“Do you know who I am?” asks the motorist pulled over for a flagrant traffic violation.
“No, sir, I don’t,” the police officer who pulled him over responds. “Do you? If you’re suffering from amnesia, reach into your back pocket and pull out your wallet. There should be a driver’s license in there, and that will tell both of us who you are.”
It’s bad enough some have painted targets on the backs of the police officers who risk their lives daily to keep the rest of us safe. Surely, these brave men and women should not be subject to attack and intimidation by other members of law enforcement, such as district attorneys and judges.
Imagine that! Officers of the court violating the law and attempting to pull rank when they’re caught red-handed. Anyone caught doing that should be immediately suspended, removed from office if warranted, prosecuted, convicted, fined, and incarcerated.
If they stand in judgment of the rest of us, surely the standards for them should be higher. But they’re not, and we all know they’re not.
Hardy Circuit Judge C. Carter Williams has been charged with violating the rules of judicial conduct for verbally accosted a Moorefield police officer who pulled him over for using his cell phone while driving.
According to the filing, “Judge Williams asked in an angry tone why he had been stopped. Officer Johnson explained it was because respondent had a cell phone in his hand. Judge Williams stated that he lost his cell phone and had just pulled it up from under the seat when he was stopped.”
So, Williams was not only abusive to the officer who pulled him over. He more than likely lied as well. Some judge. Why should anyone have to go before a judge like that?
Williams is unfit to be a judge. He should do himself and us a favor by resigning from the bench. Then, he’ll have time to figure out who he is.
