Alarmingly, some hate hoaxers hold positions of power:

Judge Demetria Brue of Detroit’s 36th District Court is fighting misconduct charges from the state’s Judicial Tenure Commission over a 2019 dispute with a Mackinac Island bike shop owner that she accused of being a racist.

No cars are allowed on scenic Mackinac Island, so Brue rented a bike when she was there for a judicial conference. But she didn’t feel like paying:

The JTC says Brue falsely claimed the shop owner assaulted her during what was supposed to be a $23 sightseeing trip along with another Michigan judge, Judge Debra Nance of Southfield, Michigan. The Detroit Judge Brue wanted half off the price of the bike rental because of a complaint about how the bike handled, and then grabbed the receipt after, allegedly, calling the shop owner racist.

The bike too was presumably racist.

In Michigan, the police declined to accept the assault charges that Judge Brue attempted to file against the shop owner. Security cameras verify much of what the shop owner says. However verbal statements by the Judge during the altercation are in dispute.

Brue is said to have screamed:

“You assaulted me. Did you just assault me? You took my receipt and tore it up. I want the police. … I am a judge. … I am an African-American female. That was racist, and it was disrespectful and it was violent.”

Brandishing her power as a judge along with the African-American female club is a violation of judicial ethics — as is lying about it. Brue claims she never said it. Two expert lip-readers say otherwise, based on silent surveillance footage.

Ironically, her lawyers complain that the JTC proceeding — rather than Brue’s behavior — is “costing the taxpayers of this state thousands of dollars.”

Her disciplinary hearing is scheduled for next month. In the meantime, please welcome Judge Demetria Brue to the Hate Hoax List on a provisional basis.

On a tip from Troy H.