Stephen A. Smith goes off on Chad Johnson

[YourMomsLover]

85...bottom line.

If it helps, Smitty said he would beat his mom like a drum. :)

[rayzor]

Having said that, Chad was unlucky to have the judge he had. I saw a bitch call a judge a nazi and then try to turn and storm out of the courtroom. The judge had the bailiff arrest her. They held her in the jury box area for about an hour and then made her stand up and apologize to the whole courtroom. Afterwards they let her go with no additional charges. She was lucky, and the point stands. You can't do poo like that in court - it's asanine and juvenile. 

 

i get a sense from the way that the judge had been talking about how good a job his lawyer did that he had to really put in some extra work to try and make chad look good. we all know how little he takes seriously and it's not hard to imagine he wasn't taking this seriously either.

 

i think that is the crux of the matter. chad doesn't do himself any favors. he doesn't take life or his actions seriously. everything has been a joke and it's not unrealistic at all to think that he had been that way during the case.

 

i seriously doubt that this was the lone instance of disrespect to the court and not taking this seriously during that trial and it seems that he was lucky to be getting the deal he got and then he had to go and mess it up again and it was the straw that broke the camel's back. he was essentially hanging by a thread and he acted foolish and ended up breaking that thread.

 

he dug that hole he's in. not that judge...chad did. he got what he had coming. he almost got lucky and got out of it but he pulled a plaxico burress and shot himself in the leg.

 

btw, it's interesting the criticisms that have been coming towards that judge in this thread. definitely some sexist overtones.

[Guest HelloWorld]

Stephen A Smith thinks he speaks for the black community just because he is black. He is too high on himself. Everybody who saw the video  agreed the judge went overboard. The just failed to keep it strictly professional by asking a casual question unrelated to the case. Johnson should appeal her decision and demand a different judge in further proceedings. And she should be reprimanded.

 

And yes, I work with the court system. No unnecessary, casual small talks during proceedings. He behavior can be construed as entrapment. If Chad weren't famous she wouldn't behave that way. Real criminals scream, spits, kicks, and throw poo at judges all the time and they don't go to jail until proven guilty. When judges do ask casual questions they expect casual answers/reactions. It looks like she was trying out for her own TV show knowing she was being recorded.

 

Smith is an idiot, he should stick to yapping about Tibow instead of social activism.
 

[Floppin]

 

 

And yes, I work with the court system. No unnecessary, casual small talks during proceedings. He behavior can be construed as entrapment. If Chad weren't famous she wouldn't behave that way. Real criminals scream, spits, kicks, and throw poo at judges all the time and they don't go to jail until proven guilty. When judges do ask casual questions they expect casual answers/reactions. It looks like she was trying out for her own TV show knowing she was being recorded.

 

 

 

This is complete bullshit. Sorry. The only time that anyone can do any of those things and not be thrown into jail on contempt, is if they are already sitting in jail unable to bond out and were brought in with fuging ankle shackles on from their cell block, and even then the judge throws a contempt charge on top the majority of the time just because. They also escort your ass back to your cell for the day immediately after and you have to sit around for another month waiting on the next available date to continue your case, IE defacto contempt.

 

There's literally not a single criminal court room in the country where you can walk into your court date and cuss and throw poo at a judge and expect to walk out of there on your own free will. Not happening, no way, no how. 

[Cpt slay a ho]

i'm not sexist but she is a dumb fug for that, if it were a regular citizen i doubt her reaction would be the same.Also when chad did the butt slap thing it wasn't like he was laughing as well, she shouldn't worry about the reactions of the ppl in court besides the attorney and Chad Johnson himself, it's hard to explain but laughing in certain situations makes everything appear a lot more worst then the actually are.....idk it's a load of horseshiz imo

[TheRumGone]

some of you are really showing your age in this thread.

[Guest HelloWorld]

This is complete bullshit. Sorry. The only time that anyone can do any of those things and not be thrown into jail on contempt, is if they are already sitting in jail unable to bond out and were brought in with fuging ankle shackles on from their cell block, and even then the judge throws a contempt charge on top the majority of the time just because. They also escort your ass back to your cell for the day immediately after and you have to sit around for another month waiting on the next available date to continue your case, IE defacto contempt.

