Judge Needs Anger Management Counseling
by TChris
A Michigan judge is facing discipline for an apparent anger management problem. Detroit Deputy Mayor Anthony Adams made the mistake of parking in a spot reserved for judges at the courthouse. Judge David Bradfield "cursed at him and told him to remove his car." Adams says he was authorized to park in the spot.
As Adams got out of his car and entered the courthouse, Bradfield grabbed his shoulder and shouted that the deputy mayor was "street" and from "the hood," according to the complaint. The judge "repeatedly poked his finger into Deputy Mayor Adams' chest while he was shouting at him," the complaint states.
This isn't the first time Judge Bradfield lost his cool in a parking dispute.
In 1993, a private security guard was involved in a parking spat with Bradfield, who allegedly struck the guard during a dispute over a spot at Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn. Bradfield received a public censure.
Tuesday's complaint also lists an October 2002 incident in which Bradfield attempted to park in a judicial parking spot in a Gem Theatre parking lot several days before the parking agreement went into effect.
Bradfield shouted and swore and when a parking attendant showed him a copy of the parking agreement, the judge grabbed the document and threw it on the ground before leaving the garage.
Judge Bradfield was suspended for 30 days in 2000 "for being rude to a man in court."
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