Judge shames 72-year-old cancer patient too weak to tend to his lawn

[Demovictory9]

But 31st District Judge Alexis G. Krot had no sympathy for Chowdhury. Instead, she shamed the cancer patient for the neighborhood blight in Hamtramck, Mich. — and told him the punishment she wished she could have given him.

“You should be ashamed of yourself!” Krot said on Monday. “If I could give you jail time on this, I would.”

After issuing Chowdhury a $100 fine for failing to keep up with home maintenance, Krot called the amount of grass on his walkways “totally inappropriate.” When Chowdhury reiterated that he was “very sick,” Krot said his inability to keep up with his property was inexcusable.

“The neighbors should not have to look at that,” she told him. Krot repeated: “You should be ashamed of yourself!”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-shames-72-year-old-cancer-patient-too-weak-to-tend-to-his-lawn/ar-AASIlf6

[Mary in S. Carolina]

1. What's shameful are the neighbors

not helping out this man. What is shameful is the city/town not arranging to have this cleaned up. What is shameful is the judge not going to the property, herself, and cleaning up the mess. This man needed a "tiny bit of help", and no one came to his aid. Horribly community from the top down.

[Deuxcents]

6. That was my first thought..

Why hasn’t anyone helped this man? I hope this exposure gets kids, neighbor’s together n help. The judge is heartless. There must be city or county resources available instead of shaming a man who can hardly breathe.

[Demovictory9]

9. messy lawn was a temporary situation while son was away for 3 months, its cleaned up

[calimary]

20. That was my question, too.

Where are the “neighbors” when one of their neighbors legitimately needs a little help?

NOBODY was willing to step up and be a Good Samaritan type? Too much trouble? Plenty of energy to point a finger but couldn’t possibly lift a finger…

[iluvtennis]

22. + agree. There is community services org that paroles serve on that does lawns and clean-work.

I knoiw this because my brother did it for couple of years after being released from prison on parole.

[Karadeniz]

2. Most of us would show more compassion to a sick kitten. I recommend she volunteer on a

regular basis at an animal shelter to build up her compassion reservoir.

[XanaDUer2]

3. Wow, she's hardass

Can the neighbors help?

[Demovictory9]

5. lawn already cleaned up. He'd gotten behind when son went to Bangladesh.

[XanaDUer2]

7. Yay!

Wonderful. She's still awful. What do you do if you're too old, sick, and poor to maintain your yard? I think we're going to see more cases like this

[Demovictory9]

10. "Though Shibbir Chowdhury and his mother were diligent in cleaning the yard since the cancer diagnos

Though Shibbir Chowdhury and his mother were diligent in cleaning the yard since the cancer diagnosis, the family faced challenges when the son traveled to Bangladesh for three months last year. With his parents unable to keep up on the maintenance, the grass and weeds grew out of control in front of and on the side of the house, Chowdhury said.

When the son returned home, his father informed him that they were issued a ticket on Aug. 2, 2021, for what Krot later described as “failing to keep the fence, walkway, sidewalk or alley free of trees, leaves” or other items. Chowdhury noted that the region’s rainy season also played a role in the vegetation getting out of control.

“It was a chain reaction,” he said. “The neighbors probably complained and took the picture that was sent to the city.”

[XanaDUer2]

11. Shows we all have people in need all around us.nt

[joshcryer]

14. The pathetic part is the judge could've learned that.

All the judge had to do was treat her citizens like humans rather than numbers on an excel spreadsheet (after all those fines are paying for her job).

[malaise]

4. Sh's a despicable human being

That is all

[CurtEastPoint]

8. Judge Krotch was appointed by Rick Snyder. Repube, no? Figures.

http://www.31stdistrictcourt.net/about_the_court/judge_Alexis_Krot.php

Nice smile but she will f'ing cut you.

[Meadowoak]

21. Looks like she ran away from the circus.

[joshcryer]

12. Gotta love these crap elected judges...

...who run unopposed, even.

The son says that they cleaned it up when they got the ticket, why couldn't she just ask that? And thank them for cleaning it up.

I'll note if I was a neighbor and that was on my public sidewalk, I would have cleaned it up myself, it would've taken all of 10 minutes.

[Emile]

13. Who is she to judge anything?

What an idiot!

[dalton99a]

15. I hope this inhuman piece of shit judge gets to experience what the man went through

[Sherman A1]

19. You are being too charitable, but

I think it's a good place to start.

[Skittles]

16. it's the neighbors who should be ashamed

why are they not stepping in to help? Unless he won't let them? What's going on here.

[BeckyDem]

17. Degenerate judge.

I wish I could say I am shocked.

[Torchlight]

18. Appointed to the bench by Governor Rick Snyder in August 2016

Good Christ! If I did anything close to what she did, ol' granddad would come down from the firmaments and kick my behind for acting so shamelessly and without compassion.

[bluescribbler]

23. Judge should be disbarred.

I can't say what I truly feel, it might be misconstrued.

[marieo1]

24. She, the judge, is disgusting!!

The shame in my point of view is the judge...........why doesn't she send someone over there to clean the yard up? I hope and pray she gets hers some day!!