Update: White Republican Judge Who Threatened to Shoot Black Teens and said they don't look smart, Resigns

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/nyregion/ny-judge-erin-gall.html


White Judge Who Threatened to Shoot Black Teens at Party Resigns
Justice Erin P. Gall of Oneida County, N.Y., faced removal from office after a judicial commission found that she engaged in a “racially offensive, profane” tirade at a high school graduation party.

A New York judge who invoked her position and threatened to shoot Black teenagers at a party has resigned and dropped her monthslong fight to remain on the bench after a state commission recommended that she be forced to leave office.

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Justice Gall, who had one year remaining in her 14-year term, said in the motion that she had officially resigned her judgeship as of Dec. 15 and had no intention of serving on the bench again.

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The teenager who drove them there lost his car key during the skirmish. As police officers arrived and tried to clear the area, the teenager and his companions continued to look for the key, the commission found.

At that point, the commission found, Justice Gall, who is white, said, “get off the property — and that’s from Judge Gall.”

“I’m a judge,” she added, using a vulgarity for emphasis.

An officer told her that if someone found the key, it should be turned over to the police. If it was not found, the officer said, someone from the group of teenagers would have to return to look for it.

“If they come back looking for it, I’ll call you while they’re on the property,” Justice Gall then said, adding: “If they did, they’ll be arrested, or they’ll be shot on the property. Because when they trespass, you can shoot them on the property. I’ll shoot them on the property.”

In another exchange, Justice Gall said to the officers that the Black teenagers “don’t look like they’re that smart” and “were not going to business school, that’s for sure.”


video... after 3:30 on the video is when she talks about shooting the teens: