Date: January 13th, 2022 2:58 PM Author: naked site famous landscape painting
A hardline judge has fined and ridiculed a 72-year-old Michigan man with lymphoma, ruling that he “should be ashamed” of being too weak to mow his overgrown lawn.
Burhan Chowdhury of Hamtramck, a community about six miles north of Detroit, admittedly fell behind in yard maintenance after he was diagnosed with cancer of the lymph nodes in 2019. His overgrown property prompted local officials to subpoena Chowdhury.
In now-viral footage of the Zoom court hearing on Jan. 10, Chowdhury’s breathing appeared labored as Judge Alexis G. Krot of the 31st District Court berated him.
“You should be ashamed of yourself,” says Krot, in a video shared Jan. 12 on social media, and viewed more than 37,500 times as of Thursday morning. “If I could give you jail time on this, I would.”
“You’ve got to get that cleaned up. That is totally inappropriate,” she continues after ordering he pay a $100 fine for the eyesore.
Chowdhury’s son, Shibbir, 33, was also present, and spoke on behalf of his father when he told Krot that cancer treatments had left his dad very weak — and prevented him from mowing the lawn lately.
The Chowdhury's overgrown lawn
Overgrown grasses and weeds on Burhan Chowdhury’s property. His son, Shibbir, 33, spoke on behalf of his father when he told the judge that cancer treatments had left his father very weak — and prevented him from mowing the lawn lately.
31st District Court Hamtramck
For years, Shibbir helped his struggling father around the house, but had been in Bangladesh for three months prior to Chowdhury’s citation on Aug. 2.
Rhetorically, the judge shoots back: “Do you see that photo? That is shameful. Shameful. The neighbors should not have to look at that.”
Since Tuesday, nearly 10,000 social media watchdogs have signed a petition on Change.org to demand that Krot be removed from her seat. “She has a history of being bigoted to immigrants,” the petition alleges.
The petition also pointed to a post on Instagram by Detroit crime blogger @crimeinthed_detroit, where one follower quipped, “Who appointed Karen as judge?”
Zoom court hearing
A Change.org petition is calling for the removal of Judge Alexis G. Krot from the 31st District Court.
31st District Court Hamtramck
Krot has not returned requests for comment about the petition, as her role as a judge forbids her from making statements about the case, according to Detroit news station WDIV.
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Meanwhile, Shibbir told WDIV he acknowledged the “mistakes” that led his family to break a city ordinance.
He also told the Washington Post, “She was telling my father, a sick person, that he should go to jail. That’s ridiculous. You can’t give a 72-year-old person jail time for not cleaning an alley. I was really shocked by it. I didn’t expect her to yell at us in this kind of a situation.”
Shibbir paid his dad’s ticket on Wednesday, according to Insider, while also receiving support online from those who witnessed the disturbing public hearing.
“People understand that a situation like this can happen with someone who is old or sick,” he said.
Date: January 13th, 2022 3:03 PM Author: Buff hairy legs
The "neighbors" should have helped the sick dude and cut his lawn for him. How hard can it be? My Dad used to send me out to cut my elderly neighbors' lawn, shovel their snow, etc.
Date: January 13th, 2022 3:11 PM Author: ebony sound barrier
In America we view our neighbors with suspicion and don't help them, which is partly pathological individualism and partially justifiable shell-shock from a "diverse" world
Thought I was going crazy lol. ty. Yeah I mean that's pretty bad. The son couldn't pay to have someone come clean that up? That being said, the judge doesn't have to be such a bitch about it either
lol fuck no. Many people are angry assholes and will hold grudges forever. And if feral birdshit, you also have to watch out for him being trigger-happy.
I always complain and never confront. Not worth it in the US.
Date: January 13th, 2022 3:09 PM Author: boyish principal's office
Just when you absolutely want to link arms with lib activists and empower normal America against arrogant elites, libs make this about being "bigoted to immigrants".
Suddenly you realize libs want to exploit the situation to allow rape gangs into the neighborhood or locate a house of 38 somalians next door and the public criticism of the judge, whom you had previously viewed with contempt, matures into hating her because she is white, as are you.
And you leave hating libs more than before, the terrible judge stays on the bench, the neighbors all continue to hate each other, and America remains a hellscape
Date: January 13th, 2022 3:32 PM Author: Walnut Sickened Theatre
growing up, i cut lawns for side cash. my parents gave me a list of neighbors whose yards i had to cut for no charge. they were old, or had dementia, or were weirdos who'd let their lawns grow wild. it was a social tax.
Date: January 13th, 2022 3:42 PM Author: magenta arrogant abode
If the city actually gave a fuck, they'd send a public employee out to take care of the problem. But of course there's no money for that because it's all going to pensions.
Date: January 13th, 2022 5:13 PM Author: swashbuckling violent forum
If the city cut one persons yard they would immediately be sued to oblivion for not doing the same for wvery single minority owned parcel in the county.
Date: January 13th, 2022 5:07 PM Author: Heritage American Finn
lol at the people in this thread defending this subhuman
dude should be gassed along with the rest of you hand-wringing bleeding heart faggots. the same people crying out about this guy being "mistreated" are the same pathetic losers who would passive aggressively report their next door neighbor to the HOA if his lawn grew half a millimeter too high
A lady on our road is an elderly widow with cancer and manages to hire people to keep her 3+ acre lawn watered & mowed, driveway plowed in the winter, fruit trees pruned, etc.
Date: January 13th, 2022 5:30 PM Author: Heritage American Finn
like 50% of my grandma's fixed income pension is spent on paying landscapers to maintain her property at the highest level possible. she wouldn't have it any other way
Date: January 13th, 2022 5:41 PM Author: Milky Splenetic Queen Of The Night
I repped a guy once w 4 busted up cars in his city yard and the city atty was coming down on him. I just basically negotiated a continuance of the hearing and went to the guy's house to make sure the guy cleaned up his yard in the interim and he did and the case was dismissed.
I once repped a guy who had a bunch of deermeat in his fridge and he left for 12 months and the fridge broke and the smell was so bad all the neighbors complained. I made him hire a cleaning company that cleans up after dead bodies and they solved the problem.
Point is--you can fix stuff if you really have to.