Ga. Supreme Court fires pot-smoking, door-smashing judge

The state Supreme Court today ordered that a north Georgia magistrate be immediately and permanently removed from office, upholding a recommendation from the Judicial Qualifications Commission.

A just-issued summary of what the court said about Anthony Peters of Catoosa County includes this:

Today’s seven-page opinion details the findings of the commission’s investigation, which include Peters’ weekly use of marijuana during a two-month period in 2010, an incident in which he kicked in the doors at the house of his sister-in-law’s estranged husband, another time when he pointed a gun at himself and told another judge he was not afraid to die, and his appearance in 2010 on a local cable television show in which he called the chief magistrate judge “spineless” and revealed the identity of a confidential informant of the Catoosa County Sheriff’s office. The next day, while the sheriff was being interviewed on a TV talk show, Peters called in and, disguising his voice with various foreign accents, called the sheriff a “spineless jelly spine.”

Peters’ conduct violates the Code of Judicial Conduct, the opinion says, and under the Georgia Constitution of 1983, “[a]ny judge may be removed, suspended, or otherwise disciplined for willful misconduct in office,…or for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute.”

Peters admitted much of the misconduct at a hearing in April before the Judicial Qualifications Commission but said he felt he’d been disciplined “enough” by having been placed on paid administrative leave since June 16, 2010.

“Notwithstanding Judge Peters’ personal belief that he has already received appropriate discipline, the record reveals that Judge Peters has not sought treatment for his admitted drug problems and has done nothing to show that he has any ability to live up to the high standard of conduct expected of members of the judiciary in Georgia,” the opinion says.

“Instead, he spent his time while on administrative leave publicly disparaging the Chief Magistrate Judge and the Sheriff of Catoosa County and endangering the life of a confidential informant by exposing his identity. Such willful misconduct is clearly ‘prejudicial to the administration of justice [and] brings the judicial office into disrepute.’”

“The public deserves much more from its judicial officers,” today’s opinion says, “and those judicial officers who cannot give the public what it deserves – confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary – do not deserve to continue to hold judicial office.”

- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider

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107 comments Add your comment

deegee

September 6th, 2011
8:25 am

Is anyone keeping a count of the number of judges that have quit or been forced out of their job since a judicial review board starting scrutinizing their behavior? Kinda makes you wonder who is running the asylum?

pay me

September 6th, 2011
8:29 am

crooked, corrupt police and judges in georgia—the system is out of control.

Alex

September 6th, 2011
8:29 am

Enter your comments here

ByteMe

September 6th, 2011
8:34 am

he felt he’d been disciplined “enough” by having been placed on paid administrative leave since June 16, 2010

Can we get that money back now?

bigdawg

September 6th, 2011
8:37 am

Weed had nothing to do with this fool’s behavior! Dude has a lot more psychoses than marijuana could ever affect.

findog

September 6th, 2011
8:37 am

Best joke here in years, “live up to the high standard of conduct expected of members of the [enter public office] in Georgia,”

sansho1

September 6th, 2011
8:39 am

Pot didn’t make him do all those things — being an a#%@ole made him do those things. Smoking pot was the least of his problems.

RAMZAD

September 6th, 2011
8:39 am

I could swear that the judges and the police were in bed together- particularly in Cobb County.

jerry

September 6th, 2011
8:41 am

and let’s don’t forget the politicians. I wouldn’t trust one if Jesus Christ himself said he was honest.

Toby

September 6th, 2011
8:42 am

Punishing the guy for using cannabis is highly unethical, but the other stuff sounds punishable… the guy is, pretty clearly, sort of deranged.

SolowShine

September 6th, 2011
8:42 am

That damn fool NEEDED to smoke the weed. If he was high, he would be to relaxed or paranoid to want to do anything else. Either that or he would think EVERYTHING was funny and would not exhibit any acts of violence. He was on meth……that’s right, I said it. Now I understand why so many people get locked up and do time for traffic violations while the rapists, drug abusers and dealers are set free…….it’s because of Georgia’s Ass Backward justice system……and most of them are on some form of drug.

Pedro

September 6th, 2011
8:44 am

Long overdue, he snitched on a snitch, and should not only be fired permanently, but should have to defend himself in a court of law for his other actions mentioned.

art

September 6th, 2011
8:45 am

Interesting. They get rid of this buffoon because he actually did in public what every single judge and attorney, and elected official in this state (and others) do in private, i.e., use illegal drugs, disparage others and act like the narcissistic idiots they are. Moral of the story: Don’t publicize your shortcomings.

