An upstate judge resigned after posting a photo of a noose “with repugnant racial connotations” on his Facebook account, officials announced Tuesday, as the judge complained he had been “coerced” into leaving his position. Kyle R. Canning began his judgeship at Altona Town Court in Clinton County in January 2018 and about a month later on Feb. 18 on his public Facebook page he put up a picture of a noose with the caption “IF WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE EVIL PEOPLE FEAR PUNISHMENT AGAIN,” according to the Commission on Judicial Conduct. The 29-year-old man — who received an $8,702 salary for the position — didn’t remove the post until six months later after the Commission sent him a letter about it August 27, 2018, the commission said. “The noose is an incendiary image with repugnant racial connotations,” Commission Administrator Robert H. Tembeckjian said in a statement. “It is the very antithesis of law and justice. For a judge to use the im...
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