19th JDC District Judge Eboni Johnson Rose A state judge in Baton Rouge appears so incompetent at her job, showing bias or committing legal error in numerous criminal cases, that she can’t be trusted to remain on the bench during a formal probe into her alleged misconduct, the Louisiana Judiciary Commission said recently. The Louisiana Supreme Court agreed this week, removing Rose from her elected post on an interim basis, with pay, saying she "presents a substantial threat of serious harm to the public.” Among her alleged transgressions, Rose accused District Attorney Hillar Moore’s office of "systemically targeting Black men” as she pushed prosecutors to drop charges in a case this spring, the commission claimed.
“The young man doesn’t have any fricking felonies. And I know that the DA probably wants every young Black man in prison, but I don’t,” Rose said during an April 29 sidebar. “And this case is god damn four years old now.
And that’s the best that y’all can come up with? You’re just going to what, stick every n*****r in jail?” Rose, who is Black, won the seat in 2020 and is now running for a spot on the First Circuit Court of Appeals. It was among several cases over which the commission is investigating Rose based on complaints and media reports, according to the newly released records. In urging the Louisiana Supreme Court to bench Rose, the commission acknowledged the request was drastic.
The court has disqualified judges in the past pendi.