State Judge to Take Charge of City Cases in Ferguson

[DonViejo]

Source: New York Times


A state judge will take over municipal court cases in Ferguson, Mo., the Missouri Supreme Court announced Monday evening. The change comes days after the federal Department of Justice sharply criticized municipal courts in the St. Louis suburb for acting largely as a fund-raising operation that disproportionately fined and jailed black people.

Ronald J. Brockmeyer, the current municipal judge, resigned his post effectively immediately, according to a news release sent by a lawyer in his firm.

Judge Roy L. Richter, who had been serving on a state appeals court, will move to the Circuit Court in St. Louis County and hear the Ferguson cases.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/us/state-judge-to-take-charge-of-city-cases-in-ferguson.html?emc=edit_na_20150309

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[elleng]

1. DITTO, DonViejo!

I'll delete mine.

[Enrique]

2. Brockmeyer keeping his day job as a private attorney

he's been getting bad reviews lately by the way...

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ronald+J.+Brockmeyer&oq=Ronald+J.+Brockmeyer&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x87df2fa98e5762ef:0x5bfa2c5078faec23,1


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Jenny Landon
in the last week
This so called "judge" should be put UNDER the jail. There is no 'justice' in America. The entire system has been corrupted by MONEY and GREED. Ferguson is treating its poor citizens as cash cows. Milking them dry. While the Court Clerk and this ...More

Wesley Brown
in the last week-
This hypocritical piece of garbage tossed hundreds of innocent people in jail over unpaid traffic tickets, while he himself owes close to $200,000 in back taxes.

Chet Brewer
in the last week
as the previous reviewer said, this fine gentleman acting as a so called judge shakes down residents while dismissing tickets of friends and family while not paying his taxes despite acting as prosecutor and judge in multiple jurisdictions. What ...More

James A. Tremblay
in the last week
HE SHOULD LOSE HIS LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW, AND DESERVES TO BE JAILED IN THE SAME MUCUS AND BLOOD-SMEARED CELLS THAT HE SENTENCED THE POOR IN HIS COMMUNITY TO BE JAILED WITHIN. HE IS A DISGRACE TO LAW AND DECENCY.

Jahangir Shah
in the last week
corrupt to the core. I hope you get jailed sonny.

[Chakab]

3. Brockmeyer and the rest of those clowns should all be disbarred.

[The Blue Flower]

4. THIS

They should be thrown out of the profession immediately.

[Downwinder]

5. Ferguson judge behind aggressive fines policy owes $170,000 in unpaid taxes

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/06/ferguson-judge-owes-unpaid-taxes-ronald-brockmeyer

[Hekate]

6. This is another step forward, and out of the Dark Ages in Ferguson. nt

[Cha]

7. THanks AG Holder&Obama.. Mahalo Don

[JonLP24]

8. Agree

Holder was great choice for AG, probably the best in recent history. In addressing the discrimination tackling SB 1070 & Arpaio discrimination probably the best ever regarding that issue.

[d_legendary1]

9. So they remove a crooked ass judge and replace him with a bigger crook?

Way to solve this Ferguson. Gotta keep that cash flowing!