Dirty Harvey? - Fraters brings

Dirty Harvey? - Fraters brings us the story of Hennepin County judge Harvey Ginsburg, who took the law into his own hands (allegedly) when he caught some boys who'd allegedgly stolen his son's bike:

One teenager told the officer that Ginsberg asked which one of them had stolen the bike and then slapped both of them in the face.

The first boy, who admitted taking the bike and hiding it behind the drugstore as a joke, said he rode away on his bike because he didn't want to get hit.

The judge grabbed the other boy off his bike, threw him onto a wooden bench, held him by the throat and threatened, "If you mess with my family again you will be dead," the complaint said.

That boy was able to free himself and told Ginsberg he was going to call police. Then Ginsberg said: "Go ahead, I'm a judge and I'll have you charged with a felony for temporary theft."

But the money quote, from Fraters' Elder:

Bike thieves in St. Louis Park be warned. Judge Harvey Ginsberg is on the case. And he's not afraid to open a can of pat ass either.

Torn. Sooooo torn.

Posted by Mitch at August 21, 2003 12:14 PM