After two violent attacks involving teenagers were caught on camera, Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers said she feels some judges in Hamilton County are “failing miserably at their job.”
Powers described those judges as more like defense attorneys than neutral parties.
“I think they’ve lost their way, they don’t know they’re neutral, they should be neutral, and deciding, and there’s a clear bias,” Powers said. “I think that some of these judges are showing in the courtroom, and how they’re handling their cases.”
On Jan. 23, surveillance cameras caught a violent assault near the corner of 6th Street and Walnut Avenue. A man was walking on the sidewalk when a group of eight people, including teenagers, jumped him. The assailants proceeded to punch and kick the man while he was on the ground, with one of the young suspects taking the victim’s phone and wallet.
The assault lasted nearly half a minute before the group ran off. The incident report says officers were able to track down two of the suspects within minutes.