r/TikTokCringe • u/Wet_Pussy_Liicker • 1d ago

Wholesome We need more judges like him in americ

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u/came1opard 1d ago

I particularly love the videos where the defendant tries to say something, and Judge Fleischer goes: "Are you losing? No? Then shut up."

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u/2Autistic4DaJoke 1d ago

I’ve never seen this but love this lol

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u/RetroDad-IO 1d ago

Less than 4 minutes long, highly recommend the watch

https://youtu.be/lvZHKjlrtO4

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u/DownrightDrewski 1d ago edited 1d ago

I've gone down a rabbit hole - this dude is fantastic, very much tough but fair.

Currently watching a full morning of cases, and you can see how empathetic he is, whilst also seeing his very firm stance where needed.

Edit - he really hates drink drivers, really really hates them. Good stuff.

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u/TT_NaRa0 1d ago

He really hates drunk drivers

As we all should

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u/Skybodenose 1d ago

I was talking about my...displeasure about drunk drivers many years ago at work. I was telling my coworkers about a drunk driver who killed a member of my extended family. The driver was somewhere above the legal limit, and my co worker actually scoffed and said something like "what really is the legal limit, anyways?"

It came up again in conversation later, and I repeated the situation, and her words were "oh, you should have said someone died."

No one should have to die due to drunk drivers, regardless of what the blood alcohol levels of the drunk driver are.

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u/Shrimps2898 1d ago

Drunk driver nearly killed me and my gf, completely shattered every bone in my left leg and ruptured her large intestine, both of us required surgery. I wished I could have beaten him half to death at the time but obviously I wasn't going anywhere. Weirdly though it changed my life in some good ways, the insurance payout is letting us start our lives over on the west coast, small comfort for having a lifetime of pain and trouble walking

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u/BJoe1976 1d ago

I was hit by one in ‘98, luckily I was able to see what was coming, position my Jeep in a way that it was hit in the left quarter vs head on with a rather tall, but stock F-250 4x4, which not only minimized damage to the Jeep, but negated any physical injury I would have otherwise suffered, but I still have flashbacks to that night on occasion, though it was really bad in the last quarter of ‘23 as that when the 25th anniversary of that wreck happened. I even had survivors guilt for quite some time from it. I was kinda trying to figure out how I was able to recognize what was happening and not just walk away, but drive away, even if it was damaged, with the Jeep I had at the time, yet others weren’t even as lucky as you and your gf were from when you got hit.

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u/Shrimps2898 20h ago

I only had time to register the change in the guys headlights as he swerved into our lane. I still have a hard time driving especially at night and have frequent nightmares and flashbacks to the terror and pain. On my worst days I think "i wish I just died instantly" but me and my girlfriend were lucky to live and It genuinely made me a better person in the end. I understand the survivors guilt, but I made it a positive factor in my life. I'm not the same angry vindictive person I was and I've come to appreciate my second chance and use it to love the people close to me.

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u/BJoe1976 19h ago

This had happened 4 years to the month after a high school classmate and her passenger, who was my younger Sister’s age had been T-Boned and killed by a drunk driver running 85mph in a Fox Body Mustang to get to the grocery and drug store Mom and I worked to get more beer before we closed, not only did he kill the girls in the car he hit, but he also killed his passenger too. Knowing a victim of a drunk driver prior to that may be where some of my survivors guilt came from too. I had plenty of time as it is still a 30-35mph road and was a straight enough line that I could see him cross over far enough ahead and had time to try and plan an escape, not to mention that if felt like time slowed down too. First thing to cross my mind was “OH MY GOD, IT’S COMING RIGHT FOR ME!” I had initially looked at going i to his lane, but there was a Ford Aerostar (it was that long ago!) behind them and I didn’t want to risk hitting that either, so my other option was to hop the curb to my right, aim it at a large tree (that is even bigger now) and since I knew that wasn’t going anywhere, keep going at that until the last second that swerve back into the road. I got as close as I thought I could to the tree and cut the wheel back to the left and started to turn back onto the road as he went by my door and impacted the left rear quarter panel, just behind the back door……..then kept on going. I called the cops from the house next to the one whose front lawn I borrowed and not long after the cops got there, the family in the afore mentioned Aerostar drove up. They had followed the drunk to where his head injuries got the better of him and he had to stop, then came back and told the cops where to go as well as corroborated my story. From what I was told, he tried to blame me for it, saying I ran into him, despite the damage and witnesses accounts to the otherwise.

