GOP Judge Dons Blackface and Shackles

[MrBenchley]

Nice to see open racism is making a comeback, thanks to the Republican party...

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

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[Fenris]

1. Classy and sensitive!

Shotgun in the courtroom, unusual sentencing, showing up in blackface and leg irons at a Halloween party...yep, sounds like south Louisiana!

[MrBenchley]

4. Appalling, isn't it?

[beanball]

2. Racist judge

how long will America tolarate racist behavior from judges and other elected or appointed official?blacks are asked or told that they must defend America against her enemies,what about the enimies within America.WAKE UP AMERICA and live up to your motto.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. You really begin to see the mind of the creature when

you see how they laugh at these antics. They really do think it's hilarious. The kind of things that some people find humorous says a lot about them.

[RoeBear]

5. If he's not a racist...

...he's gotta be nuts. How could he expect to do something as outrageous as this and not have it come out to public scrutiny.

[kanrok]

6. Whata douchebag.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

7. its a tempest in a teapot?

yeah, and the ACLU's coming for tea and biscuits.