Woman Attacks Judge in the Courtroom
It isn’t often that a judge is attacked while presiding over a court proceeding. If such attacks do occur, there’s rarely any video footage — until now.
Melissa Hardwick was agitated even before she lunged for judge Jennifer Edward’s neck during a juvenile court hearing on Wednesday (July 13). Mrs. Hardwick’s ex-husband had dragged her into court for violating a previous court order. Despite the judge’s warning that she would be placed in contempt of court, Hardwick continued her ranting.
So judge Edwards sentenced Hardwick to 10 days in jail — and with a flick of her wrist, she dismissed Hardwick, telling her “Go now.” That’s when the upset mother sprang into action, leaping across the startled judge’s bench at her.
“I’ve worked here for 31/2 years and this is the first time anything that serious has ever happened,” said Wayne County security officer Adam Dodson, who got to Hartwick first and wrestled her to the floor.
Hardwick ended up with cuts and scratches on her face, and Dodson got a few pats on his back.
“I had to use the right amount of physical force to stop her actions,” he said. “We’re quite a bit prepared for next time.”
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Well……some judges………..well….
I’ll just be quiet.
I DON’T CONDONE IT, but some judges take that “Power” chit a little too far. I probably would’ve ran up on her ass to dismissing me in that way!
sidebar – I HATE WHEN PEOPLE RUN THEIR MOUTHS AND THEN WHEN YOU CALL THEM ON THEIR BLUFF, WANNA CALL THE POLICE OR SECURITY!
#PUNKBISH’S
“Go Now” smh..She was lucky ole girl couldn’t actually get over there to her. She looked scurred though
Tatted Diva AKA The Makeup Maven says:
I DON’T CONDONE IT, but some judges take that “Power” chit a little too far. I probably would’ve ran up on her ass to dismissing me in that way!
sidebar – I HATE WHEN PEOPLE RUN THEIR MOUTHS AND THEN WHEN YOU CALL THEM ON THEIR BLUFF, WANNA CALL THE POLICE OR SECURITY!
#PUNKBISH’S
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Judges in general irk the fluck outta me..I’ve seen how they operate & they can be some REAL pompous azzholes!!
I can’t see the video, but judging from what I just read…Its in us all…Just takes the right thing or wrong thing to set us off…Im just glad she wasnt Bla uh umm #obama2012
Didn’t she, Fay Fay!
I’d have choked that bish out too.
That whole “go now” gesture wasn’t necessary at all. Melissa shouldve waited the 10 days and caught her azz out on the street.
She’s seen “Law-Abiding Citizen” hasn’t she?
@ Fay Fay….I AGREE 100%. That’s why I try my best to make sure I don’t do anything to have to go up in front of one! I’m flippant and boyyyyyyy, I will get some time that I should never have gotten had I kept my MOUF shut!
GM SASO…..I miss you face!
Just because you’ve been accused of a crime doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be treated with respect.
That judge was being a BYTCH! However…ole girl shouldn’t have choked her out cause now she’s in 10X more trouble
People need to learn how to talk to folks.
I had to tell my bosses about themselves the other day. IDK who that
bish thought she was to tell me that I could only answer a question w/ an YES or NO when I already answered earlier. and then tell me to SHUTUP! 
I almost lost my job that day, now they want to have me do extra sh!t. Sigh..
#RANT OVER
Anyone know who’s hiring?
@Still
WHY am I Not Shocked ONE BIT by your comment regarding this judge… And for the record (MOST Judges deserve AZZ-BEATINGS — IMO)
Sandra, off topic are you a “Republican”?
A lotta folks tend to take that “power” chit overboard, and uhhh, some folks just ain’t beat to deal with it. Soooo…..
Morning Tatted!!
I missed your lovely face (and FEE-IERCE makeup as well!!)
@Dawn
I’ve missed you Dawn! *Gerald Levert voice* “baby come back to me!”
OH GAWD IM BORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Elove
That “hand-flick” motion was out of pocket and you know it!
@Fox
I had that problem a few times. Bosses who talk to you like you’re crazy…..yeah…save your anger for when you quit, then go the FUKK off!! I have some of the most epic resignations of all time!!!!
Awww….thanks, SASO
StillASassyOne says:
I’d have choked that bish out too.
That whole “go now” gesture wasn’t necessary at all. Melissa shouldve waited the 10 days and caught her azz out on the street.
She’s seen “Law-Abiding Citizen” hasn’t she?
IKR!
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FoxE says:
People need to learn how to talk to folks.
I had to tell my bosses about themselves the other day. IDK who that bish thought she was to tell me that I could only answer a question w/ an YES or NO when I already answered earlier. and then tell me to SHUTUP!
I almost lost my job that day, now they want to have me do extra sh!t. Sigh..
#RANT OVER
Anyone know who’s hiring?
his azz out in diff languages!! I don’t have anyone, but uhm..yeah he’s whatev the notch below is in my book UGH!!!!!
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Hey U! how bout we are in the same boat right now? I told my supv’s asst yesterday I’m bout to be OUT bc Imma get fired for insubordination anyway if I don’t. I wanna learn new languages just to be able to
@Sassy, please oh please share a quit story or two or urs?!
Luscious I wish I was bored..I got work crawling up my azz but Ion wanna do it
i didnt see nothing wrong with her hand motion or the way she said “go now”
Don’t cwy Luscious!! What’s wong??
Fayla all of our big wigs are headed to Illinois for a conference so it aint shyt to do
Frenchichi
if someone says “go now” to me that’s just like sayin “poof be gone bytch”
The Judge was calm then gave her a warning but the lady kept talking and said she didn’t care. She deserves whatever she gets. #dumbass
I can’t type for chit today..ntway..so u str8 chillin on it huh Luscious?
#jealous&chit
morning beautiful people
@suga @mirs @fayla @tatted @saso@ @elovah
@Friskme I don’t see anything wrong with it either.
@SASO
The day I quit, will be epic too! I just want to make sure I don’t burn any bridges lol.
Give us a story
I’m BORED!
@Fayla
I told them they had a problem thats needs to be fixed. I want them to fire me. I know they will do something, once I get my lawsuit started.
@ Judge bitch Yah trick!
Frisky Frenchie!!! Hey bew
is u done got sum 
yet?
#noseyasfluck
@FoxE..yeah I was hoping to get the boot too, but it’s taking too long, so Imma hafta make the move..HATED IT!
#FluckAInterviewProcess
Once these lawyrs put those robes on and get sworn in, they think their arses are better than the other lawyers that they were just working with and litigating against.
Those judges deserve crap like this. They take people’s lives and into their hands and then act like it doesn’t matter. This is why most of them hide before they go home, have armed guards, don’t let mail go to their homes, etc. because of the way they treat people. You don’t dismiss people as feel what they have to say or act as if their feelings do not matter.
The judge told her to be quiet or she would be held in contempt and that heffa said I dont care so……neither did the guards when they tackled her to the ground.
kahmmillion says:
Once these lawyrs put those robes on and get sworn in, they think their arses are better than the other lawyers that they were just working with and litigating against.
Those judges deserve crap like this. They take people’s lives and into their hands and then act like it doesn’t matter. This is why most of them hide before they go home, have armed guards, don’t let mail go to their homes, etc. because of the way they treat people. You don’t dismiss people as feel what they have to say or act as if their feelings do not matter.
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Yep
Morning French! And Mamacita!
@Fayla/FoxE
Let’s see….I worked in a Hollywood Video store one time…and one of the asst managers was writing me up and making me sign the write-ups for things I DID NOT do and had witnessed I didn’t do. So the next day, I went to work with another outfit under my Hollywood Video shirt….
…and around 5 PM when the story got quiet, I stood on the counter, grabbed the store microphone, said: “Hey Sasha! Fukk YOU! I QUIT!!” tore my shirt off, (wifebeater underneath), jumped off the counter, grabbed my purse and went out the door….
I was 17.
@Tatted and Fayla…you ladies makeup is the BIZ, Love it!
*when the store got quiet” should say “when the store got CROWDED”
@fay la la
this wknd is d-day!
i dont know why i paid any attention to what @man said 
but damn why after @MAN said that I could be let down by dude’s pipe game….i had a dream that night that it was horrible
so i’ll shall report to you next monday
lol i seen to on HLN.. and she got a slap on the wrist… yall know what it is
@Fayla
@saso
Morning SR Fam
off topic, yall see them pics of bey and jay on a romantic stroll in nyc?
all u chicks that can measure a dykk by a pic let me know what u think
off topic, yall see them pics of bey and jay on a romantic stroll in nyc?
all u chicks that can measure a dykk by a pic let me know what u think
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I saw that…..
@Dymond
I saw the icks and I got excited too, then realized that’s just the way his pants are made….
They say he’s hung like a horse, but in his early-mid 40s…. I doubt Bey is getting the full “benefits” out if it then if she had met him about 10 years ago so I’ll pass.
StillASassyOne says:
*when the store got quiet” should say “when the store got CROWDED”
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I can. NOT!
@Frenchie..
don’t let @Man fluck up ur sex game. If u & dude got chemistry THAT is the best start. Since it will be yall’s 1st time, 1st go round might not be all that (BUT I HOPE IT IS 
if not, 2nd time is the REAL truth..
@FoxE..I’m a damn good employee (not saying u’re not) & this job is hard to fill, so they ain’t tryna let me go. They love me
but the love is NOT returned 
Dymond where are these pics located?????
They say he’s hung like a horse, but in his early-mid 40s…. I doubt Bey is getting the full “benefits” out if it then if she had met him about 10 years ago so I’ll pass.
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Viagra Baby! Baby!!
one of aunties rivals has the pics, #1 rival actually
Hey Sassy!
@the bey & jay comment……. yeah i agree with @saso that’s just they way his pants are made…
On second thought I dont care to see Jay’s peen
for some reason I believe Jay has nice wood..on the other hand, for whateva reason I don’t think he know how to slang it..
#YallKnowIonKnowJustAFeeling
@Valerie
thanks Bew (Tatted got that chit on lock though 
)
@SASO
@Chiby
Viagra only helps you get it up, it doesn’t help you not bust quick. That’s the issue with viagra. It gets you up hard and strong but it still doesn’t fix the “stamina” issue. Sometimes, 5 mins aint enough.
Maybe Jay and his “wood” at 25-30….was prolly something worth writing to your dead family members about though.
Sassy….lol I feel you. everyone should be able to quit like that at least once. I was working at McDonalds and the manager came at me wrong saying my friend was calling up there playing on the phone. So i called my girl-who also worked there-and let her know ole’ girl was talking chit. So friend comes up and they argue I say something and the manager tells me to be quiet. So i say i’m not none of your kid watch how you talk to me. She tells me to clock out so i’m like bish come clock me out! LOl awww to be 15!! So us two quit and the girl on drive-thru quit and came with us lol
@Fox & Fayla
When I quit, I…..QUIT!! Okay! It’s hella theatrical and I want you to remember it!
Damn, 90% of y’all siding with the woman who attacked the judge?
I too didn’t see or hear anything blatatnly disrepctful from the judge toward the woman. Y’all really think the judge deserved to be attacked for that? That’s just not a smart decsision, because the attacker will always lose in the end.
I saw the pic of Jay u tawkin bout
@MRS why did you just say MCDONALDS
i want some sooo bad!
@MrsLoveLeigh
I feel you! When you are in those “dealing with the public”/easy-to replace customer service positions, the managers tend to talk to you like you ain’t sh*t! It’s like they have an inferiority complex from when they were younger and NOW they’re manager of the local cluck-n-fukk and feel like they are somebody.
Funny thing is, less than 10 yrs later and I’m making more money than every single manager who’s ever tried to sh*t on me! I love it!!
Oh & lemme go head & rep for the 40sumthing Dang-A-Lang..mine will be 44 this year & is titanium steel alloy
no pills either. He puts it down 
*disclaimer*
since we’ve together since he was 32, I can compare then & now. He did have more stamina at 32, but his moves are better now
@cfree
FRISKMEKI$$E$ hay boo
@Chiby
Viagra only helps you get it up, it doesn’t help you not bust quick. That’s the issue with viagra. It gets you up hard and strong but it still doesn’t fix the “stamina” issue. Sometimes, 5 mins aint enough.
Maybe Jay and his “wood” at 25-30….was prolly something worth writing to your dead family members about though.
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May be is a “rider”……I sure she is…all that dancing and chit…bish got legs strong like horse….
I couldn’t see the video but people need to realize you can’t do anything about someone’s stank attitude. Even though you think a good azz whooping with set them straight a real azz will take that whooping and then have you arrested. As much as I have wanted to punch someone in the face I took that extra 5 seconds to think of the consequences
@fayla i wont! only time i have a problem if im dealing with a small man which has happen twice
@Chiby
Exactly! Bey looks like she goes to work and Jay looks like he’s always tired.
@Fayla
I’ve been with mine for 7 years and he’s only 27 now and even I can see the difference between his stamina at 20-25 and how it’s been since 26-27. He be a little more tired after 15 minutes now.
Also- I heard a LONG time ago that the bigger the “steel” is, the quicker theyre stamina will decrease over the years and the harder it will become for them to achieve and maintain a full erection. They go flaccid earlier because of all the extra “weight.”
I can see a decline now….but I’m waiting to make my final analysis for another 5 years when he’s around 32….
#BuyingHimSomeCialisEarly
Well we all know every action has consequences right? Would I have done that? Prolly not. But then again we have no idea the WHOLE story involved or what pressures this woman was under. Not EXCUSING her behavior, but who HASN’T been that angry?? I think most ppl are just fed up with ppl treating other ppl like they are beneath them. Esp judges in this case. Anything can be said, it’s all in the manner it which it was presented..
