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Michigan judge loses docket after she's recorded insulting gays and Black people

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Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan was removed from her docket on Aug. 27 for unspecified misconduct.

The court's administrator has stepped forward to say he blew the whistle on her, secretly recording their phone calls.

In the recordings, Ryan uses a anti-gay slur against David Coulter , the county's highest elected official, who is gay.

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80

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semi-formal

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English

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38

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offensive

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possibly hateful

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short-lived

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