GamePolitics has learned that the Florida Bar has requested that controversial attorney Jack Thompson, 56, be disbarred for ten years for 27 violations of professional misconduct.
The request came today at a sanctions hearing before Judge Dava Tunis in Miami.
Thompson reportedly stormed out of the hearing after Tunis refused to let him read a lengthy objection aloud. Tunis, acting as referee on behalf of the Florida Supreme Court, did permit Thompson to submit a copy of his objection for the record.
Prior to that there was apparently some disagreement between Tunis and Thompson over the placement of the podium. We're told Thompson lost that argument as well.
By leaving the courtroom, Thompson missed the opportunity to argue any mitigating factors to the Bar's recommendation for harsh punishment.
A GamePolitics reader, Nevext , apparently was present today and posted impressions in comments to this morning's preview piece on the hearing. Here's Nevext's version of events:
I was able to tag along with an actual attorney, so we drove to the courthouse, went up to the courtroom, waited outside until 2pm. Baliff opened the door and I held it open. Sadly, I even held it open for the beast himself.
So the judge came in. Judge Tunis seems like a real nice lady.
Thompson wanted to make known that he had a objection in writing. He was able to submit it to the record, but the judge said he couldn't read it aloud. That really pissed him off, I think. He also passed around copies of the objection to various reporters and a member of the legal community known as "Mr. Mim". He also claimed that "Mr. Mim" was not supposed to be there. So he dropped the objection into his lap and went back to his side of the court. The judge was NOT pleased.
Eventually, he made comments about the judge not being a judge(This is relating to the Loyalty Oath stuff), said the hearing was moot, and WALKED OUT.
"The court acknowledges that Mr. Thompson has voluntarily left the proceedings"
Then the Florida Bar presented it's evidence. Lalalala, bunch of legal crap.
The Bar recommends that Thompson's punishment should be: "Enhanced disbarment, with a reapplyment wait of 10 years"
After more legalese, the court was ajorned.
Mr Mim threw away his copy of the objection. A friend of mine who happened to be attending reached to get it at the same time a State Attorney was. We ended up getting a copy of it because the State Attorney was a nice guy.
And we went home.
End of story
GP: Thanks much, Nevext, for that first-hand account. "Mim" would be Florida Bar prosecutor Barnaby Min. Don't invite Thompson and Min to the same party. If you're having a party...
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can't be the real one, note the lack of \'s which seem to have become his signature (or at least that of his proxy that's letting him get around the posting ban)
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Wow you guys are fast. Just as I mark it as spam I see three posts responding to it.
It is a fake Jack and more than likely will be deleted as soon as Dennis sees it.
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wait.. JUST 10 YEARS!?
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Well, Thompson's legal career is now in cryogenic suspension, but we haven't heard the last of him. Apropos, Leland Yee and other individuals are still out there and will cause problems so the fight continues...
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Except that Leland Yee and most others are logical, sensible people. They will listen to reasoned discourse and counterarguements, including dissenting evidence. They may not agree with it, but they don't disagree without it outright because it doesn't 110% agree with everything they believe.
JT does none of those things.
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Is it just me or does JT sound like an insane super villian in his objection? Honestly he thinks he has dirt on everyone and will soon rule the world (or at least Florida)
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"Mr Mim threw away his copy of the objection. A friend of mine who happened to be attending reached to get it at the same time a State Attorney was. We ended up getting a copy of it because the State Attorney was a nice guy."
Yeah that says it all right there, I think. Last remnants of his unsuccessful career, all right there. Maybe you could ebay that mofo and donate the proceeds to Child's Play or something? :D
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"This just proves that sitting on the highest court in the state neither make you clever."
Apparently, being an attorney doesn't require proper use or grammar either... Spellcheck, Thompson. Use it.
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Lol we all know Thompson's too "God-like" to be troubled with something like spellcheck.
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YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!
Victory is ours!It's over,just long enough for games to be off the blight of politicians radars for good.
Should we celebrate with food, stripers or GTA IV or any other violent game?
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I want to say a few things here.
Mr. Thompson you brought this entire ton of bricks down on yourself. It's not your professed Christian faith that makes you a target for things like this. No, it's you incessant lying, slanderous remarks about others, your narcissitic lust to craft a personal legacy for yourself, and your complete and utter disregard for any level of decorum and respect.
You can't lie about things and then claim persecution when called on it. You can't accuse a person of "mental molestation" and then expect that people will be ok with it.
Yes Jesus called the Pharisees on their wickedness, but he didn't lie to do it. He didn't falsely accuse.
So now you face disbarrment because of your actions; but of course it can't possiblly be anything you've done. It's all a conspiracy to persecute you because you're a professing Christian.
I don't buy it, and apparently neither did Judge Tunnis.
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There is a picture of Tunis on GP in a back article somewhere. She actually is pretty attractive for a judge.
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All I can say about this is:
http://jacksgoingdown.ytmnd.com/
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I have been waiting for this forever. Jack is down. :)
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@Jack Thompson:
I notice in your rant-objetion that you play a race card and paint Judge Tunis as a white woman of privilege from Key Biscayne and imply that this will work against her before the blacks on your jury. Let me remind you: you ain't gonna pass for black yourself and, last time I checked, you lived in Coral Gables, not the Poke 'n' Bean projects in Liberty City. Let me also remind: you took on Luther Campbell and his 2 Live Crew and tried to have them put in jail. Black folk in Miami love Uncle Luke and 2 Live Crew. He was a young brother in the rap game who came up out the projects and self-made himself into a successful artist and bidnizman. Brothas and sistas love a "out the hood" success story and ain't too keen on white folk who mess with our cultural icons. Just thought you'd wanna know that when your doing your voir dire.
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I don't even think Jack has the ability to choose his jury as he claims in his objection as far as this case is concerened. I don't even think a jury needs to be involved in a disbarment trial. Usually the court itself does that, or so I'm to understand. I take it as more huff and bluster on his part.
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Ding-Dong the witch is dead! The wicked witch.........ROTFLMAO.....Are you going to put up a copy of his objection? Oh yeah, BTW Jack-O.........I heard PetCo is hiring dog groomers.
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Ahhh, I've been waiting for this. *cracks open a case of beer*
The bottle of wine is for September.
Cheers!
I just gotta say it
GOES NOW, Respondent John B. Thompson
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No surprise this happened, and frankly, it is in fact justice served.
Should Jack be reading, I suggest you take this time away from being a media whorelet and lawsuit happy lawyer to either seek some spiritual guidence on your actions, or really sit and rethink your activist agenda. As I've stated before, I think you have potential to be a very good activist for the right causes, but you let media proliferation and your power to practice law allow you to become egotisical and a cultural bigot. Instead of insulting gamers because you aren't one of them, try understanding them while peacefully protesting your views.
Anyone else think video game violence and Jack Thompson should be on Penn & Teller's Bullshit!? Cause every time I hit a JT article on GP I immediately go "...and then there's THIS asshole!"
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The thing is, in fact, I really don´t care if a 5 years old child is playing GTA4, but I think is importan that parents know what the fouck are they buying to their kids or at least know what they are playing.
This subject about game violence and children is an absolute waste of time if they think that making stupid laws or censoring games will make this a better world. Jack Thompson has failed because he is a really stupid man. But there is many people with the same agenda, and they are not looking for children welfare. They are looking for politic and cultural power.
Jack is like a snake and he already overspreaded his venom in many places of society. Parents are scared about their own children and politicians use that fear to reach their biased agendas. The keyword is fear. And if that was the goal of Jack Thompson, then he won.
Even with his disbarrement, is too late to keep his stupid theories away from media, which will keep with the fear campaing against videogames just for ratings.
I really hope his disbarrement serves like an example for all those people who think that lies and fear and religion are valid tools to archieve power. I hope they look to Jack Thompson to his senile eyes and finally they decide to be more careful with the election of their methods.
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Christmas could be coming early this year, folks!
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Today is the fallen of the one known as "Whacko-Jacko", everyone join me as we now throw him upon the log and run him out of town.
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This has turned what was a bad day continually getting worse into a very, very good day indeed. You were told a long time ago what goes around, comes around thompson. You made your own bed, now lie in it.
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Jack walking out makes me think of when I am kicking a teams ass in Gears of war and the host quits so I don't get credit for my kills.
Somehow it is more satisfying when they leave.
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This lying loser wanted to use the press for public support to subvert the courts and rational minds. Fortunately, this judge wasn't an right wing activist-judge loser. She saw thru this clowns BS. A good day for justice, a bad day for one spiritually retarded religious whack job.