BRW

September 6th, 2011
8:50 am

Mandatory drug testing for all judges and law enforcement, period. Every time they rule on a case or make an arrest. If it’s good enough for people receiving a govt. benefit, as the TeeTee Partiers would require, then it’s good enough for the people who enforce it.

Steven

September 6th, 2011
8:53 am

The judges were untoucable before the review board came, they ought to have one to review sheriffs too and start in Clayton County.

Ben

September 6th, 2011
8:54 am

Let ‘em use drugs, who cares? It’s his behavior and outbursts that are the problem, not the pot. If he smoked pot, but didn’t make inane actions, then the pot would be a non-issue.

Rick Day

September 6th, 2011
8:58 am

Drug problem? What drug problem? Seems to me like, in his case, the good (ex) judge should be a tokin’ that reefer even more. Melllllloooowwwwww…..

“Calm down, Bevis!”

Ronin

September 6th, 2011
8:59 am

@BRW, yep… and all those on state and federal assistance. You’re either drug free or no check.

Rick Day

September 6th, 2011
9:00 am

And for those stakeholders in drug testing companies calling for mandatory drug tests for *insert demonized demographic here*: Since you don’t mind me searching your bladder, mind if I search your bedroom? After all, if you have nothing to hide…?

*shrugs*

Barney Strickland

September 6th, 2011
9:06 am

Judge Kenneth Owen Nix of Cobb county was one of the worst !! He was nothing but a drunken bum !! He was convicted of DUI and got the “insider’s” lenient treatment from his fellow Superior court judge- it’s all on public record ! He was the longest serving elected official in Cobb county until he tried playing grab azz with some of the help. Finally, that mistake and an act of congress forced him to resign! Cobb county is so fortunate this drunken, bitter hack! And to imagine, these bums pass judgement on the rest of us…. I say their punishment should be comparitively greater than the general public …. they should be held to a greater standard of reproach!!

smellsorange

September 6th, 2011
9:10 am

don’t blame the drug. Blame the person.
like..
…. Guns don’t kill people.. People kill people

BRW

September 6th, 2011
9:11 am

Ronin, Sorry you did not recognize the sarcasm on my part. Any idea how high you’ll have to raise taxes to PAY for all those drug tests? But no new taxes, correct? And would that not be just another BIG government function you want to be rid of? Concequences dude…..

Politi Cal

September 6th, 2011
9:12 am

Dang Barney, did you have bad night?

gf

September 6th, 2011
9:12 am

typical god complex with these judges

TIM

September 6th, 2011
9:14 am

I think Deal is smokin too……….

USMC

September 6th, 2011
9:17 am

“Ga. Supreme Court fires pot-smoking, door-smashing judge:–JIM GALLOWAY

Horrible Title for this article JIM. Not surprised you LIBERAL HACK.

Not Disappointed!

September 6th, 2011
9:18 am

Puff Puff Past Judge!!!

Seriously, this guy should’ve been removed much sooner!

Malika

September 6th, 2011
9:22 am

I agree with the people that say that dude was on some other ish to be acting like that. Meth, coke, maybe even bipolar, but it damned sure wasn’t weed that made him act that way.

Me

September 6th, 2011
9:25 am

I once knew a guy who got caught in Cartersville back in the 90’s with $100,000 in cash, and loads of drugs, and weapons. $8,000 made it to the police station, half of the drugs were gone, and the weapons disappeared, and there were no weapons charges. I suspect this is common nowadays.

David

September 6th, 2011
9:25 am

He had to smoking that garbage from Mexico, and should have gotten that good stuff from California!

Malika

September 6th, 2011
9:30 am

@Me, I’m not saying that those cops were right. But when you’ve got a mortgage… Let’s just say I understand.

ConservativeChristian

September 6th, 2011
9:31 am

Jesus said to do unto others as we would have them to do unto us. None of us would want our child thrown in jail with the sexual predators over marijuana. None of us would want to see an older family member’s home confiscated and sold by the police for growing a couple of marijuana plants for their aches and pains. It’s time to stop putting our own family members in jail over marijuana.
If ordinary Americans could grow a little marijuana in their own back yards, it would be about as valuable as home-grown tomatoes. Let’s put the criminals out of business and get them out of our neighborhoods. Let’s let ordinary Americans grow a little marijuana in their own back yards.

