Colorado Judge Censured for Using Racial Slur Will Resign Court Says

Natalie T. Chase, a District Court judge in Arapahoe County, agreed to step down after the Colorado Supreme Court censured her for insensitive remarks to Black judicial employees. A Colorado judge has agreed to resign after the state Supreme Court censured her for repeatedly using a racial slur and making insensitive comments to Black judicial employees regarding police brutality and systemic racism. A censure order released on Friday by the Colorado Supreme Court shows that the judge, Natalie T. Chase of the states 18th Judicial District, agreed to step down after disciplinary proceedings against her. Her resignation will take effect on May 31. Judge Chase, 43, who was based in Arapahoe County outside Denver, was appointed to the District Court in 2014 by Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who is now a U. S. senator. The Colorado Supreme Court said that Judge Chase, who is white, had violated the duties of her office during a series of exchanges last year with Black judicial employees, which she had acknowl