Judge Alexis Krot of Hamtramck, Michigan has apologized to 72-year old Muslim cancer patient Burhan Chowdhury after she berated and threatened him with jail time over some outgrown weeds outside his home. “I made a mistake,” Krot said in a statement shared with the Free Press by the court Thursday. “I acted intemperately. I’m very embarrassed that I did so. I apologize to the person who appeared before me and to our entire community for having failed to meet the high standards that we expect of our judicial officers, and that I expect of myself.”
Earlier this month judge Krot used a very harsh and threatening language against the elderly cancer patient that caused a wide media coverage and condemnation from across the country. A petition drive to remove her from the court has garnered more than 228,000 signatures as of Thursday evening on Change.org website. Read this story in the Detroit Free press here.
Read the original Washington Post story here.