NoDeal

September 6th, 2011
9:31 am

Jerry….we’d have to ask you to submit to a drug test if you believe in fairy tales like Jesus.

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
9:32 am

Let’s see now…Bush and Cheney committed 9/11 (Viz. “The New Pearl Harbor,” Griffin, Ph.D.), everybody with an I.Q. over room temperature knows it, including then-Senator Obama in “Audacity of Hope,” and no judicial action has been taken against them for their transparent treason.

Just what “character” is required of sitting judges to “go along” with the “status quo?”

ConservativeChristian

September 6th, 2011
9:32 am

Here’s one way that IT IS REALLY WORKING: Arresting the criminals and collecting a fee from registered growers (and bringing in thousands of dollars to support the county budget); what a great plan! This is the way to build a better America!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/2011/07/the-pot-republic-one-sheriffs-quietly-radical-experiment.html

ND

September 6th, 2011
9:34 am

Typical irresponsible media trying to link his deviant behavior with smoking weed, which made him do none of that.

Lexi

September 6th, 2011
9:35 am

Toby:

Punishing a sitting judge for smoking pot is “highly unethical”? Last time I looked, possession and consumption of the drug was illegal. And, since when do judges get to select the laws they will obey? They are not, after all, the POTUS.

CADMAN1

September 6th, 2011
9:39 am

[...] An excerpt of the Supremes’ statement from Jim Galloway: [...]

CADMAN1

September 6th, 2011
9:39 am

Snafu

September 6th, 2011
9:40 am

But people you forget that these judges many who have not tried a case in their lives are the ones sitting up on the bench judging others and sending people to jail for the very same thing they are doing. Now that is the main problem with many of these judges who have been on the bench too damn long. They think they are above the law. Why did he not go to jail? There are ppl in jail for not pay a traffic ticket yet this judge just loses his job no charges..For Real!

Parade of Knuckleheads

September 6th, 2011
9:44 am

wisdom, moderation, JUSTICE ?

Gracie

September 6th, 2011
9:48 am

Now its time to charge him with a crime, convict this parasite, and send his butt to jail. He needs to be held accountable just like every other crook, and being a former judge doesn’t make special.

In fact, he needs to serve more time than the average perp because he was the one handing out sentences and should be held to a higher standard.

Good bye, good ridden, and not good luck……..

Chuck Allison

September 6th, 2011
9:50 am

I wish that Soto Mayer and Nancy Keagan had this kind of review of their past behaviours. I am thankful that someone is pruning the nutcases out of our judicial ranks.

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
9:52 am

Time for the sovereign People to issue “Quo Warranto” to the judiciary unwilling to bring Bush and Cheney to justice.

“Justice” flows “down” on the citizenry, but not “up” to the ruling false elite.

Our Founder, Mr. Jefferson, correctly identified it as “the real Anti-Christ.”

Any idea why twin Fasces, the most anti-American symbol of all, were nailed to the front wall of the U.S. House of Representatives after the “Civil” War? Or why Roman Catholics now run Congress at the behest of the corrupt rich?

Any true Southerners or Americans out there?

Support Your Own Habit

September 6th, 2011
9:57 am

Hey BRW stated “Any idea how high you’ll have to raise taxes to PAY for all those drug tests? ”

Sure, I bet there would be a lot of money left over from those who wouldn’t qualify for assistance because they fail the test, money problem solved, no new taxes!

If you can afford drugs why do you need any public assistance? If people want to do drugs that is their business, I just don’t want to support their habit.

George Johnson

September 6th, 2011
9:59 am

Now if we could only get rid of the other crappy judges out there.
There are WAY too many of them that think they have become GOD instead of just a judge. But the problem is, how do you get one psycho judge, to admit another is psycho!?
Plus the most of them just end up with a slap on the wrist anyway. Think about it, we as “little people” would get fired for doing 99% of the same things they do. Yet they get away with it all the time. It’s insane, they’re out of touch, arrogant etc…. (and no, not all of them, but a lot of them are, it just come with being all powerful)

Michael

September 6th, 2011
10:03 am

Complaining is easy. Governing is hard.

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
10:05 am

Our judiciary has become but one more buffer caste enabling fascist plutocracy.

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
10:06 am

Governing is “hard” when the King of America “reigneth in Heaven above?”

The DC Quake was a warning shot.

