in November of last year I posted a video showing a West Virginia judge flipping out
at a traffic stop in Moorefield West Virginia in response to a stop he admitted was justified he
nevertheless pulled rank on a young police officer immediately identifying himself as
a judge getting his supervisor on the phone and later trying to get him fired including
threatening judicial retaliation against that Police Department I first exclusively obtained
the body cam footage via a foia request from that Police Department well now that judge
is facing suspension according to an order that was issued just late last week as I explained in
my first video on this judge Carter Williams was charged with multiple disciplinary violation then
in February of this year I published yet another video about Judge Williams being in trouble again
over allegations that he kept leaving Walmart without paying for his merchandise since Judge
Williams contested the matter as he's entitled to do of course on June 14th a contested hearing was
held before West Virginia's judicial hearing board board over the course of three days on September
19th the judicial hearing board held a meeting to discuss the evidence that was presented in
on September 22nd last week they issued an order finding that numerous judicial ethics rules were
violated recommending specific discipline to the West Virginia Supreme Court let's look at
the egregious factual findings from the evidence that was presented by the judicial prosecutors
and then I'll tell you the recommended discipline and you can tell me whether or not you disagree
with that one other thing I'll say is that as I've said previously I've never met or actually
practiced in front of this particular judge but in conversations I've since had with unnamed lawyers
who have practiced in front of this judge this judge seems to have a reputation as somewhat of
a tyrant honest lawyers don't like to practice before judges like this reviewing a timeline
of just what happened in this case after his interaction with this police officer illustrates
exactly the reason for it this original traffic stop that this is about occurred in Moorefield
West Virginia during the to stop the judge calls the officer supervisor during the Stop
and allegedly attempts to stop the issuance of a ticket after the stop he makes even more phone
calls and even shows up at the mayor's house later that evening the judge was eventually investigated
and charged by the judicial disciplinary authorities I obtained the body cam footage
through a foia request to that Police Department I also posted the original statement of charges
against Judge Williams that were filed that was filed by the judicial investigation commission
at the blog at the Civil Rights lawyer.com the link to that document as well as the body cam
footage itself will be in the description below at the blog as well as the the statement of
charges regarding the follow-up incident related to Walmart so this all began on July 11 2021 when
Judge Williams went out for ice cream with his family so on the drive home he was pulled over
by a local police officer for having a cell phone in his hand while driving the judge quickly pulled
rank on the young officer berated him and even called this officer supervisor during the traffic
stop then after the traffic stop Judge Williams called the officer's supervisor not sure if it's
the same or a different one plus the police chief the former police chief and others apparently
threatening to look quote less favorably on cases involving that police department in his capacity
as a judge in that jurisdiction in their order the judicial hearing board concluded that quote
there is clear and convincing evidence that the respondent implied he might make rulings in the
cases involving the police agency employing that traffic officer that would be influenced
by his grievances with being pulled over so in response to a mere traffic stop where he wasn't
even cited Judge Williams went on a campaign to retaliate against this officer he threatened to
sick the state police on any more field officer he observed driving with a cell phone he criticized
this officer to his supervisors and to others he called the department sketchy and referred to its
officers as boys he called them piss poor and sloppy he called him a bunch of thugs harassing
innocent hard-working people again guess that was a roundabout way of referring to himself
as innocent and hard-working he accused the officer of possible drug use and referenced
a prior unrelated administrative suspension that the officer had received stating that he shouldn't
have been reinstated the judge later called the prosecuting attorney and said that this officer
should not be on the police force according to the findings in this order the judge then discussed
the possibility of reinstating unrelated criminal charges against this officer then he apparently
failed to disclose that fact once everything hit the fan and it began to self-report his
misconduct oh the horror of a circuit court judge experiencing the life of the plebes was this the
first time that he had ever been pulled over yes we do feel commonly harassed by the police over
trivial things but the irony here is that this judge is really the final and ultimate Cog in that
wheel of harassment how many people has he kept in jail and then prosecuted following arrests made
by police at traffic stops how many times has he suppressed evidence illegally obtained by law law
enforcement I bet you the number is either zero or darn close to it the judicial hearing board
actually hit the nail pretty much on the head when it wrote in the order there was clear and
convincing evidence that the respondent engaged in conduct that was prejudicial to the administration
of justice by being unnecessarily belligerent to the traffic officer by contacting the traffic
officer supervisor in a manner suggesting he wanted special treatment and punishment
for the traffic officer by contacting the police chief former police chief and mayor and a manner
suggesting he wanted special treatment punishment for the traffic officer and that his rulings in
future cases might be influenced by his traffic stop and the action or inaction taken by police
officials in response to his complaints against the officer and by contacting the prosecuting
attorney regarding this same subject matter so do small town police departments in some towns harass
innocent people absolutely do they sometimes harass people who are technically in violation
of some traffic law absolutely could that have been the case here absolutely is the state law
prohibiting people from having a cell phone in their hand and authorizing law enforcement to
initiate a traffic stop on that basis a bunch of status garbage absolutely but that's rabbit hole
for another video if you want to know what is much much worse a judge who not only requests
but demands under penalty of official retaliation special treatment why because Integrity is the
currency of the courts so this calls into question the Integrity of every aspect of the system who
can be trusted now what can be trusted Now search warrants suppression orders criminal convictions
it's never ending we call judges your honor because we place them in a position of sacred
trust over the police over the prosecutors in particular this corruption was only exposed here
in this case because this police officer dared to treat a judge this judge equally otherwise
it would have been business as usual now there ought to be an investigation into the business of
the past now here's the recommended discipline by the way the judicial hearing board make takes the
formal recommendation then the matter goes on to the West Virginia Supreme Court who has the final
say they can accept this recommended discipline or they can go more or go less so they recommended
that Judge Williams be suspended for a period of one year but with all but three months of that
suspension being stayed pending quote supervised probation sounds familiar I'd say so in effect
the three-month suspension without pay but the possibility of up to a year if he has bad behavior
so additionally they recommended a five thousand dollar fine as well as reimbursement of eleven
thousand one hundred and twenty nine dollars and six cents for costs so we'll have to wait to see
what the West Virginia Supreme Court does with it also I take it that this did not include the
Walmart allegations which are still pending as far as I can tell as always thanks for watching you'll
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should it have been a full one-year suspension without pay or should the legislature go ahead and
just impeach this judge and moot the whole issue remember I don't believe this order even disposes
of the Walmart allegations and what's the point of having a judge preside over the constitutional
rights of litigants who requires himself to be supervised that's a rhetorical question of
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