Upstate NY Judge Removed for Racial Bias and Repeatedly Using Racial Slur

Court Ousts Judge Who Used 'Unquestionably Offensive' Slur

A small-town judge's story about his grandfather's cotton fields just cost him his job. New York's top court on Tuesday removed Walter W. Jones, an 82-year-old Canandaigua town justice first elected in 1999, after a judicial conduct panel found he reproduced a racer slur while describing a Black farmer...

Upstate NY judge removed for racial bias and repeatedly using racial slur

Canandaigua, N.Y. — A Finger Lakes town judge has been removed from the bench by New York’s highest court for repeatedly using a racial slur and making racially insensitive remarks during court proceedings.

Canandaigua town judge removed from office

A state Commission on Judicial Conduct report states that Walter Jones used a racial slur multiple times while telling a story to co-workers.

State's highest court upholds Canandaigua judge's removal

CANANDAIGUA — The state Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by the State Commission of Judicial Conduct that removed Canandaigua Town Justice Walter Jones from office for repeatedly using the “n-word” in a parking lot.

Canandaigua judge removed from office over racial slurs, comments

Judge who repeatedly used racist slur removed by court

A judge in upstate New York was removed from the bench Tuesday by the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, for repeatedly using a racial slur while recounting a personal story and making other racially insensitive comments.