Truth and Justice must rule, alone.

Bush and Cheney must hang.

G-d is not mocked.

Mj

September 6th, 2011
10:07 am

I think people who think pot is ok on any level are not the ones who have to experience people who are high. They aren’t the parents, the children or general public who has to experience this “laid back” attitude people think they have when high. You aren’t laid back you are out of control, losing brain cells and taking food out of your kids mouth. It was the drug that made him act a complete idiot. If smoking is so spiritual why aren’t people smoking daisies too?

a moderate

September 6th, 2011
10:07 am

Since the Judicial Qualifications Commission started its work, there have been fewer than 30 judges resign or removed from the bench, out of over 1,800 judges in Georgia. Not all judges are corrupt. There are just a few special “winners” out there that make everyone else look bad.

left/right, i care

September 6th, 2011
10:10 am

Will Jones – Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis,September 6th, 2011,9:52 am—wow hon, what are YOU smoking?

left/right, i care

September 6th, 2011
10:13 am

Mj ,September 6th, 2011, 10:07 am— thank you mj! words of truth. everyone cannot handle what pot does to them, for some people- it is like smoking a cigarette, for others, it is as bad an experience as heroin or crack would produce. do what you do, but do not expect everyone else to accept it or you.

Donald Sinyard

September 6th, 2011
10:23 am

Why is this man not in jail? What a boob…..

Botanical Test Pilot

September 6th, 2011
10:25 am

Mj, you were absolutely right; I just smoked some daisies and I can see Jesus smiling down at me.

J.R.C.780

September 6th, 2011
10:26 am

All the judges in Cobb County should be investigated. They are such a self-protecting, closed group that it’s almost impossible to hear about their negative character flaws, which would affect their jobs. For instance, one judge always bought a hoard of lottery tickets to court and checked them while litigants were arguing in front of him. When he stopped hearing voices, he would look up and say he’d take the matter under advisement. Of course, the law clerk, who also was there, would make a decision on the matter and the judge would sign it. And it is whispered that there are many more and worse character flaws that would abhor the public. Fox 5, CBS Atlanta, or someone, please investigate these people.

Those Lying Liars

September 6th, 2011
10:28 am

I was trying to count the number of judges who’ve been forced to resign or kicked out of office against their wills in the last year in this state, but eventually I ran out of fingers and toes to count and I knew if I wanted to continue I’d have to unzip my pants. So I just got disgusted and said screw it.

findog

September 6th, 2011
10:37 am

Will, you need a prosecutor to file the charges; or you could get an attorney to sue them and once Dick had to finally testify under oath he would get what Scooter got: conviction for lying. Keep up the good fight dude…

carla roqs

September 6th, 2011
10:37 am

@lying- that is a shame, SMCH

Ronin

September 6th, 2011
10:44 am

@BRW 9:11, the drug test cost is chump change compared to the money you would save on people who fail the test and don’t get a check. I have no problem if they do drugs, but not on my dime via state and government entitlement programs.

Legalize weed and tax the crap out of it. The war on drugs is an abysmal failure and basically another government jobs program.

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
10:49 am

left/right, i care
September 6th, 2011
10:10 am

Will Jones – Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis,September 6th, 2011,9:52 am—wow hon, what are YOU smoking?

Read “The New Pearl Harbor,” “hon.” It’s a free download on Google Scholar: peer-reviewed scholarship by a theologian of proven integrity…a sedulous, irrefutable proof of Bush’s and Cheney’s treason on 9/11…if you actually care about America.

I know I do, having taken The Oath, on my life, twice, “to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC.”

If that’s too much trouble for whatever patriotic sentiment you pretend to to have, just watch “Mineta 9/11 testimony” on YouTube, as the former secretary of transportation purges his soul of the witness he had of Cheney’s treason.

Everybody knows, including G-d, Bush and Cheney committed 9/11. Why do you pretend not to?

They must hang that America prosper once more, by G-d.

PR

September 6th, 2011
10:53 am

Did you expect him to act responsibly? He’s from up in the hills of N. Georgia. Those people got what they deserved. They put this clown and power and then were surprised he was a moron.

markie mark

September 6th, 2011
10:55 am

wow, will jones….see many black helicopters lately??

and for those of you who want to legalize pot….unfortunately, as long as a 10 year old can plant seeds and grow pot without a multimillion dollar investment like a brewery or distillery, it aint gonna happen.

