An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off.

Brian Lovell, an associate district judge in Garfield County, Oklahoma, was arrested Sept. 11 on a misdemeanor count of reckless driving. A felony count of engaging in deadly conduct with a firearm was forwarded to a grand jury for consideration.

Lovell was released on $10,000 bond and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.

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    9 months ago

    Oh, he got cut off.

    In that case shooting up some cars and ramming another seems pretty ok. I mean, what else are you going to do?

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      9 months ago

      “The judge had a habit of masturbating with a penis pump under his robe during trials.”

      “Investigators later collected carpet samples, Thompson’s robes and the chair from behind the bench, and found semen, according to court records.”

      Oklahoma has us some judges, now.

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    9 months ago

    I feel so much safer knowing he might show up and protect me from a grocery store robbery.

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    9 months ago

    This should be a !byebyejob moment (do we have one of those in the fediverse? I guess I don’t know how to link properly yet lmao)

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    9 months ago

    Brian Lovell, an associate district judge

    …jury and executioner too, apparently.

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      9 months ago

      This is in very poor taste, especially so soon after this senseless tragedy that none of us – not even an associate district judge or Jesus – was powerful enough, or bothered enough, to prevent.

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    9 months ago

    Can i get some bike paths, i dont wanna be on the road with these people in cars anymore.

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      9 months ago

      Oklahoma. You decide.

      Spoiler: I don’t know, but it’s almost certain that he is.

      Second spoiler: I lived in a state that borders Okie. They’re all repubs.

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    9 months ago

    Lovell told police there were two handguns in his vehicle, but he said “he did not know why he would have shot his gun and could not recall any part of the shooting incident,” according to the affidavit.

    That’s some use of legal language. “I don’t recall murdering those women. I know they ended up dead, but I don’t know how. What would I have to gain?”

    This fuck presided over cases that affected peoples’ lives. Sigh…