And then the next person who walks through that security lane, who doesn't have a title, who doesn't have a legal pad and an attorney who happened to be in the lobby, they get nothing. She looked at Elena. I don't want the investigation to prove that a judge deserved better. I wanted to prove that a person deserved accurate treatment under the law. Elena held her gaze for a moment.
She did not say that this was admirable. She was not that kind of person. She said, "Then the evidence will have to carry it. " Yes, Camille said, "It will. " She paused, then added, "It does. " The formal hearing convened on a Thursday morning in a conference room on the third floor. It was not a courtroom. It was not public.
The oversight panel consisted of three members, none of whom were affiliated with Fulton County Courthouse Administration. Ethan Cole appeared first. He was represented by union council. He was asked about the credential failure. He was asked about the directory.
He was asked about the report. He was asked why did you complete the incident report before accessing the directory? His answer was that he was following standard documentation procedure. He was asked, "Does standard documentation procedure instruct you to describe an individual as verbally aggressive before verifying whether she was authorized? " His answer was that the documentation reflected the situation as he observed it. He was asked, "Did she make physical contact with you at any point during this incident? " A pause.
No, he was asked, "Did she strike you? " No, he was asked, "Did she attempt to take the baton from you? " No. He was asked, "What does attempted to push past security personnel mean in your report if she made no physical contact? " He said she had moved toward the door. He was asked, "The door sensor data shows no pressure event at the door during the entire period of detention. How do you reconcile that? " He looked at the table. He was asked about the manual override.
He was asked why he accessed the recording system override function during an active security hold. He was asked whether he had a maintenance authorization to do so. He was asked whether he had documented the override in his incident report. He was asked about the radio archive gap and the manual archive access event that preceded it by 17 seconds. His union council objected at several points.
The objections were noted and the questions were rephrased. He was asked at 8:34 when you accessed the directory and found the name Camille Johnson listed as a sitting superior court judge with an active assignment. How long did you wait before contacting your supervisor? 58 seconds. He was asked, "What did you do during those 58 seconds? " He looked at the table for a long time.
Then he said, "I was reviewing my documentation. No one in the room wrote that down in a way that made it look like anything, but it was a room full of people who understood what reviewing documentation meant in that context. " Jonathan Carter testified next. He handed the panel his yellow legal pad and his phone showing the timestamped email. He walked through his notes in order. He was precise.