Sherry

September 6th, 2011
10:57 am

Okay! Folks, tell me what is the difference in that Judge using pot and our Welfare Recipients. There both getting paid by the government. Why should he lose his job? At least he was working for a living.
I think all Welfare Recipients should pass a screen every month before they can pick up a check……

JQC

September 6th, 2011
11:01 am

Thank God for Mike Bowers who heads up the JQC (and should have been Governor of our Great State in years gone by) and his Investigator Richard Hyde. I understand the money problems with the state budget but if some additional funds could be found to help the JQC find additional ways to hire additional investigators a great deal more good could be done to get those off the bench that need to go…like Anthony Peters. Mike and Richard….you guys are my heroes! Keep up the great work you are doing for all Georgia citizens.

Dahlonega Dave

September 6th, 2011
11:08 am

R. Perry prayed for rain and God has sent fires of biblical proportions to Texas. God don’t like Rick.

godoggo

September 6th, 2011
11:30 am

RAMZAD said:
September 6th, 2011
8:39 am
I could swear that the judges and the police were in bed together- particularly in Cobb County
.
*RAMZAD, You can’t imagine the “Incestual” relationship in the Family Courts in ATL……Attorneys and Judges formally married to supposed “expert witnesses”, Judges that can finalize their personal Divorces in 5 days, yet allow Attorneys to milk the general public daily of Valuable assets to keep the wheel of corruption and their jobs.

Open records act can show there is interesting correlation between those involved in the system and those that are not…..I found 3 Judges, 5 Attorney’s, and several expert witnesses who finalized their Divorces in days………..Whereas, the general public is used to “run the Gravy Train” with their assets.

Once the Attorney’s involved discover net worth, there is a “Net conflict” that results….by the people that are supposed to represent you. I spent over 120K just mediating……And they wonder Why we feel the way we do……but i do believe in Karma….and have seen it at work : )

I asked my Attorney “Is there no moral compass in this Industry”…..He said, “Well, that’s just one of the normal processes of divorce”. I now volunteer and consult with people going through the minefield…….The children are the ones that lose in the end.

Holler if ya hear me ?

wayne

September 6th, 2011
11:32 am

Obviously this man is suffering from delusions, and or alcohol abuse. Statistically smoking marijuana typically creates paranoia. For this mans own health he should have a long talk with a therapist, it just doesn’t make sense that smoking would create a level headed judge to get so high-strung, there must be some deeper darker problems in his life far more destructive than marijuana.

Well

September 6th, 2011
11:33 am

What took so long????

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
11:36 am

Adulterating pervert Mike Bowers is heading up the JQC? The fox is guarding the hen house.

JT

September 6th, 2011
11:40 am

Where’s his picture??????? Don’t you think we need to put a face with this disturbed individual? IJS…..

wayne

September 6th, 2011
11:42 am

@ MJ, It seems you have a very narrow mind when it comes to the subject of this narcotic, but to say the people who smoke it are potentialy taking food from their kids mouths is a sign of steortypical stupidity on your part. Drugs of any kind do the same thing when you break it down to the core, if you are mad and upset and you get drunk you are going to be even worse with anger. Drugs amplify the problems people have if they are to weak minded to deal with them while they are sober, as simple as that.

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
11:43 am

markie mark
September 6th, 2011
10:55 am

wow, will jones….see many black helicopters lately??

Actually, “Einstein,” any Atlantan looking up saw plenty of “black helicopters” during the Olympics and otherwise.

Get “with it:” read “The New Pearl Harbor,” Griffin, Ph.D., or know you’re a traitor, or have less than a room temperature I.Q.

Pyroclastic flow at the WTC proves controlled demolition.
Col. George Nelson’s analysis (the top USAF crash analysis officer) proves no 757 at the Pentagon, and thousands on Capitol Hill witnessed the “white jumbo jet’s lumbering turn directly overhead” the morning of 9/11, as it overflew the Pentagon down Columbia Pike as the shockwave of the missile strike’s impact reached them across the Potomac.

One People, One Truth, One G-d, One America.
Don’t be a moron or a traitor.

carla roqs

September 6th, 2011
12:25 pm

will jones, why do you not spell out ‘God’?

Michael

September 6th, 2011
12:31 pm

Most of what judges hear every day is same thing, different names.

