The girl has been incarcerated since May over homework assigned after schools were shut down because of the pandemic. The judge says there's more to it. Others say race is definitely a factor.
She didn't have a lawyer, so she was left to fend for herself in the courtroom. Maybe if she had been in the courtroom this scene might have played out differently, but she was being arraigned via a video camera. Not to dismiss her actions, but the judge wasn't exactly much help in this case either.
I was a judge in last nights karaoke contest at Goodfellas in Grand Blanc. It happens every Wednesday night and our own Jeremy Fenech is the host. The one thing about being a judge is the dilemma that comes about from voting. In last night's contest, how do you vote against Kermit the Frog? Here are the details: