Politics & Government
Judge Referred To Black Juror As 'Aunt Jemima': Complaint
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Tranquilli has been reassigned.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A complaint details the alleged racially-charged remarks made by an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge in a closed-door conference and subsequently was reassigned.
A memorandum obtained by KDKA lays out what Tranquilli said behind closed doors.
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In a closed-door meeting with a defense attorney and an assistant district attorney, Common Pleas Court Judge Tranquilli is quoted as calling a black woman juror “Aunt Jemima” and muses about her having a drug-dealing “baby daddy” at home.