@Friskme
There’s this guy I like, But I got the feeling that his
game is still rather immature. Especially since he doesn’t 
FoxE says:
@Friskme
There’s this guy I like, But I got the feeling that his game is still rather immature. Especially since he doesn’t
@foxE yeah this dude is nice size (i did a frisk test
) but not sure about his 
game…i dont get the “imma freak” vibe from him which makes me 
@FoxE tell that nucca POOF & bah-bye! don’t eat puzzay? Useless!
Fuggin
@Sassy for #BuyingHimSomeCialisEarly!!! Girl I hope that’s a DAYUM LIE about the steel 
only thing worse than a small pecker is a flaccid one. If u don’t get that mushy chit away from ME?! smh
How bout he got some Ultrams (pain reliever) that delayed him cummin for a lonnng time one night & I was like 
lemme find out I got’s to garbage disposal yo azz & he said it was the Ultram. I didn’t believe him till I had to take some for myself. Couldn’t cum for SHAT! It just stayed at that “bout to cum” status forever. I was like fluck it do what u gotta do folk ain’t nathan hannin for me tonight!
My hubby wants to get some ahem “enhancers” but I told him to wait until he really needs ‘em. I know he gone act a donkey if he do
mrsloveleigh says:
Sassy….lol I feel you. everyone should be able to quit like that at least once. I was working at McDonalds and the manager came at me wrong saying my friend was calling up there playing on the phone. So i called my girl-who also worked there-and let her know ole’ girl was talking chit. So friend comes up and they argue I say something and the manager tells me to be quiet. So i say i’m not none of your kid watch how you talk to me. She tells me to clock out so i’m like bish come clock me out! LOl awww to be 15!! So us two quit and the girl on drive-thru quit and came with us lol
When I was 20 I was working at Shoprite, our manager was a nasty SOB and he said I wasnt bagging the groceries fast enough and to HURRY UP NOW!! So I said excuse me he snapped his fingers and said JUST GET BACK TO WORK!! I threw the turkey that was on the gurney at him and said F U!! and walked off. I shop there every Sunday now cuz I live around the corner lmao.
@ Frenchi, can he kiss? That’s been the best indicator for me (along with dry humping to see how he moves) if a man got skills in the boodwah..
When I was 20 I was working at Shoprite, our manager was a nasty SOB and he said I wasnt bagging the groceries fast enough and to HURRY UP NOW!! So I said excuse me he snapped his fingers and said JUST GET BACK TO WORK!! I threw the turkey that was on the gurney at him and said F U!! and walked off. I shop there every Sunday now cuz I live around the corner lmao.
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@Frisk (French??)
Dude was like average. from observation with hoop shorts on.
But I dont get the “imma freak” vibe from him either.
I never realized how much sex mattered, until I met someone who I wasn’t really aroused by.
He’s a good guy too.
Oh well
Fayla aka JuicyFruit says:
@FoxE tell that nucca POOF & bah-bye! don’t eat puzzay? Useless!
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I learned early on I love to have sex and I like well endowed me so I dont play in that category at all lol.
@FoxE
That’s the RULE!! 
Pass on him. If he don’t eat, he don’t beat.
@sexyphilly that was funny! I worked at a Dr office that the Dr wife was the office manager and a bish. I had a lil TV in my car and would eat lunch in it every day to watch bold and the beautiful and only ate in the break room if we had a vendor lunch. Well she tried to say we each had to take a day to clean the break room or find another job so i fould another job in the same hospital! wehn it came time to turnin my notice i just wrote on a pice of paper to whom it may concern and in big letters I QUIT!!!
I’ve seen some judges run with their power! I don’t know what kind of day she was having, but what the lady did wasn’t called for either. She’ll be lucky if she doesn’t get more time, outside of those 10 days!
I was pretty inexperienced-only with a handfull of dudes before hubby but one night I called myself being a bad girl and hooked up with this dude i met through a friends man. I figure i’m grown no need to beat around the bush I want to have sex withhim. Needless to say it was horrible!! His oral game was off and his peenwas nearly non-existant! Didn’t even know he was in! THen he had nerve enough to try to stick around the next morning! No sir!
I’m surprised something like this hasn’t happened to Judge Judy’s evil azz lol
Whatever…you do go lunging at a judge. I hope they throw the book at her. (If she would have been a black woman jumping on a judge they would have punched the ish out of her.)
Some people can’t handle high pitch conversations well!!!