Michigan judge suspended after racist, homophobic remarks: "I'm not systemically racist. I'm a new racist."
What does it take to fire a Michigan judge? Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan was removed from her docket in August for undisclosed reasons, and it turns out a whistleblower recorded her making racist and homophobic remarks.
In the phone recordings, Ryan uses a anti-gay slur against David Coulter, the county's highest elected official, who is gay.
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