Angel

September 6th, 2011
12:39 pm

Whether the government is seen as doing a bad job or not atleast they have made a step toward getting rid of someone who was not mature enough to be in the system. The law is a complicated thing and as long as it is run by humans, which it always will be, there will be plenty of things for us to disagree with. Now wether we do something about it or not is up to us.

Michael

September 6th, 2011
12:46 pm

The 5 day divorce happens when everything is resolved with a settlement agreement, the agreement is filed with the divorce petition and an answer filed that admits the allegation of the petition. If you spent $120k on mediation that means you also would have spent that arriving at a settlement agreement before filing the divorce. It’s not the lawyers, it’s you.

nocumentum

September 6th, 2011
12:57 pm

Strike another blow against sane drug laws. If anything, this guy should’ve been smoking more pot.

Vince

September 6th, 2011
1:02 pm

The guy abuses prescription pills for years, then smokes pot from March to May 2010, and the pot gets the headlines?? Lol Galloway or whomever decides on the headline needs to get a clue. The abuse of prescription drugs, alcohol and cigarettes are all more dangerous than pot and kill 100s of thousands of people a year…Number who die from Pot smoking yearly? NOT 1 death attributed to the God-Given herb

Voting for future

September 6th, 2011
1:10 pm

Im more worried about the liberals taking over for the judges being removed. We just dont stand a chance here.

Dr. Craig Spinks/ Augusta

September 6th, 2011
1:27 pm

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
1:38 pm

That’s right folks, I am still hung up on Dick Cheney. Pass the meds because I need ‘em!

Deep Throat

September 6th, 2011
1:49 pm

I know of a judge in Clarkston who does the same thing. No one in law enforcement did anything when I reported him.

The Bald Eagle

September 6th, 2011
1:58 pm

Really AJC? We’ve got a judge who is breaking and entering, waving around guns, releasing sensitive information that can ruin investigations and endanger lives and the AJC hones in on pot smoking? Really? That’s the least of this former judge’s offenses.

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
2:20 pm

Clown jokes about treason, afraid to use his or her own name.

Beyond all the physical proof of a missile at the Pentagon and controlled demolition at the WTC, here’s a quick and easy proof of Cheney’s treason you find so amusing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDfdOwt2v3Y

Alabama Communist

September 6th, 2011
2:22 pm

No doubt the Judge got some bad Weed that was really Angels Dust and he had thought he was in a Republican Tea Party Paradise

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
2:24 pm

…and here’s what got Dan Rather canned: telling the truth on the controlled demolition of WTC’s Bldg 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATH0I1Fxuag&feature=watch_response

…and a known adulterer is the watchdog on judicial integrity?

Emma

September 6th, 2011
2:29 pm

Okkkkkk! At first before I read the entire story and just the headline I was thinking to myself SO WHAT he smoked weed! But AFTER reading the ENTIRE article…this dude needed to smoke WEED, to RELAX! Don’t BLAME it on the weed, he was off the chain by himself!

Lana

September 6th, 2011
3:11 pm

Deegee…inmates running asylum

Harshin' his mellow

September 6th, 2011
3:18 pm

Wait…the man got violent after smoking weed? Uh, no. There was something else in that bud.

me2

September 6th, 2011
3:34 pm

Wish the judicial review board would look into why those judges in Atlanta only work a couple hours a day when they have a case log that is so badly backed up.

Queen Nerfballteedi

September 6th, 2011
4:00 pm

People often forget that judges are just glorified lawyers.The same ambulance chasing lawyer that probably have made a buck or two off of others’ misfortune. The same corporate lawyer that has lied and stolen to get ahead. The same divorce Lawyer that charges you $300 for a 15 min conversation. I still have no idea why anybody should stand when a glorified lawyer walks into the room.

Lib in Cobb

September 6th, 2011
4:02 pm

Sounds like this man is ill and the grass is being blamed. I have never known anyone to act this way who smokes.

big daddy

September 6th, 2011
4:59 pm

All judges are crooks. It’s just that some get caught and some don’t.

Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis

September 6th, 2011
5:00 pm

Our Courts ought to be shrines of our civil religion: where G-d Almighty reigns by Our Creed’s “Annuit Coeptis,” and Its Righteousness is established for the People in Truth and Justice.

Anything less is anti-American and anti-G-d.

Thomas Jefferson

September 6th, 2011
5:22 pm

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

Shaunaerriella

September 6th, 2011
5:27 pm

The guy sounds like a real trip. I think he has potential to be the next new daytime TV judge.

