Erika Ballou Archives - Nevada Globe

Activist Clark County Judge Censured for Social Media Posts and Comments About Police

June 13, 2024 4:15 pmJune 14, 2024 1:02 am

Clark County District Court Judge Erika Ballou will be publicly censured and required to take a course on judicial and social ethics following a series of controversial social media posts, including photos of her in a hot tub with public defenders and derogatory comments about police. The Nevada Commission on...

Democratic Socialist Judge With Anti-Cop Sentiments Forces Nevadans To Pay for Medicaid Abortions

March 21, 2024 3:23 pmMarch 22, 2024 2:27 pm

When Clark County District Judge Erika Ballou was a card carrying Socialist, Black Lives Matter activist, and Clark County Public Defender, she caused controversy in the courtroom for wearing a Black Lives Matter pin on her blouse. When asked by the presiding judge to remove the pin, Ballou protested and...

Sheriff Joe Lombardo Calls On BLM Judge Erika Ballou to Resign

July 15, 2022 4:34 pmJuly 15, 2022 4:39 pm

On Wednesday, The Globe obtained exclusive footage and broke the story of a Clark County District Court Judge, Erika Ballou, spewing anti-police rhetoric in her courtroom during a criminal trial. Ballou tells a black defendant, “[As a black woman], I don’t want to be around where cops are because I...