I’m not sure what the curriculum is in law school but I don’t think sensitivity training is part of it. It’s understandable that Seattle folks were pumped up on Friday for the Super Bowl but a judge in Tacoma took it a little too far when she requested that everyone in court say “Go Seahawks”. When few people responded, she made everyone do it again.
Now, civic pride is great but not when the case before the judge is a murder trial of a guy killed last year on Super Bowl Sunday. The best part of this story is the non-apology apology issued by the judge. She must really be an avid sports fan because it’s right out of the athlete’s handbook:
Judge Beverly G. Grant said she didn’t mean to offend anyone and “if the prosecutor and the others took it that way, as far as I’m concerned, it’s trite.”
[Seattle PI]: Judge upsets court with ‘Go Seahawks’ request