“Judge Anthony”. He could preside in different foreign accents, and smoke weed during the testimony. Surely they can fit him somewhere on the schedule twixt Judge Judy, Judge Alex, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Hatchett etal.

Hilarious

September 6th, 2011
5:28 pm

I am the only one who thinks this guy is hilarious. He actually called in a radio talk used foreign accents to disguise his voice. That’s great. Who says marijuana doesn’t enhance your personality. The rest of you stodgy boring losers can go on eating yourselves to death. . .Anthony Peters rocks!

Richard Braswell

September 6th, 2011
6:28 pm

This admitted pot smoking wing-nut disgraces the entire Georgia judicial system and gets no jail time. Georgia’s judicial prudence is on par with the educational ability of the Atlanta Public School System. Had the judge been on probation for simple possession and failed a piss test, he would have been violated and sent to state prison. Monkeys….

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Dave Cool-One

September 7th, 2011
6:40 pm

Being a retired police officer, I can attest to the fact that many, not all, but many judges are corrupt. And…many police officers are no better. I’ve seen them steal, beat arrested individuals for no particular reason, do immoral things while on duty, and lie in court. The police supervisors are no better. And talk about reverse discrimination, Atlanta is the poster child for that crap.

reXteryalizer

September 8th, 2011
2:02 am

Oboma has NOT brought CHANGE, In fact ~~ THE ONLY real THING needing CHANGE !

Was Barack Hussein Obama II.

Barack Hussein Obama II ( Who hates American Values )

Who who is A ” SELF PROCLAIMED Enemy ” ~ of responsible, Morally Conscious HARD WORKING Americans.

oBOMAS supporters KNOW~ that Barack Hussein Obama II, WILL FORCE YOU to paY THEM, out of your PockeT ….

This UN~CHANGABLE fraud, has done His VERY BEST to Inspire VIOLENCE.

THESE ARE OBAMAS OWN WORDS.. saying “Bring it on” To his supporters.

Oboma ~ Demands Saying “Get ready for hand-to-hand combat with your fellow Americans”

– Obama has ALSO DECLARED to his Supporters

“I want all Americans to get in each others faces!–

Obama demands !

“You bring a knife to a fight pal, we’ll bring a gun” – Obama Cant wait to get everybody involved in some kind OF CONFRONTATION of some

sort….

THESE ARE OBAMAS OWN WORDS..

Obama has ALSO DECLARED “Republicans are our enemies”-

** Obama on ACORN Mobs: “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!”

ANGER VIOLENCE and more taxes….. THIS IS OBAMAS Change for america

/“Hit Back Twice As Hard”. He commands !

THESE ARE OBAMAS Very OWN WORDS..

*Obama on the private sector: ~~ “We talk to these folks…~ / so I know whose a*$ to KICK.“
OBOMA wants to KICK your a*$ /

Shouting THAT Republican victory would mean ~ “hand to hand combat”

HE IS EXPECTING people to kill & BE VIOLENT / for their immoral CAUSES

THIS IS WHAT HE LIVES FOR
THESE ARE OBAMAS OWN WORDS..
* Obama Tells democrats: “ I’m itching for a fight.” !

PLEASE go to reXes NEW WebsiTe ~ ! Oboma *( Just like Adolf Hitler~~ In that oBOMA~~~ Demands ! — [

THE FINAL SOLUTION – For Un~Wanted Children

Barak Obama A MURDERER .~Torturing UNWANTED babys on DEATH ROE

http://obomanationinfanticide.sharepoint.com/Pages/default.aspx

OBAMA supports TAKING a little NEW BORN innocent child.. / BORN. ALIVE ~

sTabing it iN the head & SUCKs ITS BRAINS OUT.

He also demands, that a Child SURVIVING a FAILED ABORTION, Has no RIGHT to Life or medical care.

PJ

September 8th, 2011
2:33 pm

They were right to fire him. His conduct was inexcusable, especially for a court magistrate. Weekly pot smoking was the most peaceful thing he was doing. Sounds like he needs some anger management classes.

Randolph Scott

September 8th, 2011
2:50 pm

So much for having representation on the ‘high court’

Johnny

September 9th, 2011
8:52 pm

The only thing more surprising than the judge is so many bloggers standing up for the pot. I agree that the Judge has more problems than just smoking pot, but pot does increase paranoia and panic, and do you know anyone who is smarter because of smoking it???