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April 7, 2008 at 8:53 am
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(CNN) -- An Atlanta, Georgia, judge who ordered white lawyers out of his courtroom so he could lecture African-American defendants called that decision a "mistake" Tuesday night.
"In retrospect, it was a mistake," Judge Marvin Arrington told CNN. "Because my sheriff said to me, 'Judge, that message should be given to everybody' -- 'Don't violate the law, make something out of yourself, go to school, find a role model, somebody that will help you advance your life.'"
Arrington, who is African-American, is a judge in Fulton County, Georgia, which includes the city of Atlanta.
He said he got fed up seeing a parade of young black defendants shuffle into his courtroom and decided to address them one day last week -- out of the earshot of white lawyers.
"I came out and saw the defendants, and it was about 99.9 percent Afro-Americans," Arrington told CNN affiliate WSB-TV of Atlanta, "and at some point in time, I excused some lawyers -- most of them white -- and said to the young people in here, 'What in the world are you doing with your lives?'"
The judge thought his message would make a greater impact if he delivered it to a black-only audience, he said.
"I didn't want them to think I was talking down to them; trying to embarrass them or insult them; be derogatory toward them, and I was just saying, 'Please get yourself together,'" Arrington said.
In his Tuesday night appearance on CNN, Arrington told Anderson Cooper that that seeing the same faces walk in and out of his courtroom year after year takes its toll.
"I ask them all the the time, 'What progress are we making with you?' And sometime they cannot answer," he said.
He said he would open his court doors to everyone on Thursday and "I am going to give the same identical speech: 'You've got to do better.'
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willyjsimmons
This niggaz gonna get a TV show...
Watch...
http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php
This shit right HERE...
Hilarious!
Pay attention to the song at the end though.
cjp
Damn I couldnt see the link at work Bruce... Ill check it out when i get to the Fortress.
Yeah that judge did his thing...
willyjsimmons
'Damn I couldnt see the link at work Bruce…'
WTF?
H.a.t.e.r.s.
cjp
Thats the goverment for you...
dig
FYI for anyone planning to attend, Naj's ATL weekend is slated for the last weekend in June, which is the 27-29. Anybody interested in working out some suites, let me know. Me and the homies stayed in the HOT joint last weekend when we went. I'd recommend it for 3 or more people.
cec
Ok BET had a Diffrt Strokes Marathon on this weekend, there was nothing else on so i watched (not a big fan of diff strokes) . Mr T guest starred on one episode and maybe i was just bored and sleepy but go google some old pictures of him and then Rick Ross and tell me if you see a comparision.
cjp
"Now the world dont MOVE"
See this is the type of shit we should expect out of BET. Like since Girlfriends are gone from the CW Bet could buy the rights to the show and put it back on air. along with a Very good evening news. Now thats a network.
willyjsimmons
The Negro Channel will never be right until they upgrade their sound.
I'm tired of having to turn down the TV every time I change the channel.
Fix YO Shit Viacom!!!!
**I did watch an episode of Diff'rent Stokes...Janet was so damn fly.
cjp
"The Negro Channel will never be right until they upgrade their sound."
Thats because their sound person is some dumbass that use to install car stereos in his garage... Damn Devry dropout...
willyjsimmons
'Thats because their sound person is some dumbass that use to install car stereos in his garage… Damn Devry dropout…'
Affirmative Action -1
Need a smart white boy in there. Former president of his HS audio visual club or some shit.
BET used to have that really good 'news' show...with the young dude who would travel to different cities and talk to folks about various issues...can't remember what it was called though.
At least BET Nightly News was something
cjp
At least BET Nightly News was something
exactly...
But now BET is just trying to keep up with MTV and that wasnt why BET came to be. Shit is funnny cause most people hate MTV now too... And to think: Niggas get paid for fucking shit up.
cec
See this is the type of shit we should expect out of BET. Like since Girlfriends are gone from the CW Bet could buy the rights to the show and put it back on air. along with a Very good evening news. Now thats a network.
Ok...thats what im saying. I dont know y they airing diff strokes thea and that terrible ass malcolm and eddie....bring girlfriends back so i can have something interesting to watch
And then i had a thought, they had to cancel that show (diff strokes) im sure im not the only one who noticed arnold never got any taller. they changed his hair, put some stilits in his shoes..but im sure back then someone had to be like y this nigga dont never grow
cec
I’m tired of having to turn down the TV every time I change the channel.
ok i thought it was just my tv that did that.
**I did watch an episode of Diff’rent Stokes…Janet was so damn fly.
Yea she was pretty
cec
and i think i remember having a crush on Dudley
cjp
Ok…thats what im saying.
yep... they could air those shows during 9-5... and turn back on some of the shows that got canceled. Then work on some new shows... and if Hell date make the cut we should all kill the person that ok'd it.
willyjsimmons
'and i think i remember having a crush on Dudley'
willyjsimmons
And I have so far REFUSED to watch Malcolm and Eddie.
cjp
Dudley got his pee-pee touched by the Bicycle man.... HAHAHAHA
Malcolm and eddie... was complete garbage. But its was better than "Homboyz in Space"
persia
Dudley got his pee-pee touched by the Bicycle man…. HAHAHAHA
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wow, thats funny theses days?
funny you guys bring up this show and this episode- the only episode i've ever seen. and it was sent to me on yt this weekend. man, they were bad actors. what little kid you know that knows and uses the word "kinky"?
persia
unrelated: you ever walk in a stall directly behind someone else and find yourself damn near severing your tounge because you are fighting the urge that great to say "DAMN IT YOU NASTY BITCH!!!! WHEN IT THE LAST TIME YOUR PUSSY EVEN CAUGHT WIFF OF A BAR OF SOAP?"
i swear, that is not normal or acceptable. she HAD to smell that!! why is she not @ her doctors getting from metronizole or whatever that shit is called?! seriously, that was just unexcusable. something that strong been festering for a while, she should have BEEN at her gyno!
cec
yep… they could air those shows during 9-5… and turn back on some of the shows that got canceled. Then work on some new shows… and if Hell date make the cut we should all kill the person that ok’d it.
I know thats right
cec
P-
Thats the daily story here at Frontier. either they pussies smell just god awful or they done literally lit the bathroom up doing the #2.
cec
And who told BET to bring back Thea....although the 2 dudes on there i was in luv with ...especially "Jarvis" cant remember his real name but i know he was on another tv show on fox b4 or after Thea and then we never saw him again.
persia
And who told BET to bring back Thea….although the 2 dudes on there i was in luv with …especially "Jarvis" cant remember his real name but i know he was on another tv show on fox b4 or after Thea and then we never saw him again.
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he was rudy's friend on the cosby show (stanley) and the stupid one with bullet head on steve harvy too- merlin santana is his name- he passed a few years back - shot.
willyjsimmons
I liked Thea...
cec
he was rudy’s friend on the cosby show (stanley) and the stupid one with bullet head on steve harvy too- merlin santana is his name- he passed a few years back - shot.
No that dude Jarvis wasnt Merlin Santana, i remember him, always, i luvd when he pulled his shirt off on the Steve Harvey show ....i think his name was adam jeffries
persia
nah, i'm tripping
jarvis was:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420347/
cjp
I didnt know Merlin Santana was on Thea... I remember Brandy and Jason Weaver.
cec
I cant stand Thea, she always here in Rochester and she be pissing me off
I was mad at that fat bitch to cause my mother loved her and started acting like her after a minute. Gon tell me: To the capitol!
All i could this was grow up
cec
Yea thats him.....oh i wanted to Marry him
willyjsimmons
'I cant stand Thea, she always here in Rochester and she be pissing me off'
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