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King Charles

Just today I read a story about Judge Charles Gilchrist in Harnett County, North Carolina. It appears to me that Judge Charles Gilchrist has a King Charles complex. This North Carolina judge apparently thinks in a ‘my-way-or-the-highway’ vindictive manner with no possible room for discussion or compromise. 

Judge Gilchrist jailed Gregory Hahn, 47, for contempt of court after he refused to wear a face mask in Judge Charles Gilchrist’s courtroom. Gilchrist is reportedly the only judge in the county who has implemented a mask mandate. Furthermore, according to Superior Court clerk Renee Whittenton, “You can go in any district courtroom without a mask, you can come into superior court without a mask and the [district attorney’s] office without a mask, but with Judge Gilchrist he has a mandate that you must wear a mask.”

Hahn said potential jurors were not told about the mask requirements. There was no notice on his summons. And there is not signage at the courthouse indicating masks are required.

“I said, ‘I’m not going to wear a mask.’ He said, ‘I understand you don’t want to wear a mask,’ and I said, ‘That is correct, sir,’ and he says, ‘Why?’”

Hahn said the judge asked him again if he would refuse to wear a mask in the courtroom. He told Gilchrist that was correct.

“[Gilchrist] said ‘24 hours in the Harnett County jail,’” Hahn told WRAL.

Hahn was then handcuffed, booked, and taken to jail under no bond for contempt of court.

Harnett and Lee Counties issued a joint order on March 10, 2022, permitting the presiding judge in each courtroom to decide, at their discretion, whether masks are required, WRAL reported. Masks are optional in hallways, foyers, restrooms, meeting rooms, and other areas elsewhere in the courthouse. 

Hahn said he asked the judge if he could be excused since it was one day in jail.

He recounted that Gilchrist said, “I could, but I’m not going to.”

There are so many things wrong here with ‘King Charles’ that do not know where to start! Masks were in vogue six months ago, but no longer … get with the program, King Charles!

The most reasonable thing would have been a compromise … e.g. King Charles might have said, ‘if you do not wish to wear a mask in my courtroom, perhaps the court can arrange for you to serve with another judge.’ However, not so with King Charles!

Hahn said he asked the judge “if he was going to do this without giving me any due process? The judge told me that was correct,” Hahn said. “I explained I was a single parent and needed to contact my son, the judge refused.”

A single father not being able to call his son to update him on the situation is outrageous. Could it be that King Charles has no children, and is not aware that a father might actually need to be home at night.

Handcuffed!! No bond!! OMG!

Not surprising to me … King Charles is a Democrat.

However, the topper is that when King Charles was admonishing Gregory Hahn, King Charles was not wearing a mask!

10/17/22

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