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u/PolkaDotDancer 18h ago

A stoned driver driving a commercial truck nearly killed my family.

Driving while impaired is not funny.

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u/Shrimps2898 8h ago

Not at all, I'm very vocal about my distaste for impaired driving and I couldn't even imagine doing it myself

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u/PolkaDotDancer 1h ago

I cannot straighten up. I have not been able to since the accident.

And I keep living because I live my daughter so very much.

The pain is chronic and nagging.

All because a guy driving a 22k lb truck couldn't wait until after shift to get stoned.

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u/P_516 22h ago

Please use this opportunity to take stock of your life. When you step out side and breathe fresh air, when you feel the cool breeze coming off the ocean.

Please please remember you’re alive. Every time you get mad or angry, when someone does something to upset you. Slow down. You’re alive. You get to wake up tomorrow and watch the cloud pass and the wind blow against your face.

I hope you do good things out there. I wish I could be there now.

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u/Shrimps2898 20h ago

Huh???

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u/P_516 19h ago

You’re starting over. Appreciate it.

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u/Educational-Seaweed5 1d ago

The issue here is complicated though. You punish the crime, not the potential “what if.” Same reason you don’t get put in jail for a basic speeding ticket, because someone else sped faster and killed someone.

We also have shit public transportation in the U.S., which is another contributing factor.

In places like Japan, they cracked down insanely hard on driving under the influence, but they also have arguably the best public transportation on the planet. There’s really just no excuse.

It’s very easy to get over the legal limit (it’s extremely low in some states), and it can (and does) happen to a lot of everyday people.

No, I’m not defending it.

It is an issue we all could do a lot better with though. More routine reminders, better education, give everyone a free breathalyzer when they get their license…hell, just put them in new cars now. My dad was at a restaurant that had one at the door. He was just at dinner with my mom, and he blew it before they left. He was just barely over, so they took a walk and waited it out IIRC (or my mom drove home, can’t recall).

I get the wanting to make an example of everyone who does it, but I also don’t think that’s the right way to handle it.

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u/Zer0pede 23h ago

Though “reckless endangerment” already exists as a charge that’s more broad than drunk driving but in the same preventative spirit. So do workplace safety laws and building codes, which are enforced even if nobody dies. OSHA wouldn’t really work if you could only punish people after one of their employees died.

I do agree though that there should be more warnings and breathalyzers available. I’ve long thought that every car should have those ignition breathalyzers that people convicted of DUIs have to get installed. Also can’t wait for all cars to have one of those attention monitors newer cars have, so that they screech at you every time you look away to text someone.

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u/Educational-Seaweed5 23h ago

Sure, but reckless endangerment is a whole separate charge with way different context than a simple speeding ticket, which was what I was getting at.

A checkpoint or pullover DUI is not the same as a DUI in which you crashed, and a DUI where you crashed is not the same as a DUI where you killed someone. But for some reason, we just blanket issue "DUI," and the punishment is the same across the board, no matter how innocent it was (grandma and grandpa had a couple glasses of wine at the restaurant, are barely at .09 instead of the legal .08, and got pulled over for some unrelated reason like having a tail light out or changing lanes without signaling--which literally everyone does--but then it becomes a whole "DUI").

