Judge Jacqueline Hatch of Coconino County is under fire for her advice to a woman sexually abused by an off-duty police officer about visiting bars and “blaming others” for such problems. Hatch has now apologized for the advice that she gave the victim of officer Robb Gary Evans.
Evans reportedly drank eight beers and used his badge to get into a Flagstaff bar for free. He then proceeded to reach up the victim’s skirt and groped her. Evans knew the woman from mutual friends.
After sentencing Evans to probation (he was later fired as an officer), Hatch proceeded to offer some advice to the victim. She reportedly told the woman that “If you wouldn’t have been there that night, none of this would have happened to you.” Hatch explained that the woman should not even go to a grocery store after 10 pm without understanding the obvious dangers, let alone a bar. She added her own mother’s advice that “When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
I have long been a critic of the loss of professionalism on our courts in the age of faux courtroom shows like Judge Judy and Judy Brown. Judges increasingly seem to yield to the desire to use their courtrooms to dispense their own forms of improvised justice or homegrown advice.
Hatch has since apologized: “As a Coconino County Superior Court judge, it is my responsibility to ensure that all victims and defendants are treated fairly and in a respectful manner in the courtroom. It’s a responsibility I take very seriously. I also believe victims should not be blamed for coming forward to report crimes.”
The unnamed victim accepted the apology and thanked the public for the support that they showed in the controversy.
Source: AZ Daily as first seen on ABA Journal.
“Democrat Party” is a political epithet used in the United States for the Democratic Party.[1] The term has been used in negative or hostile fashion by conservative commentators and members of the Republican Party in party platforms, partisan speeches and press releases since 1940.[2]
Multiple reasons are suggested for the use of the term. A 1984 New York Times article suggested Republicans began to use the term when Democrats used their own party name to imply “they are the only true adherents of democracy.”[3] Republicans “feared that ‘Democratic’ suggested Democrats [had] a monopoly on or are somehow the anointed custodians of the concept of democracy.”[4] New Yorker commentator Hendrik Hertzberg wrote, “There’s no great mystery about the motives behind this deliberate misnaming. ‘Democrat Party’ is a slur, or intended to be—a handy way to express contempt. Aesthetic judgments are subjective, of course, but ‘Democrat Party’ is jarring verging on ugly. It fairly screams ‘rat.'”[5] Political analyst Charlie Cook attributed modern use of the term to force of habit rather than a deliberate epithet by Republicans.[6] Ruth Marcus stated that Republicans likely only continue to employ the term because Democrats dislike it.[7] Marcus stated that disagreements over use of the term are “trivial”,[7] and Hertzberg calls use of the term “a minor irritation” and also “the partisan equivalent of flashing a gang sign.”[5] from wikipedia
OK Blouise, I love to bust balls and I can take it..it just felt like a clique gang bang. I trust you, and take you @ your word. Now, are you and Nancy Reagan the same sign??
Come on nick, you’re the one who asked if it was an inside joke … it’s an outside joke and an old one to boot.
I was razzed by everyone when I did it as a typo
Man..I stepped into a semantic landmine. Mea culpa, mea culpa. Oh and rafflaw, the Democratic and Republicanic parties are both jokes and those who can’t see that are bigger jokes. Finally if you think I’m a talking pointer for anyone you’re not very bright. Gang up much???
SwM,
lol … we could do this all day .
Judge Jacqueline Hatch is so “christian” in her “psychology” … isn’t she?
You are right, Judges are supposed to protect our rights, not take them away. this happens more often then most people think. there is a case going on now and has been for several years where 2 Fed judges have stripped the rights away from a defendant and left him without paid legal representation, no due Process and has basically put him into receivership illegally. Read the story from the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/federal-judge-puts-internet-pioneer-in-civil-lockdown/article/272761#.UEZ8rZblmt0 and a YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSqJLFksZ1I for additional information. We need everyone to let their congressman/women know of the injustice being done in today’s Federal Court system
Blouise, Especially true when they are talking about those democrat thugs that are running the Obama campaign from Chicago the democrat city.
Nick,
Chicago is pretty diverse, too. Milton Friedman, Paul Wolfowitz, Chalabi, David Brooks, Robert Bork attended school or taught there for many years.
SwM,
Yep … the democrat candidate from the democrat party nominated at the democrat convention as opposed to all those republicans who support the real democratic form of government.
No, nick, it’s not an inside joke … just a Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove talking point from past elections.
what do these people live under a rock?????
there has been such a glut of twisted thinking from those given power to protect….WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nick,
The party name is the Democratic Party. No joke.
It’s like the democratic contention.
Is that like the democrat convention?
rafflaw and Blouise, Apparently I missed an inside joke. Hopefully you’re not proud of Chicago being a city controlled by Democrats for a century?
Judge Jackie; heard she had been dating Rush but dimped him for Ted Akin. Or was it Joe Arpaio?
raff,
😉
nick,
You do mean the most “Democratic”city of all time, don’t you?
shano, I deplore group think no matter the spectrum of politics. I have no doubt about the greed you describe in your county. However, if you think greed and corruption doesn’t apply to all folks, no matter the politics, then we have nothing to talk about. Remember, I lived in Chicago, the most Democrat city of all time.
wanna talk about “group think” come to Arizona. All the Goppers listen to the daily Rush talking points and spout it like fountains. I always have to ask to turn off the radio if I am trying to do business in local shops. I ask to change the channel for Fox everywhere I go. I am not watching or listening to propaganda when I am waiting for the elevator or having a refreshment, thank you very much.