God watching that really made me hate that judge. Honestly I handle criminal matters like these all of the time, I would have been livid as Chad Johnson's attorney. The judges I deal with on a daily basis either would have laughed it off, or would have verbally scolded him to take this seriously and then accepted the offer. The judge went way too far in this case.
Clearly she is, at her discretion. I'm just saying her discretion here sucks.
Yes, his failure to abide by the terms of his probation was why he was in court. Where he made an agreement with the DA (the state's representative) wherein the DA agreed that he should not spend any time in jail and that other punishment was more suitable for that offense (community service, etc).
What a bitch. Totally harmless.
That point kind of gets lost in this...he did a pretty terrible thing, but Schmitty is comfortable calling the judge a bitch in this case, while Johnson is just an affable clown.
Except he said "No, I understand this situation is serious, I wasn't meaning to show disrespect."
It doesn't get lost, it's not relevant.
Well, she's acting like a bitch, and most people here see that.
Right. At that point he was trying to save his ass, but clearly we should take him at his word. You know, like he should be taken at his word that he would properly follow the directions of his probation.
The only reason he was on probation is because he headbutted his wife. So there is that.
I vote nay.
You should. He didn't know the judge was going to deny his plea at that point. He was explaining himself and there is no other conduct he was exhibiting that was disrespectful that would place the butt-slap into that context.
Nobody with a functioning brain, but it's not worth 30 days in jail either.
Yeah. Still irrelevant. The judge isn't sentencing him for headbutting his wife.
Not as weak as a judge throwing him in jail for a harmless gesture.
