Erin Gall, 53, should be removed from the bench for «truly egregious» misconduct during a July 2022 high school graduation party outside a friend’s home, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
A New York state judge who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant at a high school graduation party is facing removal from office after a judicial watchdog panel recommended her firing over the incident.
State Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall, 53, invoked her authority as a judge to try to get uninvited guests arrested, threatened to shoot Black teenagers and bragged that her 18-year-old son had «put the smackdown» on another partygoer, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct said in its report issued Monday.
The Incident Took Place at a Friend’s Graduation Party Where 4 Black Teenagers Arrived Uninvited
The report included footage from multiple body cameras showing the incident unfold at the July 1, 2022 graduation party at her friend’s house.
According to the report, Gall attended the party at a friend’s home in New Hartford, New York, with her husband and three teenage children. The party’s hosts hired a bartender and provided a keg of beer that guests could serve themselves from.
A large number of apparent party crashers showed up after 11:30 p.m., the panel said. Four Black teenagers arrived after learning of the party from a live video feed, and the driver then lost his car keys, the report said.
