A black judge in Connecticut was suspended for eight months after videotape showed her using racial slurs and arguing with cops. Judge E. Curtissa Cofield claimed her slurs weren’t racist because she was, well, drunk as a skunk:
Judge Susan S. Reynolds appeared to stump Cofield when she asked why Cofield’s comments were not racist.
“Why is it not racism …. hmmm. I think for crimes like bias you have to have intent,” Cofield said. “All I can say is I was really intoxicated. … I can’t explain it. Why is it not racism … I don’t know. But if it is or someone perceives that it is, I apologize for that.”