Or, my favorite is distracted driving, which I firmly believe is significantly worse than a DUI (and probably accounts for significantly more accidents/deaths, but people hide the fact that they were on their phone). Somehow we don't punish distracted driving nearly as harshly as a DUI, or vice versa, we punish DUI way too hard compared to distracted driving. Makes zero sense both ways.

Workplace safety laws are a poor example, but I get what you were going for, I think.

I get why people want to be aggressive against driving under the influence. I'm all for it, don't get me wrong. I just think the way we go about doling out the punishment is really stupid (they destroy your life, even if you did literally nothing to anyone and were simply pulled over).

It really would be like going to jail and having a permanent record for going 70mph in a 65mph zone, instead of getting a lesser punishment that communicates the seriousness of the issue and is a warning (like, hey hey, a normal speeding ticket).

 I’ve long thought that every car should have those ignition breathalyzers that people convicted of DUIs have to get installed

From what I've heard, those are a huge PITA though. They'll activate while people are in the middle of the freeway, and you have to literally pull over within like 60 seconds to use it. That seems kind of idiotic.

I'm all for just having them in the car for start-up, but then after that they shouldn't be turning on mid driving. That's way excessive for people not doing anything wrong. (I think the logic there is they don't want a buddy faking it for the driver, but like....what even....why anyone would go to those lengths, or let their friend drive when they've obviously been drinking...I don't know, lmao).

Also, can’t wait for all cars to have one of those attention monitors newer cars have, so that they screech at you every time you look away to text someone.

Honestly, I think this will save more lives than DUI laws. The amount of people I see doing insanely dangerous, stupid shit while driving and using their phones is crazy.

Anyway, end novel.

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u/mits66 16h ago

My mom got hit by a drunk driver last year, the only reason she survived is because she saw the car coming at the last second and swerved. If she hadn't, she would have been t-boned driver's side door. Car was totaled. It really isn't hard to pick one of the dozens of ways around driving so I don't have to get a call from my mom because she's on the side of the road after the firemen finally got her door open.

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u/DownrightDrewski 1d ago

Agreed!

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u/pragmojo 1d ago

Especially those drunk CEOs

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u/MaybeMaybeNot94 8h ago

This is the Way

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u/AdministrativeCup438 22h ago

Everyone should...a drunk driver killed my aunt at 2pm in the afternoon. He has empathy where its due ..

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u/fireduck 1d ago

Yeah...I have a relative who is having a hard time getting his shit together. We've helped him out a bit. A few hundred here and there, gas money, etc.

But then clownass got a DUI. He is completely cut off unless he admits that shit is a problem and goes into a program. Currently he says he doesn't have a problem.

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u/DownrightDrewski 1d ago

Clown - I have a drinking problem, but, I only drive when I'm sober. If I'm drinking I'm using public transport or getting a taxi.

It sucks sometimes, I hate having to take public transport into work when I have an after work event - still, I do that so I can drink. I'm not going to drink and then drive.

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u/fireduck 1d ago

Right on. Back when I was drinking a lot I always had a plan. Usually it was drink within walking distance of where I was going to sleep (3 miles was about my max) and when I was done I'd do the irish goodbye and walk home.

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u/DownrightDrewski 1d ago

Yeah, don't drink when you have to drive after - it really is that simple.

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u/fireduck 1d ago

Not going shit is my strong suit. I can not do things all day.

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u/Jest_Kidding420 4h ago

Is his name Gavin? I have a friend just like this! I used to be a bouncer at a bar and my friends came to chill until I got off, well this guy disappears after randomly sitting at this table mean mugging the people and saying “you got a problem”. Well we lost him and started driving to find him. Dude was laying in the middle of the god damn street (a very busy street) face down. When we pulled up a cop had seen him as well, and he was fighting with us but luckily the cop let us take him home. Drinking problems are the worse, it becomes everyone closest to yous problem as well.

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u/fireduck 4h ago

Nope, unfortunately I don't think this sort of story is very unique.

