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In the days of the Old West, many a horse thief met a fate of “a tree and a rope,” but a Central Texas judge has been formally reprimanded for using that phrase in a social media post.
Burnet County Judge James Oakley said on Facebook back in November that “a tree and a rope” were needed for Otis Tyrone McKane, after he was arrested for killing San Antonio police detective Benjamin Marconi, according to The Austin American-Statesman.
McKane is a black man and many took the post as a call to have him lynched.
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Oakley told the State Commission on Judicial Conduct he was drawing from a 1980s salsa commercial when he used the phrase.
In the ad, which can be seen below, a chef is faced with a call to “get a rope” after he tries to substitute a New York salsa for San Antonio-made Pace Picante salsa.
Oakley apologized for the remark and explained that it was a reference to Old West justice in the form of hangings, according to the newspaper.
“My comment was intended to reflect my personal feelings that this senseless murder of a police officer should qualify for the death penalty,” the judge told the commission. “In my mind, the race/gender of the admitted cop killer was not relevant.”
But there would be no reprieve for the judge in post-Obama America.
Oakley received a formal reprimand from the commission and must complete a 30-hour training program for new judges and participate in 4 hours of racial sensitivity training, the American-Statesman reported.
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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