Courts slur seek root out clerk9/19/2023 “It sickens me to write that word, even in the context of this message, but I find it necessary to use your exact language for clarity–appalling language that fell from your lips with such ease and comfort that it might not have been the first time you spoke that word socially,” Anderson writes in the letter, dated March 1, 2022, which was also sent to Mahoney. In the letter, Anderson argues that because of the use of the word, “it is hard to imagine a situation where an African American litigant, attorney or witness might appear before you and be able to see you as an unbiased, impartial, or fair judge.” King County District Court handles misdemeanor criminal cases, domestic violence protection orders, small claims and other matters.Īnderson also thanks Mahoney for stepping down as chief presiding judge of King County District Court, but asks that she resign altogether. 9th Zoom meeting that precipitated her resignation as chief presiding judge concerned the use of derogatory terms, such as “Nazi,” among employees in the workplace “where the intent had been to bully, demean, harass, and intimidate others,” Mahoney said in a statement. Mahoney said she only used the full word after she detected confusion about what exactly she meant by “the N-word.” “To illustrate my point, I repeated an example of harmful hate speech previously given to me by one of the meeting participants, and said ‘like the N-word.'” “It was my position that hate speech can never be tolerated and that the use of such words as slurs or derogatory terms are not protected free speech,” Mahoney continued.
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