Oddball
Unobtanium Member
Never ceases to amaze me how mere dress can get you treated differently in the courtroom.
Every time I've been to court, there are the usual suspects dressed in grubby jeans, t-shirts with the sleeves torn off and the obligatory ball cap that they need to be told to remove by the judge...They also seem to be the ones who get little-to-no leniency from the judge.
I'm here to testify...Next time you end up in court, wear a pair of chinos, a button-up shirt (or at least one with a collar) and a pair of shoes that aren't sneakers, and I can guarantee that you'll get treated much better than those who don't bother with suck trivialities as showing *a little* respect for the venue.
Every time I've been to court, there are the usual suspects dressed in grubby jeans, t-shirts with the sleeves torn off and the obligatory ball cap that they need to be told to remove by the judge...They also seem to be the ones who get little-to-no leniency from the judge.
I'm here to testify...Next time you end up in court, wear a pair of chinos, a button-up shirt (or at least one with a collar) and a pair of shoes that aren't sneakers, and I can guarantee that you'll get treated much better than those who don't bother with suck trivialities as showing *a little* respect for the venue.
Read more: Court officers scold defendants: 'Pull up your pants, or get out of court!'Court officers have become the fashion police, scolding defendants who wear saggy pants and forcing them to cover their rear ends.
Men whose low-hanging jeans expose underwear are regularly chastised or booted from courtrooms.
"That's my right to wear them this way!" one defendant recently said when a court officer in the Bronx hassled him.
"Not in our house," she shot back.
The teen was not allowed to see the judge until his pants came up.
Fed-up court officers say the style may be popular on the street, but it's frowned upon inside the courthouse.
"When they wear their pants that way, it shows a lack of respect for the court system and a total lack of respect for themselves," said Dennis Quirk, president of the New York State Court Officers Association.