The judge said she had taken a sedative at the time when the video with the racist slurs was recorded, and therefore didn't remember what was said.
Layfayette City Marshall Reggie Thomas condemned the judge's slurs, in a statement published by KATC3."I'm sure that people of color will find it impossible to trust that they will be treated fairly and equally when they have to stand for judgment before Judge Odinet. This type of language cannot be accepted or tolerated by anyone, especially those who serve as leaders in our city," he added.On Tuesday, the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus also called on Odinet to resign.
Lafayette NAACP chapter President Michael Toussain said his organisation was"disheartened" to learn of Odinet's racially-charged comments. He said that the judge's comments in the video show that she regards Black people as"no more than roaches, rats or lesser species than herself." A photo of Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet. Odinetis is facing multiple calls to resign after she was caught making racist slurs on video while watching footage of a Black man being pinned down by two police officers while allegedly attempting to burgle their family home.Odinet, a Republican who is married to Lafayette Parish Coroner Kenneth Odinet Jr., was elected to her seat in November last year.
Efforts to remove her will likely fail, unless she decides to resign herself. In Louisiana, judges are the only elected officials that are protected from recall petitions.
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