This judge must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed, or he looked over at the public defender and felt the need to bully someone. In either case, the two ended up outside the courtroom for a good ole punch-em-out-death-match!
In the video below, Florida Judge John Murphy is seen and heard bossing around the Public Defender Andrew Weinstock because he chose to do his job and defend his client instead of having a speedy trial. The Judge needed a speedy trial and when Weinstock refused, Judge Murphy said, “You know, if I had a rock I would throw it at you right now. Stop pissing me off. Just sit down.”
”I’m the public defender, I have the right to be here and I have a right to stand and represent my clients,” Weinstock is heard saying.
“Sit down!” Murphy demanded. “If you want to fight, let’s go out back and I’ll just beat your ass!”
“Let’s go right now,” Weinstock replied, and the two exited the courtroom, where the melee started, the courtroom camera still recording the sounds coming from outside the courtroom.
“You want to fuck with me?” One of them said, before deputies went out and broke up the fight.
The judge returned to the courtroom and finished ruling on other matters.
Just another day in the office I guess…
