{"id":1176323,"date":"2021-12-31T19:05:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T00:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1176323"},"modified":"2021-12-31T19:05:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T00:05:14","slug":"louisiana-judge-resigns-over-n-word-home-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-judge-resigns-over-n-word-home-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Judge Resigns over N-Word Home Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flouisiana-judge-resigns-over-n-word-home-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1176323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/211216011502-judge-odinet-louisiana-official-super-169-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle M. Odinet resigned from her position Friday after going on unpaid leave in response to a leaked home video that featured her using the N-word.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter submitted to the Louisiana Supreme Court filed by her attorney Dane Ciolino, Odinet said she takes full responsibility for the hurtful language she was heard uttering in the video.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text\">\n<p>\u201cI take full responsibility for the hurtful words used to describe the individual who burglarized the vehicles at my home. I am sorry for the pain that I have caused my community and ask for your forgiveness, as my words did not foster the public\u2019s confidence and integrity for the judiciary,\u201d Odinet wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Odinet\u2019s attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/michelle-odinet-resigns-racist-home-video_n_61cf1f8be4b04b42ab73e80f\">told<\/a> HuffPost that the former judge&nbsp;\u201cunderstands that this is the end of her public service, but only the beginning of what she must to do to earn the forgiveness of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ciolino added that Odinet is&nbsp;\u201chumiliated, embarrassed and sorry for what she has done and the trouble that she has caused to her community.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Odinet went on unpaid leave earlier in December when&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/16\/us\/louisiana-lafayette-judge-racist-language-video-michelle-odinet\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">viral video<\/a>&nbsp;showed her and others watching surveillance footage on television of a burglary taking place in the driveway of her home. Though the people\u2019s faces remained off-camera, the voice was later confirmed to be Odinet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Mom\u2019s yelling n***er, n***er,\u201d one male voice says in the video. Amid the playful banter, a female voice then says the N-word and roach in the same sentence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a n ***er, It\u2019s a n***er, like a roach,\u201d the female voice says in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the video, the group commented on someone tripping in the surveillance footage, dropping their wallet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my phone where it fell out,\u201d a male voice says<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe dude had a phone on him,\u201d a female voice responds. \u201cYou should have taken his phone and stolen from him, that f**king a**hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo and get the gun,\u201d says another male voice. \u201cIt\u2019s important, very important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Exactly who recorded the conversation and how it became public remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Later, in a statement to&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katc.com\/news\/lafayette-parish\/lafayette-judge-michelle-odinet-to-take-unpaid-leave-of-absence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">CNN affiliate KATC<\/a>, Odinet said she had been \u201cgiven a sedative\u201d after having her home burglarized and that she had no \u201crecollection of the video and the disturbing language used during it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy children and I were the victim of an armed burglary at our home. The police were called, and the assailant was arrested,\u201d she said. \u201cThe incident shook me to my core and my mental state was fragile. I was a wreck and am still unable to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was given a sedative at the time of the video. I have zero recollection of the video and the disturbing language used during it,\u201d she added.&nbsp;\u201cAnyone who knows me and my husband, knows this is contrary to the way we live our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, the Lousiana Black Caucus, and the NAACP all called for her resignation at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle M. 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