Hey Jack, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You're such a pathetic putz!
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To Jack:
1. Something is what it is or it isn't. Putting something in quotes to be scarcastic is stupid. Especially for a lawyer. It is a HEARING, not a "hearing". It is evidence, not "evidence". By putting things in quotes all Jack does is mock the court, the reader, the government and the judge, and by such derision show nothing but his continued contempt for that court. If Jack has contempt for the court then he cannot be suprised when the court likewise finds him "IN CONTEMPT".
2. Stop predicting the future. You will only look dumber when someone proves you wrong. As has so far happened on EVERY OCCASION OF NOTE. By saying that something will be voided or some ruling will be overturned you are again asking someone to prove you wrong which people are only too happy to do because you make them angry at you.
3. Attempting to dis-robe the judges in every trial you are a part of is stupid. If you think that by attacking the neutral party assigned to decide the facts of a given case is going to make your case any better or make you any more right I can only assume you've never been in an argument. Personal attacks and defensive behavior are the worst form of debate and only prove what a horrible lawyer you were.
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> Attempting to dis-robe the judges in every trial you are a part of is stupid
Judges are disbarred, the same as lawyers. Disrobing the judge during trial would be something the bailiff would probably put a stop to :)
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Or whip out his video camera for an episode of Lawyers Gone Wild.
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Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
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Just to clarify what's going on here. Jack is not being disbarred for 10 years. He is just being disbarred with a reapplication prohibition period of 10 years.
It'll be 10 years before he can resit the exams to get a new license, he won't automatically get it back in 10 years time.
Of course, in 10 years time when he's living in Shady Palms Maximum Security Retirement Villiage for the Permanantly Bewildered, you have to wonder if he would be able to pass the exam again.
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Thanks for pointing that out! :)
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I wonder why Jacko isn't responding here. Is it possible that he now realizes he's a rambling jackass?
No. I can't believe that.
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John Bruce literally injected a comment into the last post directly relating to him. You can see it there. Subsequently, it attracted roughly a few dozen return comments as usual. Just another day on GP.
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So chances are pretty good that Jack is gonna get disbarred in Florida. I understand that Arkansas has said something to the effect of "You can not practice law here." Does he hold a license to practice in any other state and if so would this Florida ruling have any effect on said licenses?
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Jack is not a member of any other states bars, and he's damn unlikely to become one now. He was de facto (in the common sense of the term, not the legal meaning) disbarred in Alabama by having his pro hac vice status (literally "for the occasion", basically a "visiting lawyer" license) revoked on a case with an order given to have the judgment attached to any further pro hac vice application.
Pretty much all the states bars will reciprocally disbar a lawyer who was disbarred in any other state. F. Lee Bailey for example was disbarred in Florida, which caused Massachussetts to disbar him as well.
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Once again the immature comments return
I find it funny that many here call J.B. immature, etc. Then show they aren't much better in the comment section here as evidenced above. The Kettle is not pleased, Pot.
I'd like to redirect your attention to the comments of this post.
And so, let the flaming Papa Midnight begin... And yes, E.Z.K. I do understand. As an administrator for multiple forums, I know the job is difficult. Very Difficult.
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Re: Florida Bar Wants Jack Thompson Disbarred For 10 Years;
To quote Jack's favorite book:
"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."
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The exact problem you are not noting with people like Jack Thompson, and I have dealt with someone online in the past with this particular (Victim/Very Insane/Ego) mindset:
They WILL take anything you say or do as a harrassment or death threat. Let me repeat that again, they WILL take anything you say or do as a harrassment or death threat. Even if the quotation or saying isn't even near that. You can be mature or immautre all you like, it will effect nothing.
Any criticism, offhand saying, question, simple disagreement, insult, funny remark, even the act of apologizing, etc. set these people off. We could be the the most nicest people in the world and try to be very fair when dealing with these type of people, but that doesn't work when they feel everyone is out to get them and that acting assholish to other people is okay to them. Especially if they suddenly label you as the antichrist for defying them and then focus all of their harrassment on you constantly, which somehow isn't harrassment by their own crazy definitions. Trust me, I've been through this shit to notice Jack's the same.
