The Michigan judge who put a teen in handcuffs because she fell asleep in his courtroom during a field trip is back on the bench — but instead of sitting in judgment over criminals and lawsuits, he’ll be handling traffic tickets.
Detroit 36th District Judge Kenneth King made headlines in August when he ordered a 15-year-old girl into a jail uniform and handcuffs after noticing she was dozing off while he was speaking to the kids, whose visit was sponsored by a local environmental nonprofit. At the time, the judge told local ABC affiliate WXYZ that the teen’s attitude is what ultimately set him off.
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“It wasn’t so much, in fact, that she had fallen asleep because I have attorneys that fall asleep sometimes, so that’s not too big of a deal. It was her whole attitude and her whole disposition that disturbed me,” King told the station at the time. “I wanted to get through to her, show how serious this is and how you are to conduct yourself inside of a courtroom.”