WHAT A HEEL!: Quid Pro Quote
The PA Judicial Conduct Board filed five formal counts of misconduct against Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Willie F. Singletary after he was caught on video “promising favorable treatment while soliciting donations from bikers last year at an event held to raise donations,” reports The Legal Intelligencer:
According to the notice of formal charges filed by the conduct board, Singletary allegedly brought the judicial office into disrepute by … [telling] the bikers “Now you all want me to get there, you're all going to need my hook-up, right?” …
“I was surprised to see that I had actually used those words, but there is no doubt that I did,” Singletary's answer said. “I am afraid that I got excited and carried away. …
“Although my words - and my use of 'urban' language - undoubtedly sound bad to those who have read them, I do not believe that the people at the event took them the wrong way since most of them were close friends and family members who knew that I would not hear their cases.”
If you watch the tape, the solicitation comes 2:15 minutes into the 2:56 minute clip, where Singleton says his “hook up” costs money, and that he needs to “raise $15,000 by Friday.”
Singletary also claims to be “unaware” that he was not allowed to fundraise until completing Judicial School after his election to the bench last Fall. A three-judge panel will conduct a public hearing on the charges.
I KNEW I'd influenced you when I saw two posts in a row with Latin titles! :)
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You did, indeed! Sometimes only Latin will do.
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