Brickbat: Bad Judgment
(Kens5)
A grand jury in Bexar County, Texas, has indicted Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez on charges of felony unlawful restraint by a judicial officer and misdemeanor official oppression. During a probation revocation hearing in December 2024, Speedlin-Gonzalez asked if the defendant had failed to report to his probation officer, to which he responded, "true." Defense attorney Elizabeth Russell then conferred with the defendant, who retracted his answer. Speedlin-Gonzalez accused the attorney of coaching her client and being argumentative, and she ordered bailiffs to handcuff Russell and place her in the jury box until she agreed to "behave professionally."