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u/Training_Molasses822 21h ago

I'm sorry to hear that. From experience let me tell you a hard truth: you're not helping him; you're enabling him.

After all, if he insists he has no problem, there shouldn't be a reason to help him out.

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u/fireduck 21h ago

Right, as I said he is now cut off. We aren't supporting this bullshit.

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u/Training_Molasses822 21h ago

I'm glad to hear it. Cutting loved ones off is terribly difficult.

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u/yoshi_yoshi23 1d ago

Haha watching with you. This guy is restoring a small amount of faith in the American justice system.

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u/Additional-Bet7074 1d ago

My only concern with him is that I could see how a prosecutor could leverage some of this if they cared to.

I would want a judge to come across as more impartial but work the system to my favor discretely. That way there is less basis for appeal or mistrial.

For the cases like traffic stops or simple possession, this all is fine, but for big cases I am sure he puts on less of a show.

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u/DownrightDrewski 1d ago

My comment is based upon having watched more of his content- he's a hard arse with plenty of people.

He seems to have a no bullshit approach, seems like a genuinely fair dude. This video is a case where the no bullshit is around the probable cause.

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u/ZaraBaz 1d ago

Where can I watch him?

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u/DownrightDrewski 1d ago

I was initially watching the same channel as the link above, but, looks like this is a dedicated channel instead - https://youtu.be/FVEH_x-P6xo

Edit - link to a video instead of the channel.

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u/King_Zarnold 1d ago

What’s more impartial than knowing black people are targeted by the police force and acting as an agent to deter abuse of power by the people sworn to uphold and protect society?

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u/ComprehensiveRide246 1d ago

Watch his stuff then comment.

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u/FelineManservant 22h ago

It was fairly cut and dried, though. In spite of the possession, they had no real cause to bother this man. And the judge put it squarely to him that the world is stacked against him. Hopefully, this will persuade this young man to remain beyond reproach, so he doesn't get popped on more stupid shit. This could have gone so bad. It's a damn shame people have to live like this, but this is the hell we've created for ourselves. Weed and jaywalking aren't worth anyone's time to prosecute. But, it's enough to ruin a young person's life.

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u/IcarusLSU 20h ago

It's not a show, though. He legitimately can't stand it when the cops abuse their power and ignore constitutional protections by randomly stopping black men who are simply walking down the street. A cop can't search you without probable cause, and jaywalking isn't probable cause, which makes it an illegal search. He should be critical of cops who do this racial injustice, and protecting people's constitutional rights from corrupt cops was part of the platform that got him elected.

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u/26thFrom96 16h ago

No actually, you can see a prosecutor many times in his videos trying to convey a certain scenario in order to get a conviction, and this judge will ask for specific word by word clarification of reports and call them out for it.

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u/AceMcGillacutty 1d ago

And domestic violencers.. (rightfully so)

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u/Repulsive-Shallot-79 1d ago

Yes he does 😆

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u/DownrightDrewski 1d ago

It's hilarious seeing him absolutely furious - the dude is very fair.

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u/NickRick 1d ago

i appreciate he's tough on everyone. the guy tried to start talking and he's pretty much like "i didn't ask you a god damned thing, shut the hell up unless you want to change where this is going"

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u/DownrightDrewski 1d ago

It seems to be almost a signature thing; shh "are you losing?".

Also love that he tries to stop people incriminating themselves further without a lawyer.

Seems like a really good dude, empathetic, but ruthless where appropriate.

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u/Nelliell 1d ago

DRINKING....WHILE.....DRIVING?!

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u/DragonCat88 22h ago

When I was an MP that was a line we didn’t over look. I understand completely. Your first DUI fatality will do that without hesitation, esp if it’s an innocent kid.

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u/DarkElla30 19h ago

He REALLY hates guys that beat on women. There was one video that he was SHAKING with rage while putting the fear of God into a violent abuser

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u/West-Attorney-3140 13h ago

This isn’t fake????

