Black Florida judge forced from her home at gunpoint after a police mix up

[bananas]

Source: Daily Mail

A Florida circuit court judge was forced out of her family home at gunpoint after a police mix-up over a burglary.

Judge Ilona Holmes, one of the only black justices in Broward County, was holding a handgun when she came out of the Deerfield Beach house that was surrounded by gun-toting deputies.

It was only after she had placed the pistol on the front lawn that one of the officers recognised her and realised there had been a misunderstanding.

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‘They said, ‘Come out with your hands up!’ She said, ‘I am Circuit Court Judge Ilona Holmes. I am armed.’’ said her sister.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381310/Black-Florida-judge-forced-home-gunpoint-police-mix-up.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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Amazing video interview at http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Broward-judge-ordered-by-deputies-come-out-with-your-hands-up-120755199.html

[EFerrari]

1. Geezus. I'm so glad she didn't get shot.

:scared:

[provis99]

2. if she was black, it wasn't a mixup;

Just another example of right-wing police intimidation.

[defendandprotect]

8. Agree --

[SoapBox]

9. Also agreed.

[TomClash]

3. To paraphrase the Birthers

How do we know she is a Judge?

[Swagman]

7. come out with your hands up and holding your birth certificate

[freshwest]

4. Good grief, I'm glad she wasn't gunned down.

[bertman]

5. How goddam stupid can someone be? Especially a black woman judge? Coming out of

the house holding a fire arm while the police are expecting a possible burglary suspect to appear is insane.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

10. Read the link

and then you'll see how it all went down.

[bertman]

13. I read the link. The police identified themselves before demanding that she

come out of the house, yet she still comes out holding a gun!! I don't care if she yelled that she is a judge. How do the cops know that until she is identified? For all they knew she could have been someone other than who she actually was.

As a judge, this woman surely knows better than most people how many black people are killed by police in these types of situations--regardless of whether they are doing anything wrong or not.

I'm just glad this did not end in her being shot or killed.

[Duer 157099]

6. Wait. So if she hadn't been a judge

then the police would have been justified in doing what they did? Why does her being a judge play a role?

I hope she remembers every single officer who was there, next time they come before her testifying about something. Maybe she'll realize their judgement isn't all that.

[inwiththenew]

11. As long as the officers went home safely

:sarcasm:

[MellowDem]

12. After reading the article...

I fail to see why the judge's race is even a factor or even who did what wrong and why this is even something controversial?

[EFerrari]

14. Because black people have a way of getting in front of police bullets

at a higher rate than other people and all over the country?

[MellowDem]

15. A non-answer... nt

[EFerrari]

16. It's the right answer, unfortunately.

Killed by the Cops
by Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
Sunday, November 4 2007, 12:00 PM EST
This project was conducted with research assistance by Aliza Appelbaum, Beandrea Davis, Erin Dostal, Lynne Nguyen, Marine Olivesi,Julianne Ong Hing, Brittany Petersen, Alena Scarver, Seth Wessler and Shelley Zeiger.

This summer ColorLines and The Chicago Reporter conducted a joint national investigation of fatal police shootings in America’s 10 largest cities, each of which had more than 1 million people in 2000. Several striking findings emerged.

To begin, African Americans were overrepresented among police shooting victims in every city the publications investigated.

http://www.colorlines.com/archives/2007/11/killed_by_the_cops.html

They get shot even when they are cops:

Mistaken Identity: Black Off-Duty Cop Shot Dead By White Officer in NYC
By Sheryl H. Salomon on May 30th 2009 9:04AM

http://www.bvblackspin.com/2009/05/30/mistaken-identity-black-off-duty-cop-shot-dead-by-white-officer/

When they are not available to be shot, they are still blamed for cops shooting:

Philadelphia Cop Shoots Himself Accused Black Males
http://www.chocolatecity.cc/2010/05/11/philadelphia-cop-shoots-himself-accused-black-males/

And when someone harms a cop, they are punished as a group:

NYPD Arrest 181 Black Men in Queens After Cop Shot in the Leg

A New York police officer was shot in the leg with his own gun while trying to arrest a man allegedly smoking marijuana. During the following three days, police mounted a massive dragnet in the community, arresting a total of 181 black men in Queens.

http://www.democracynow.org/2005/7/1/nypd_arrest_181_black_men_in

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