A Las Vegas judge has been accused of ethics violations over two social media posts, including one in which he posed with a public defender in a hot tub.
Clark County District Court Judge Erica Ballou faces ethics charges after the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission filed a formal statement against her.
Two of the charges referenced her social media posts, with the first appearing to state that defendants who are not in custody should not be charged. 8 Current news report.
The Nevada State Board captioned a 2021 selfie posted on Instagram with the caption, “Despite Billie Eilish starting less than 30 minutes ago and my calendar saying tomorrow is 8:30, life is still going on.” “Beautiful,” she posted with the caption.
It had the hashtags “Repeat the detention case” and “Where the hell is Carmen Sandiego?”
The committee also took issue with Facebook posts from 2022.
The ethics complaint reportedly states, “Judge Ballou posted on Facebook a photo of himself in the bathtub with two public defenders, Shanna Browers and Robson Hauser, saying, ‘Mr. Robson is amazing. “I’m surrounded by tits,” he posted with the caption.
A representative for Clark County District Court said Mr. Vallow would “waive the opportunity” to comment, but the judge said: Additional posts on Facebook following accusations of ethics violations.
“I went from making tuna sandwiches to making news,” Balloo posted on Facebook, a lyric from the Cardi B song “Get Up 10.” bar stool sport report. “I started speaking my mind and my opinions tripled,” she continued.
“Make money, work hard, shit’s right. I’ve never been scammed in my fucking life. Earn money, work hard, shit’s right. I’m gonna beat the crap out of these motherfuckers.” That’s mean,” the judge’s post concluded.
The judge is accused of violating three rules in his initial post, including that judges must promote public trust and avoid fraud or the appearance of fraud. It includes. Similarly, judges must demonstrate that they can prioritize judicial duties over personal or extralegal activities and remain impartial.
The commission argued that her hot tub photo violated rules requiring judges to promote public trust and avoid fraud or the appearance of fraud. Additionally, judges must demonstrate that they cannot be influenced and must not participate in activities that appear to undermine their independence, integrity, or impartiality.
A hearing date has not yet been set.
In July 2022, the Las Vegas police union called for the judge’s resignation after she said black officers don’t want to deal with police officers and neither did she.
“You’re a black American, and you know you don’t want to be in a place where there’s police,” Barrow said. “You know I don’t want to be in a place where there’s police, because I know I’m not, and I’m a middle-aged, middle-class black woman, I don’t want to be in a place where there’s police. “No, I don’t know if I’ll make it out alive,” she added.
Before being sworn in as a judge in January 2021, Ballou was reportedly a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
In 2016, Barrow served as a public defender. refused to delete Black Lives Matter pins despite judge’s order.
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