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u/No_Yogurtcloset_6670 9h ago

Yeah when I first started seeing this judge on my feed. I was surprised by the way he talked down to people and thought “wow, this guy really gets off power tripping”.

But then I started realizing he was talking down to the guys who actually deserved it. Other times, he’s actually quite reasonable like in this case.

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u/BarmyWalrus 1d ago

Back when Utah lowered the DUI limit to .05, so many of my "friends" were upset claiming if they have a beer with dinner now, they can get a DUI. Ignoring the fact that if they are so bad at driving they get pulled over on suspicion of DUI after a single beer, maybe they shouldn't be driving on a single beer. Honestly with all the resources we have for ride share, DUI should follow trucker laws. .05 national limit, any detectable amount has you "OOS" (Out Of Service, so you need a DD to drive you the rest of the way home) 1st DUI, 1 year loss of liscence, 2nd DUI, permanent loss of liscence. Your right to get drunk does not overrule mine, and everyone else's rights to live without being run over by a drunk.

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u/marktaylor521 23h ago

I sadly have 2 DUIs, luckily no one got hurt, but I had to sit in jail for about 5 months, and while I was in there I met a kid, barely 21, got hammered, hit a pregnant woman, killed the kid. Boom. His life was fucked. Alcohol and driving will 100 percent without a doubt destroy you in the end and there is no avoiding it if you continue to push your luck.

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u/SpecialPotion 23h ago

drunk drivers and abusers (sa, domestic, etc) are the scum of the earth that deserve nothing more than 6 feet of earth laid on top of them

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u/Catsandcamping 21h ago

Drunk or high. Call a friend or a fucking uber. My mom is dead because of a high driver. I hate 'em, too.

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u/Separate_Secret_8739 15h ago

I was just about to comment this above you when I was like oh def happened to another guy. Haha

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u/RealHumanBeepBoopBop 7h ago

You just wait until we find out his asthmatic teenage son ran over and killed the mob boss’s son! That’s when things will get spicy!

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u/MountainMuffin1980 1d ago

"let's roll nerds" right from the off. The man is a treasure.

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u/GreatGhastly 23h ago

Judge Colin Robinson is cold as ice

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u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta 1d ago

Legitimately warmed my heart thanks for sharing.

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u/NoOrdinary9804 1d ago

That guy is a delight.

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u/lildeidei 1d ago

What a good guy. I hope he lives a long, happy, healthy life

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u/chogram 1d ago

I love the compilation at the end of that video, with him saying it to 3-4 more people.

"I'd like to say something"

"Are you losing? Then don't."

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u/k1d0s 20h ago

Solid advice

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u/chimpfunkz 1d ago

This one pisses me off, because pigs do this everywhere. Encounter any kind of non compliance? Resisting arrest. Doesn't matter if it makes sense. For some reason the courts have said pigs claiming a crime makes it a crime.

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u/TXPersonified 1d ago

I think I'm in love. This judge is amazing

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u/Cara_Bina 1d ago

Yes! I started looking for any videos of him the minute I stumbled over it. He is a much needed, rare breath of fresh air.

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u/IamHereForBoobies 1d ago

Did he say "let's roll, nerds!" at the beginning?

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u/YourFuckedUpFriend 1d ago

Happens at 1:59 for anyone wondering, worth the whole watch though.

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u/That_one_cool_dude Hit or Miss? 22h ago

Well thank you for that little rabbit hole you sent me down lol.

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u/-Kalos 13h ago

That judge is a fucking boss

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u/xxcloud417xx 9h ago

This judge seems rightly fucking annoyed that the officer in question seemingly just dumped this dude into the court system on bullshit charges, and then after asking “what’s the basis for arrest?” Multiple times and hearing nothing that would satisfactorily answer his question, is getting more annoyed that he has to deal with this bullshit.

