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Feature Article
NCPForce! Worst Judge Kieser (Middlesex County, NJ) Dismissed From the Bench
Responsible for the abuse, harassment, and death of a Divorced Dad; removed from the bench for a racial slur.
> > Judge Fred Kieser: a threat to divorced dads and non-custodial parents no more.
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NCPForce! told the world over four years ago that Fred Kieser of Middlesex County was a bad judge. In fact, he made it to our Worst Judge's Page for his role in the abuse, harassment, and death of a wheelchair bound non-custodial parent, Wilbur Streett (see our Avenger Project page).
Now our readers in New Jersey inform us that Fred Kieser was removed from the bench a little over a year ago, in March 2008. While we'd like to celebrate, we in the father's rights/ncp rights movement are left disappointed over the way Keiser was dismissed from the bench.
We'd love to say that Fred Kieser was finally called to account for his abuse of Wilbur Streett, but this isn't the case. Apparently, what brought Kieser down was a supposed anti-Asian slur uttered to a non-Asian woman (!).
According to news reports, Kieser's slur occurred when a custodial parent came before him seeking additional money from an ex-spouse. When she couldn't produce a receipt for her expenses, Kieser told her: "No tickee, no shirtee" (an old-time riff on Chinese laundry personnel).
After an investigation by the State Senate Judiciary Committee, New Jersey governor John Corzine withdrew Kieser's appoint to underscore a zero-tolerance policy against racism.
Certainly, our judges should not be racist. But in Fred Kieser, we are talking about a person who years earlier deprived a man of his human and civil rights, and eventually brought about his death. Where was the state of New Jersey's zero tolerance policy when Fred Kieser sent wheelchair bound Wilbur Streett to jail for his medical-related inability to pay child support? Where was the zero tolerance policy when Middlesex County police brutally beat Wilbur Streett?
The sad end of this story is that in this country, hurtful words are much more important than the basic rights of divorced dads and non-custodial parents.
While we can take some comfort in knowing that a person like Fred Kieser will no longer preside over a family court, the reason for his dismissal shows us just how much harder we all have to fight.
Got feedback? Send your comments to comments@ncpforce.com.
Read more at the following links:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/middlesex_judges_nomination_he.html
http://www.angryasianman.com/2008/03/no-tickee-no-laundry-no-reappointment.html
http://blog.nj.com/njv_carl_golden/2008/03/there_goes_the_judge.html
http://www.aabany.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=68
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