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Judge Accused of Homophobia, Racism Wants Her Job Back

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An investigation by the Inspector General for New York state courts has allegedly substantiated charges of racism and anti-LGBTQ+ bias by a judge in Brooklyn.According to the NY Daily News, which claims to have seen the IG report, Brooklyn Surrogate’s Court Judge Harriet Thompson used highly offensive language and disparaged others based upon their ethnicity and sexual identity.

Thomas, who was kicked off the bench in December of 2021 pending an investigation, has denied all allegations and filed suit demanding she is reinstated.“I hate these gay white men” and “being gay is an abomination to mankind,” Thompson allegedly said.In another incident, Thompson was alleged to have said one gay judge was “fat now, from all of the evil of what he’s doing.”Thompson also reportedly displayed animosity towards members of the Hispanic community.“I do not like Hispanic people.

They have a deceitful trait that goes way back to biblical times,” she is alleged to have said. “The men are always stealing, and the women are no better.

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