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Terrebonne Parish judge's costume draws criticism from NAACP


By DOUG SIMPSON
The Associated Press
11/10/03 3:47 PM


NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A south Louisiana NAACP branch is considering seeking a sanction against a white judge who appeared at a Halloween party in black face and wearing a prison jumpsuit and shackles around his wrists and ankles.

Judge Timothy C. Ellender, a state district judge in Terrebonne Parish, has acknowledged that he wore the costume, including an "afro" wig, but said it was a harmless joke. "It's a tempest in a teapot," he told The Courier of Houma.

Ellender did not immediately return a call for comment on Monday.

Jerome Boykin, president of the NAACP's Terrebonne Parish branch, said Monday that Ellender's costume stereotyped blacks as criminals and convicts.

"For a judge to take the time to paint his face black with shoe polish, put on an afro wig, a prison jumpsuit and shackles ... and walk around in public, I feel he ain't fit to be a judge," Boykin said.

Ellender has agreed to meet with Boykin and about 10 other black activists, elected officials and clergy this week to discuss the matter, Boykin said.

The black leaders will decide after the meeting whether to file a complaint to Louisiana's Judiciary Commission, which can censure and dismiss judges who violate the state's judicial code of conduct. The code requires that judges always behave in a manner that promotes public confidence in the system's fairness.

Boykin said he heard about the costume from several white people who attended the party at a seafood restaurant in Houma, about 60 miles southwest of New Orleans.

Ellender has drawn criticism in the past for keeping a shotgun in his courtroom and giving out unusual sentences.

He sentenced a man convicted of accidentally killing his best friend to regularly place flowers at the victim's gravesite. He sentenced a youth with chronic speeding violations to clean up trash from a bayou using the judge's pirogue, a flat-bottom boat similar to a canoe.

A little racist (he may not admit), but a lot of stupidity. :2 cents:

Yeah, the fact that he's a judge is what really makes this article disturbing.:(

Perhaps the blacks need to put out a book of rules so we whites know how to dress, speak, think, grovel.

The fucking naacp should pay a little attention to their own problems. 50%+ of all black males are felons, all having kids out of wedlock, many are crack heads, they kill and rob each other, aids is spreading like wildfire among them.
Then they demand respect.

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jesus christ dude.... take a nap.

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It's both racist and realistic.

lol and tranza called me a board whore.....

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Too juiccccy! :) Here's a tip, my temporary page is hosted on a friend's server, our full service page will be on my server.... so.... KEEP GUESSING :)

But getting back to the topic of this post.... Isn't it the job of judges to appear to be beyond bias? So, wouldn't this behavior undermine the objectivity that is at the heart of the judiciary's responsibilities to society?

Racial realism? Is that a subgenre of the 30's painting movement called Social Realism? Thomas Harte Benton?!

perhaps the blacks? sounds like you have a little hatred in your heart like this judge. i won't even attempt to comment at the rest of the BULLSHIT that you wrote because it's not worth my time. you apparenlty are just as ignorant as this judge is.

is it realistic because this judge is laughing at the fact that he enjoys locking up blacks? anyone who dresses up like this is extremely happy about what they do, keep in mind he is a JUDGE.

Nothing realistic about racism cuz racism is NOT about reality but stereotypes.:2 cents:

Just stupidity, people do strange things with halloween:2 cents:

You couldn't pay me enough to touch this thread.