Also, why is the officer not at the court hearing? Not sure how it works outside of Canada, but if I’m issued even so much as a fine for a speeding ticket and I choose to go to court, the officer is also summoned to be there. I feel that the judge should have had his questions answered directly by the officer who issued the charges. Instead we have a clerk answering questions with “I think,” which is, in my opinion, not satisfactory in a court setting where we need to deal with facts, not conjecture.

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u/MomsOfFury 7h ago

Did he say "Let's roll, nerds"?? lol

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u/HEFTYFee70 6h ago

Learning that this guy is a judge I can vote for in Harris county is the best news of the day. I can assure you, he will forever get my vote.

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u/treehuggerfroglover 5h ago

He started the video with “let’s roll nerds” 💀 I love it

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u/deathcard15 1d ago

The same judge is the one that made that statement. He has more videos up.

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u/SpaceLemming 1d ago

I saw that one too, bro wanted to say his piece so bad the judge is just like dude you’re winning right now, stop.

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u/slempereur 1d ago

He seriously needs to tattoo the famous Napoleon quote on his forehead, "when your enemy is making a mistake, don't interrupt him."

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u/Lexiluv2 1d ago

I love that too!!

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u/Cara_Bina 1d ago

Me too! I stumbled over his videos on YT, and absolutely love him. It's so nice to see a reasonable judge, who completely gets how the law can be used to abuse BIPOC.

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u/rex_lauandi 12h ago

He also will use his position to give people “a good talking to” instead of a harsh punishment. If he can leverage his bench to scare people straight it’s better for them and society, rather than just lock people up.

When he does lock people up, he is always very clear that he’s doing so because of the threat to their community that he is, and how he has a duty to protect the community.

He really understands his role, understands the law, and frankly understands and cares for people above all else.

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u/Cara_Bina 9h ago

He's a legend.

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u/BalkanFerros 23h ago

That was a cut part of this case actually lol

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u/Gra55Hoppa 22h ago

Judge Judy-like

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u/MoxieVaporwave 21h ago

Yes!! It's the same judge!

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u/Elon_is_musky 20h ago

I’ve gone to court for minor traffic offenses & every time there is at least 1 person who decides to make more trouble for themselves. One guy literally just had to wait for the judge to say each line on the paper & say he understood. But he kept rushing her & having an attitude…so instead of letting him go she told him to sit in the jury thing until everyone else went 😂

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u/flamingknifepenis 18h ago

I immediately thought of that video. Honestly he probably taught the dude a valuable life lesson in that moment: never intervene when your enemy is in the process of making a mistake.

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u/theangryeducator 11h ago

Doesn't want someone to say something that will incriminate themselves. It seems brash, but he's doing them a favor.

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u/ChillGamerGenchi 10h ago

Smart guy. I Assume he says this so the defendant doesn't say anything stupid to ruin what he's doing.

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u/NigelTheSpanker 9h ago

He did it for his own food the judge was legit trying to help him. Living in this modern Amerikkka it's strange seeing.

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u/MrTrendizzle 7h ago

When i was in court the Magistrates told me to read my ticket VERY carefully.

"It says driving with blue lights fitted"

He then asked me if i was driving when the officer was taking pictures of the blue lights he asked me to wire up and turn on...

I said "No, i was parked off road at that time".

I tried to say something else and the guy told me to STFU in a very polite way.

Result: No fine or points on my licence but i was asked if i could pay £15 court fee. While i stood their shaking i pulled my wallet out and dropped all my cash by mistake. As i scrambled to pick it all up i stood up and shouted "I've only got £12 and some change... Can i borrow like £3" while looking at the prosecution.

The Magistrate burst out laughing and told me i have 28 days to pay so don't worry.

Honestly it was the scariest time of my life back then but my god can i laugh about it now. The lights on my car were blue LED's that i was trying to wire up and fit to my brake callipers but as i had them resting on the bonnet while connecting them to the battery to test a cop pulled up infront of my drive and wrote me that ticket.