The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Judge Puts Teen In Handcuffs For Falling Asleep During Courtroom Field Trip

Episode Date: August 15, 2024

Charlamagne Tha God give Donkey of the Day to a judge who took things way too far by putting a teenager in handcuffs for falling asleep during a courtroom field trip. What should have been an educational experience turned into a nightmare for this student. Charlamagne breaks down why this judge deserves the title of Donkey of the Day. Listen for more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm a donkey. Say it again, Charlemagne. I'm a donkey. Yes, you are a donkey. I'll show you how to act a donkey. Everything that Charlemagne is saying is true. Donkey of the Day for Thursday, August 15th goes to 36th District Court, Judge Kenneth King, okay? Judge King, the levels of disappointment I have for you this morning, okay? You, my brother, my brother, my brother, I just don't understand humans, okay? I don't understand humans like I believe I understand humans, okay? One thing that therapy has taught me over the years is to always put yourself in other people's shoes. You have to attempt always to see other humans as you see yourself.

You have to attempt to see other humans as you see people you love. So I have a 16-year-old daughter. So naturally, if I see something happen to a 16-year-old, especially a 16-year-old girl, I'm like, damn, why would he handle a 16-year-old girl like that? And that is exactly what my mind is in regards to Judge Kenneth King. Judge, why would you do what you did to this 16-year-old teenage girl? I know you're sitting there saying to yourself, well, Charlamagne, what did he do?

Well, let's go to ABC 7 for the report, please. One thing you'll learn about my courtroom is that I am not a toy. I'm not going to be played with. What started out as an informational field trip with the greeting of Detroit nonprofit Tuesday to the 36th District Court in front of Judge King quickly turned into Judge King getting visibly agitated over a sleeping student in his courtroom.

Punk. You fall asleep in my courtroom one more time, I'm putting you in the back, understood? Judge King had her removed from the courtroom, but he told me that didn't fix her, quote, attitude. And that's when he pulled out the jail uniform and handcuffs. King says he was trying to teach the teenager a lesson on behavior and respect in court. I haven't been disrespected like that in a very long time. He then threatened the girl with jail time. I'm going to go sit tonight while you're sitting in the juvenile detention facility. Was I really going to do that? Probably not. Could I have?

Probably so. The non-profit running the field trip tells me in a statement, quote, although the judge was trying to teach a lesson of respect, his methods were unacceptable. The young lady was traumatized by the judge's unnecessary disciplinary treatment and scolding. Judge Kenneth King, are you serious? A 16-year-old girl is on a field trip. She keeps falling asleep on the field trip and you decide to do an impromptu hearing for her because of her attitude and constant sleeping on the trip. You told that 16-year-old girl, if you fall asleep in my courtroom one more time, I'm going to put you in the back. I am not to be played with. What an ego-driven statement. Judge King, you are a leader, and there are three rules of leadership. The first rule of leadership is put your mission above your ego. What were you trying to get across to these kids on this

field trip? What was your intention? What was the mission? Because it sounds to me like you was just flexing. You was just trying to showcase your authority, okay? You wanted them to respect you, but clearly you're not able to garner respect without that robe, that gavel, and that bench. You're not to be played with. No, you played yourself because I told you the first rule of leadership. The second rule of leadership is if you don't care about your people, they won't care about your mission. You didn't care about that little girl. You don't know why she kept falling asleep. You have no idea. She might be 16 with a couple of younger siblings

and has to stay up all night watching them because her single mother, her single mom is at work and can't afford a babysitter. Hell, she might be sick and on some type of medication and the medication might be making her drowsy. I don't know. My point is, Judge, you didn't even bother to find out. You didn't care.

You just got offended because she kept falling asleep in the courtroom and you wanted to show her you nothing to play with. Why not ask her? Why are you so tired? You seem exhausted, young lady. What's going on? Have a conversation. See what's going on in the young woman's life, judge. And guess what, Judge Kenneth King? The third rule of leadership is if I have to tell you the first two rules of leadership, then guess what? You're not ready to lead yet. OK, I know you've been a judge in that court since 2006, but I'm calling that a whole tenure in the question.

