The Flight Deck

Last Thursday, Lex posted about the Sgt. McNulty case involving the scumbag lawyer who damaged the Sargeant’s property. We all know that the lawyer – Grodner – got 30 hours community service and is paying $600 to the Semper Fi Fund.  Plus he was arrested for showing up to court late, and held on $20,000 bond.  The full transcript of the court date has been posted at Kabuki Village and is a fun and satisfying read. To wit (cleaned up for ease of reading here):

THE DEFENDANT: Good afternoon, Your Honor.

THE COURT: Yeah, it is good afternoon. It’s 2:00. You were suppose to be here at 1:30. The last time – 

THE DEFENDANT: I apologize, Your Honor.

THE COURT: — this matter was up, you showed up at 1:45. I admonished you that the  courtroom starts at 1:30. The complaining witness last time was here at 1:30. I struck the warrant at that time that had previously been issued because the complaining witness was still here.

THE SHERIFF: Mr. Grodner, put your hands behind your back.

God I love that last line – how that must have felt for a full-of-himself, arrogant and self-centered lawyer to be arrested in a court room likely full of his peers.  The b!t@h slapping didn’t end there, not by a long shot:

THE COURT: You were warned once. I got a message that you were — you didn’t want to come here because you wanted to wait for the press to leave. I don’t run my courtroom that way. You have no regard for the Court. Bail is increased to $20,000.  Take him into custody.

There is more fun:

THE COURT: You probably also wondered why there was a whole crowd of people here today, Mr. Grodner. 

THE DEFENDANT: I don’t want wonder.

THE COURT: That’s because there is a little principle that the Marine Corps has and has had since 1775, when they had fought and lost their lives so that people like you could enjoy the freedom of this country; and, that is a little proverb that we follow: “That no Marine is left behind.” So, Sergeant McNulty couldn’t be here; but, other Marines showed in his stead. Take him away.

So now the little pissant is saying he wants to move to the South of France and do some traveling.  And what did Sgt. McNulty get out of this? Repairs to his car? No. The money Grodner is paying to the Semper Fi Fund is being paid at the request of the good and honorable Sgt. McNulty, in lieu of repairs to his car. 

h/t to Hot Air