A district judge in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was astonished when a man with a suspended driver’s license joined a court Zoom call while driving a car.
    • 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
      49·
      6 months ago

      I like the judge with the “WTF is this actually happening?” expression. I do have to give him some kudos, I’m not sure I could have held back from saying something snarky like “are you really this stupid?” That’s probably why I’m not a judge, lol.

      • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
        30·
        6 months ago

        My wife watches that judge - judge Simpson - regularly. He actually seems like a really good guy who wants to give people a chance, but he does not put up with shit at all. Any sort of blatant disregard for the law or disrespect for the court during the proceedings and the person is going to have a bad time.

  • takeda@lemmy.world
    501·
    6 months ago

    Whoa, so he lost his license, then got caught for driving without license and for that case he dialed to court while driving without license. And not just that, but he also did a video call while driving which likely is also not allowed.

    Dude, if he was still driving without a license at least should stop get out and pretend to walk during the call.

      • jadero@lemmy.ca
        10·
        6 months ago

        They could prohibit him from being the registered owner of a motor vehicle. That way whoever is the registered owner can be charged for letting an unlicensed driver take the wheel. That should also come with the threat of loss of ownership privileges.

  • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
    241·
    6 months ago

    There needs to be a sub for these type of court streams. I remember a few years ago some guy being charged with something like violating a restraining order and he took the call from the the girlfriends house he wasn’t supposed to be at

    Edit: here it is

  • Princeali311@lemm.ee
    19·
    6 months ago

    Update:

    "‘They were supposed to have been lifted it two years ago, but they didn’t,’ Harris said.

    Secretary of State records show Harris’ license was first suspended in 2010 for unpaid child support in Saginaw County.

    Then in 2022, court records show that a judge rescinded that suspension, allowing Harris to drive again. But it appears that information never got to the Secretary of State where even as of Thursday afternoon, Harris’ license is still listed as suspended — the same records police and the judge were going by."

    • SlothMama@lemmy.world
      81·
      6 months ago

      Look at how quick everyone was to pass judgement on the guy even though this wasn’t his fault. Just as bad as Reddit, straight mob justice mentality, pitchforks and all

      • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Except it turns out that’s all bullshit, he didn’t ever have a license. Follow-up with the judge was today. And the kicker is that he has a warrant for his arrest for a driving violation from another county, so he went to jail.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Update from today. He never had a valid driver’s license. My wife just played me the whole session from today. Some interesting items:

      • His suspension wasn’t lifted, not because of a clerical error, but because he didn’t pay it.
      • The suspension was irrelevant anyway because he never had a driver’s license. With the suspension, if he had gone in and taken the test to get a license, it would have immediately been suspended and he couldn’t drive, but that’s moot because he didn’t have a license.
      • When the cops pulled him over, they asked if he had a license and he said no.
      • It turns out that he has a warrant out for his arrest for a driving violation in another county, so they took him to jail.

      All the crap he said about being innocent was just lies.

  • neo@lemy.lol
    181·
    6 months ago

    Now I get it!

    We are living in a simulation and (unfortunately) this is the QA branch. At least this would explain the given case (and other things).

    • Custodian1623@lemmy.world
      174·
      6 months ago

      This is a fox affiliate, it’s associated with a separate broadcast organization under the Fox umbrella. Fox affiliates have much different reporting standards than Fox News and linking a fox affiliate is functionally the same as linking any other local tv source

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    11·
    6 months ago

    This guy is the new Surprised Pikachu Face. Seriously, watch the video, he’s next level stupid lol

  • pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works
    144·
    6 months ago

    As funny as it is, I also feel bad for the guy. This illustrates perfectly why we need a good public transport, to prevent people who don’t have what it takes to drive off the road, while not preventing them from visiting their doctors.

    • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
      54·
      6 months ago

      Ubers exist. Not ideal, but sure as fuck cheaper than what this chap is going to have to pay now.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
      33·
      6 months ago

      Taxi, till his license is given back? you cannot feel bad for this idiot. No license, no driving…it is simple logic

      • pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works
        61·
        6 months ago

        He’s an idiot, true, and shouldn’t drive at least until a fair assessment says otherwise. I was saying that there should be a better, less costly, and safe transportation for people who can’t or don’t want to drive to get around.

      • Belgdore@lemm.ee
        8·
        6 months ago

        A lot of attorneys pushed for it to continue because it cuts down on travel particularly to rural areas. It’s helpful in civil litigation because it cuts down on travel fees to clients.

        It’s helpful in criminal and family law cases because those dockets often run long and people may have to wait hours to be seen. Being able to work or run errands while waiting for your case to be called makes the process less intrusive.

        You can’t help people like the defendant in the video though.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
      3·
      6 months ago

      Are you questioning video conference for court, or the fact it is Zoom and not a better encryption setup like Cisco Cisco Webex?