Comments about black men in the criminal justice system brought a public warning for former District Judge Michael McSpadden of Houston.

While McSpadden was judge of Harris County’s 209th District Court, he was quoted in a February 2018 newspaper article saying he feared defendants released on bond would commit new offenses. He stated that young black men charged with felonies weren’t getting good advice from their parents and “rag-tag” organizations like Black Lives Matter. That advice told them to resist police, and have contempt for police and the justice system, the judge is quoted as saying in the Houston Chronicle.