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June 3, 2021 4:30 AM Associated Press
A Washington state judge who made racist comments about a young Black man killed by police says he plans to retire.
Clark County District Court Judge Darvin Zimmerman made his remarks in March about Kevin Peterson Jr., a 21-year-old Camas man shot by deputies after he ran from a drug sting with a gun.
Zimmerman didn’t realize his conversation in an empty courtroom was being broadcast on Youtube, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. He called Peterson “dumb” and “the Black guy they are trying to make an angel out of.”
He also suggested that the next day Peterson’s father woke up “with dollar signs in his eyes and George Floyd’s attorneys,” referring to the Black man whose murder by Minneapolis police last year prompted a national reckoning about racial justice and policing.
Clark County District Court Judge Darvin Zimmerman, caught on a Zoom video disparaging a local Black man killed by sheriff s deputies, has told county officials he will retire at a time to be determined.