 

There's literally not a single criminal court room in the country where you can walk into your court date and cuss and throw poo at a judge and expect to walk out of there on your own free will. Not happening, no way, no how. 

 

The other part of that which you fail to understand is the average person don't know court room decorum, thus judges tend to issue a warning on first offense. You can't exclude the human factor when dealing with humans. The position of a judge is NOT to punish but to interpret the law. We put our trust in them to do just that. That judge's behavior was uncanny and unprofessional. A casual questions expect a casual response. That goes for any field.

[rayzor]

The other part of that which you fail to understand is the average person don't know court room decorum, thus judges tend to issue a warning on first offense. You can't exclude the human factor when dealing with humans. The position of a judge is NOT to punish but to interpret the law. We put our trust in them to do just that. That judge's behavior was uncanny and unprofessional. A casual questions expect a casual response. That goes for any field.

what makes you think he didn't already receive warnings for his actions in the courtroom?

[the butch]

I think most of the disagreement on here is over whether the judge SHOULD HAVE exercised her discretion.  It's plainly in the rules that she can.  But, discretion is not, as the argument goes, evenly applied.  Case in point, an ass slap should have been ignored or issued a warning.  I disagree.

 

That judge has to be there everyday.  The same people that complain that superstars shouldn't get special treatment are probably the same ones saying that the treatment here was too harsh [not directed at any one on here, just a general observation].  Something doesn't mesh there.

 

The judge doesn't want ass-slappers running amok in her courtroom.  She nipped it in the butt; and what is a better way to tell the parties [and attorneys] entering her doors everyday, "Hey, I'm not taking any poo!" than using a high-profile celebrity/athlete/circus clown?

 

As for general court decorum, different courts at the trial level on up have different "styles," so to speak.  Backwoods Mississippi? Probably not as formal even at the appellate level.  Innercity Minnesota?  Probably pretty damn formal starting at the trial level.

[Guest HelloWorld]

what makes you think he didn't already receive warnings for his actions in the courtroom?

 

We're going based solely on what we see in the video. If we start assuming then the possibility is endless.

[rayzor]

We're going based solely on what we see in the video. If we start assuming then the possibility is endless.

that's exactly what you've been doing. you're assuming that was the first time the judge had gotten onto him for actng inappropriately in her courtroom. i think it's highly unlikely that is the case.

 

it's her courtroom and she has to control it and make sure that business in there stays at a certain level of respectfulness. it's also likely that his wasn't nearly the only case in that courtroom that day. she had to ensure that disrespectful and inappropriate behavior didn't continue in there.

 

he didn't deserve the plea bargain. he deserved what he earned. she was being gracious in accepting the plea deal and it apparently had more to do with the job his lawyer did than chad's "winning" personality. his behavior was inappropriate for the seriousness of what happens in that courtroom. he admitted he was wrong and started celebrating getting away with it too early. she gave him what he had coming. he has only himself to blame for the 30 days in the hole.

[ed bell]

I believe its been reported that this wasn't the first time Chad has caused a disturbance in her courtroom. Add to that the fact that he basically stopped reporting to his probation officer.

[AceBoogie]

I guess the bailiff should be suspended for laughing. You guys are uptight and the judge abused her power. Chad himself didn't laugh and wasnt making a joke. She was a woman clearly trying to stick it to chad because of the domestic violence issue. A male judge and this wouldn't have happened.

[ed bell]

I guess the bailiff should be suspended for laughing. You guys are uptight and the judge abused her power. Chad himself didn't laugh and wasnt making a joke. She was a woman clearly trying to stick it to chad because of the domestic violence issue. A male judge and this wouldn't have happened.

There's a good reason the bailiff turned away from the judge to laugh....the second part of your post is BS speculation. The judge is responsible for the decorum of the courtroom. She was offering leniency...he lost that, she didn't deprive him of something he had a right to.