King has since defended his actions despite pushback from the charity that organized the field trip and the girl’s mother, who said her daughter was tired that day because the family doesn’t have a permanent residence.

Ah, the good old American tradition of punishing the most vulnerable members of society for being so.

Later on, King asked the girl, “What is your problem?” She replied, “I apologize, I’m just tired.”

King also threatened to throw the girl into juvenile detention, asking the teen, “You do understand we have a jail for kids?”

“I’m going to go to sleep tonight while you’re sitting in a juvenile detention centre,” he added.

Well he sounds like a calm and level-headed guy with a sense of proportion and definitely not a raging asshole with ego issues and a grudge. Just the sort of person you want for a judge.