Okay, first of all, you suggested this young lady needed to be behind bars. For what? Why? Falling asleep in the courtroom is not a crime. You traumatized this young girl simply because she was exhausted? If her daddy catches you in the street and wants to fade, you earned that. If her daddy and his brothers and cousins catch you in the street and jump you, then you earn that because there's no way in hell that 16-year-old girl should be threatened with handcuffs and a jail uniform all because of your ego.

You was trying to teach a lesson of respect and ended up showing us why you don't deserve any. If you thought the kid was being disrespectful, simply ask them to leave your court. Instead, you decided to talk to them like this. Let me hear more, Red. asked you about it, you fall asleep again. Then I try to wake you up and you're like, you don't care. I don't care either. I have no problem because I'm going to go to sleep

tonight while you're sitting in the juvenile detention facility. What makes you think you can talk to my child like that? Then he had the nerve to say to the Detroit Free Press I wasn't trying to punish the young lady and he was also traumatized by the hearing. How the hell were you traumatized by the hearing? You're

not a victim here. You had zero empathy for this young lady. And for whatever reason, your fragile ego was bruised because this young lady kept falling asleep in the courtroom. So you decided to threaten her with handcuffs and jail clothes. Man, everybody involved in this situation needs to be disciplined. The judge, the officers who went along with this nonsense, all of y'all need to be disciplined in some way, shape, or form. Suspended without pay. This is an abuse of power. Her parents should be able to sue, and this young girl should be compensated for her pain and suffering.

Judge Kenneth King said he wanted this to be a deterrent. A deterrent from what? What was she doing wrong? Being tired? It's a field trip. The judge said, I wasn't trying to punish the young lady, but you did. You wanted to show her this is not a joke. What is not doing wrong? Being tired? It's a field trip. The judge said I wasn't trying to punish the young lady, but you did. You wanted to show her this is not a joke. What is not a joke?

It's almost like your feelings were hurt because these kids weren't excited to be in a courtroom. They weren't excited to meet the honorable Judge Kenneth King. Nothing honorable about your actions, King. Then you got the nerve to reach out to the girl's family and offer to mentor her? Talking about you trying to get through to her? Fool, you still don't even know why she's tired. Why would I want you as a mentor after you abused your power and threatened to put my daughter in handcuffs and jail clothes because she fell asleep in your courtroom on a field trip? Man, somebody sooner breaks off these people. You done traumatized this girl. We don't even know what else she dealing with.

But whatever it is, you made it worse because you abused your power. And that's why you need to be taken off the bench for a little while. So you no longer have the power to abuse. Everything Judge King said should happen to this young girl needs to happen to him. How do we deter Judge King from doing this to other people? How do we discipline Judge King so he knows doing this to people's kids is not a joke? Let's discuss.

In the meantime, please let Remy Ma give Judge Kenneth King the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother... Are you dumb? Humans are crazy.

But let's open up the phone lines. Let's go to Breakfast Club Court. Yeah. 800-585-1051. What are your thoughts? All this young lady did when she was 16, she fell asleep. Fell asleep a few times.

And clearly, you know she's exhausted. If she fell asleep, they woke her up. And she fell asleep again. Right. Like, judge. When you're dealing with kids, you need to have a conversation. I think that's the biggest thing that people don't do right with kids. You got to have a conversation with them.

That's right. Find out what's wrong. That's right. That's the main thing. We ain't going to talk about falling asleep. Like, we've all fell asleep at places that we shouldn't be falling asleep. Mac falls asleep up here. I fell asleep in a club before.

You fell asleep many a time before. Mac is 400 pounds, so he probably got sleep apnea. But once again, you don't know what people are going through. That's right. You don't know what people are going through. You going to be mad at Mac? You know what I'm saying? No.

Who told us earlier that he gets mistaken for LeBron James? That's a lie. That's what he said. He also said he got mistaken for the game too. He's too big to be the game. He's a whole league. They said it's when the game fell off.

Damn. My point is, we don't know why this young lady fell asleep. Correct. And I also want to know what should happen to the judge.

You can't not tell me that there should not be consequences and repercussions for this. Well, let's discuss. 800-585-1051. Get on the phone lines right now. You ain't no king, judge. It's the for this. Well, let's discuss. 800-585-1051. Get on the phone lines right now. You ain't no king, Judge.

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