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neverforget

(9,433 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:20 PM Jul 2014

Groups want to see Montana judge's racist emails

Groups want to see Montana judge's racist emails

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of American Indians wants a court to preserve and eventually release an investigative file containing inappropriate emails sent by a federal judge, including a racist message involving President Barack Obama.

Two Indian advocacy groups from Montana and South Dakota and a member of the Crow tribe filed a petition in U.S. District Court in California asking for the file to be preserved as evidence.

The groups want to know if Chief District Judge Richard Cebull made biased decisions from the bench. Their next step will be to file a lawsuit seeking public release of the documents, plaintiffs' attorney Lawrence Organ said Wednesday.

Cebull was investigated after forwarding a racist message involving Obama. A judicial review panel found he sent hundreds of emails from his federal account that showed disdain for blacks, Indians, Hispanics, women, certain religions and others. He was publicly reprimanded and retired last year.


I went to high school with his son. He was an asshole too.
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Groups want to see Montana judge's racist emails (Original Post) neverforget Jul 2014 OP
This guy desperately needs to be looked into. AverageJoe90 Jul 2014 #1
What an embarrassment Jbradshaw120 Jul 2014 #2
I lived in Montana for my first 25 years. I love the state. neverforget Jul 2014 #3
 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
1. This guy desperately needs to be looked into.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:23 PM
Jul 2014

Indeed, all too often, personal biases, especially prejudices, can really ruin someone's ability to uphold the law.....just look at the LAPD for example.

Jbradshaw120

(80 posts)
2. What an embarrassment
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:28 PM
Jul 2014

Cebul is a total jerk and embarrassment to our fine state and city. I just wish he would just go away.

neverforget

(9,433 posts)
3. I lived in Montana for my first 25 years. I love the state.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:33 PM
Jul 2014

But in the 80's it started to change and it just got worse from there.

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