Is a state bar obligated to discipline a lawyer who makes racist and threatening comments?
That’s the question in California where a concerned citizen is pressing for disciplinary action against Wayne Spindler, a lawyer who was arrested in May after making a criminal threat at a City Council meeting.
According to a Los Angeles Times article , Spindler submitted a public-comment card “depicting a body hanging from a tree, a burning cross, a robed Klan-like figure holding a noose — along with a sign calling Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson a highly charged racial epithet.” Wesson is African-American.
According to the article, Spindler often wears a KKK mask to ...
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