Judge Handcuffs Sleeping Teen And Threatens Jail For Kid On Field Trip

In Detroit, a teenager visiting a courtroom on a field trip ended up being handcuffed, was forced to wear a “jail uniform,” and was threatened with jail. The kid’s offense, in the eyes of Judge Kenneth King, was the fact that she fell asleep in his courtroom and “her attitude.” Judge King defended his actions saying he was “trying to help” her to understand that the court is a serious place and needs to be respected, and he never really intended to send her to jail. The girl’s parents, however, see it differently and say she’s been “traumatized” by the experience. The “impromptu hearing” was in front of her “peers” and was being streamed on the court’s YouTube channel, and the girl was eventually allowed to go home when “a show of hands” from her peers decided she shouldn’t have to go to jail.

Source: Detroit Free Press