race. I make offers based on facts," Catanzarite said, according to the Tribune-Review.

More here.
We are all waiting for judicial censure and removal from the bench. We are also so not holding our breath.

4 comments:

WomanHonorThyself said...

yup don't hold your breath my friend..what a double standard..eeesh!

sig94 said...

I must have missed the Race-Baiting in the 2nd Degree citation when I thumbed through through the PA Penal Code.

WoFat said...

Shades of Goldie Hawn, et al.

Anonymous said...

Goldie Hawn... Ha. This brings back memories of Pigmeat Markham.