The video feed from the May 15 hearing showed Harris in the driver’s seat of a vehicle, donning glasses and wearing a seat belt as he turned the wheel, intently scanning his surroundings for a place to park. The judge appeared to be stunned – not by Harris’ casual tardiness, but rather by the irony of his actions given the charge Harris was facing. — Screengrab from YouTube
If one is facing a charge of driving with a suspended licence, there are better ways to make one’s case than from behind the wheel of a moving vehicle.
That self-evident reality was momentarily lost on a Michigan man who did just that earlier this month when he appeared via Zoom for a pretrial hearing in Washtenaw County District Court, leaving a judge perplexed.
