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Clark County Superior Court strips Zimmerman of power over its cases
County s top judges say Zimmerman s credibility as a judicial officer diminished by comments about Kevin Peterson Jr. By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter,
Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor, and
Published: March 17, 2021, 3:20pm
Share: Judge Darvin Zimmerman in 2019. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)
The legal community and local officials continued to turn on District Court Judge Darvin Zimmerman on Wednesday after comments he made last week about the death of a Black man came to light.
Clark County’s Superior Court judges have stripped Zimmerman of any ability to preside over proceedings involving Superior Court in response to comments he made about 21-year-old Kevin Peterson Jr., who was shot by sheriff’s deputies as they attempted to arrest him.
Rebecca DeMoss
Originally published on March 15, 2021 6:14 pm
Prosecutors and public defenders in Clark County are pushing for more consequences after a district court judge derided a Black man killed by police in October.
Barrar Law Firm, among the largest defense firms in Southwest Washington, on Monday called for Judge Darvin Zimmerman’s resignation following the recorded and broadcast comments.
“The bias and the racism displayed in his comments have no place in our community and no place in our courtrooms,” the law firm said in a statement. “We must hold judicial officers to a high standard so that everyone in our community has equal access to justice.”