While I do believe there are people making odd phone calls they shouldn't to him, the only word we have to go by is Jack himself about this. And I would bet a majority of these calls are pretty much innocent, only that he takes it way out of hand. Or he makes it up for his victim complex so he can drum up suppo, *cough* I mean followers who don't question him.
Does Jack deserve this? You bet your crazy ass he does. And yes, the person I'm not naming? Also had the same belief that Jack does that responsibility did not apply to him.
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There's a difference acting immature when you're posting in a forum on the Internet, and acting immature in a legal, professional capacity. And if you don't want to try and understand that there is a significant difference in context, you're simply trolling.
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If calling upon other users to act in a more mature fashion makes me a troll, so be it.
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"Once again the immature comments return"
You say that as though there was a time without them. There wasn't.
"I find it funny that many here call J.B. immature, etc. Then show they aren't much better in the comment section here as evidenced above. The Kettle is not pleased, Pot."
There's immature, and then there's immature. Jack's immature is acting like a spoiled child throwing a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his way. Most posters immaturity is throwing dignity to the winds in celebration of a particularly loathsome example of a human being on the verge of receiving their just deserts. Your's is rewording a statement regarding hypocracy for use in calling people immature, and asking people to flame you to prove your point.
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Gamer's might be sending him death threats and all that, but in reallity, the ones that are doing so is in the minority I'm assuming.
What ever activity it is, religious, hoby, etc ... there will always be people that wait and watch, try to reason, act accourdingly trying to defend, and some that will act out of anger and fear that what they love will be taken away.
Since Jack is such a christian, what would happen if the religion of christianity was now a criminal act. A lot of people would be upset, some would go and try to defent it threw lawfull maners, and some that would act aggresively.
So when Jack tells us about "death threats received by gamers that tell me 'oh, and I wasn't affected by games'" .. are somewhat wright. The actions arent based on the violence of video games, but by the threat against games. Get Jack disbarded, and stop him from saying proven lies on TV, and the threats against him will diminish greatly.
The main problem with JT is not what hes' fighting for ... making sure kids don't play games, its the way in which he does so ... lying, trying to ban games (though he says he doesn't want to ban games), being all biblical, not respecting the judges, courts and laws, and being plainly rude and offencive to gamers in general are what makes him a target. I know my violent tendancies would seriously like to kill someone that over the years keeps insulting me ... but then I go home, play GTA4, and kill digital people to the point that I'm happy, and can then smile my way trough the day again ^_^
P.S. I'm french, so if I have miss-spelled words, sorry =P
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PM, there's a time and place for everything, even immaturity. Granted, there aren't many times or places for it, but in this case, I think many of us here can be forgiven for giving in to the bratty kid that resides in all of us (sometimes not very far inside). If any human being deserves this kind of treatment, Jack does. I have zero problem with anything anyone's said about him in this thread.
And if you think this is bad, you may want to take a brief hiatus from your computer in the month of September...
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I'm with you 100% on that one Papa M,
Nothing makes the gamer community look at its worse when you get posts like
"Hot damn, Jack got BURNED!!! B-U-R-N-E-D!!!!!!!!!Disbarred for TEN MUTHA F--KIN' YEARS! To quote an asshole, HOOOOOAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! HOOO-MUTHA FUCKIN'-HAAAAAAHHH!!!!"
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Uhm... Are you simply out to taunt the flamers to further your point? Not sure how I feel about this second post in another thread just yet.
Last I checked no one had flamed you in the other thread. Your point has been noted as stated by many respectful posters in the thread you linked and I'm sure will be posted here as well.
Right now I just feel like you're postings are close to painting a target on yourself with the words "shoot me" under it while running frantically past targets in a live shooting range just so you can say, "See! They shot me! Told you they would!"
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No, I'm simply saying that we don't further our cause by sending the man death threats and posting comments saying "ding dong the wich is dead", "Christmas come early...", "...Birthday gift", etc. In all honestly, by all right, it makes John Bruce look right. I don't do it intentionally to attract the ire of others, I'm just pointing what I honestly see. I said that I expected to be flamed for it because in all honesty, thats typically what occurs to persons who call upon other users to manage themselves in a mature manner or those who tend to... how shall we say... step outside the fray to observe for a moment.
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What a delusional jerk. I'm so glad he's finally getting what he deserves.
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Oh. Forgot to post this. ^_^ YAY!!! 10 years of JT free awesome.
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