State Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer stepped into the thicket of race politics where no judge belongs. He openly admitted Gail Hardy’s promotion to Hartford State’s Attorney was a race-based selection by the Criminal Justice Commission he chairs. His maladroit statements touting Hardy the “African-American” as a “diversity” choice, as if taking credit for charity, made me cringe.
If Hardy was the best person for the job, leave her complexion out of the judicial press release. She is a respected and accomplished prosecutor, not a black Oliver Twist holding her gruel bowl up to Judge Bumble.
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