You probally remember this travesty. A black administrative law judge in DC sued his dry cleaner becuase they lost his pants for $67M. The judge ruled He Was Out Of His Mind and ruled in favor of the asian dry cleaners.

Because the attorney made a settlement demand that was rejected by the asshole, he will end up payinmg their legal fees which are in the tens of thousands of dollars. But I'm sure this asshole will appeal and make these merchants' lives a living hell a little longer.

This is the kind of suit that hurts people with real damages. People for pushing to limit legitimate claims via litigation reform will always have this nonsense to cite.

Sanity prevailing in a court of law? It'll never last.

Actually Tritone, I'm with you on this one. I didn't even notice that bit because I speed read it.

Moxie, is the guy's color in any way relevant to the story?

funny - all of the news coverage of the case and I never knew he was black until I saw the footage of him walking outside the courtroom.

Of course, that doesn't make him any more (or less) of an idiot.

While Conky was replying I was checking both this story and the Ohio cop one I posted. Though both have pictures, neither mentions being black.

So in this case, you added that text yourself.

Just saying ...

Moxie brought it up because the black man is always trying to keep Korean immigrant dry cleaners down. Isn't that right tritone?

Oustanding, King. Just outstanding.

Reminds me of The Blues Brothers and the Illinois Nazis.

Actually King is correct. I saw his picture and realized he was black for the first time like some of you. How odd, they mentioned that the dry cleaners were korean, so why not that the judge was black. I'm sure everyone assumed he was a mean old white man. I immediately recalled that blacks and koreans have, shall we say, tensions. So I included his racial description to see whether it affected peoples perception and what different color it gave to the story.

Then I looked at the judge's background and realized he's got a long history in the black community. I don't know the groups he was involved in, so they could be innocent affiliations or it could reflect a militant mindset. At a minimum he seems like a trouble maker and perhaps a racist. It gives a possible an explanation for his attempt to destroy these koreans and another dimension to the story.

D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz stated that "the court has significant concerns that the plaintiff is acting in bad faith."

Pearson was the attorney for the Washington Neighborhood Legal Services Program. He was hearing examiner for the Office of Police Complaints (who would be making those complaints?) He worked for a number of community groups including Black Seeds as well as the National Black Lawyers Association.

I leave you to draw your own conclusions, but it would be nice if the media told the whole story especially as it seems he is a rabble rouser.

Ah, ok. Thanks for clarifying. I guess in the media Korean is the new black then.