I'm an "A**hole" According to Court Bailiff

I've been called every four-lettered word in the book by thugs, scam artists and criminal suspects.

But out of all the years I've spent covering court cases in this state, in countless courtrooms and courthouses, I have never been called an asshole by an officer of the court. No big deal. I do find it amusing and I'd figure you may too since many readers of my blog like the behind the scenes stuff.

It all started when we reporters and photographers were segregated in a courthouse conference room and told we couldn't shoot video in a public hallway (we were covering this story). We were told we couldn't leave the conference room by a Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Department deputy named Tony.

I saw members of the public in the hallway sitting around and walking through the lobby.

I protested, politely and aggressively. I never used vulgarity and I never raised my voice. I took turns speaking. I've been in arguments like this before plenty of times when people think they can do whatever they want with press access.

Another deputy didn't like my questioning and got irate when he realized I wasn't backing down.

I started recording on a mini camera I had with me when the bailiff of the court stepped in. He called me an asshole and then admitted were were "segregated," but then corrected himself. I wish I rolled on the heated discussion a bit earlier.

See the video.

The bailiff is the guy in the white shirt.

00:40 is when I get called an asshole.

01:15 is when the bailiff admits we were "segregated," but then corrects himself.



To give the bailiff credit, he became more reasonable and actually seemed like a nice guy after the whole exchange.

I could only imagine what would have happened if I resorted to the same vulgarity.
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