The New York state Court of Appeals has formally removed a state judge in Oneida County who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high school graduation party in 2022, the state’s highest court announced Thursday.

The decision heeds a recommendation made by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct in July 2024 to remove state Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall for invoking her authority as a judge to try to get uninvited guests arrested, threatened to shoot Black teenagers and bragged that her 18-year-old son had “put the smackdown” on another partygoer.

According to the Associated Press, Gall attended the party at a friend's home in New Hartford on July 1, 2022 with her husband and three teenage children. The party's hosts hired a bartender and provided a keg of beer that guests could serve themselves from. A large number of apparent party crashers showed up after 11:30 p.m., the commission’s report said. Four Black teenagers arrived after learning of the party from a live video feed, and the driver then lost his car keys, the report said.

Arguments and fights broke out between invited and uninvited guests, and officers from several law enforcement agencies responded.

Police body camera footage showed Gall, a white Republican, telling the Black teenagers, “You got to leave! You’re not going to find your keys. You got to call an Uber and get off the property."

She then said, “Well, you’re going to get in an Uber, buddy, or you’re going to get a cop escort home. That’s how it’s happening. That’s what I’m telling you right now. That’s how I roll. That’s how I roll. That’s how Mrs. G rolls. That’s how Judge Gall rolls. We’re clearing this place out.”

Gall tried to get the police to arrest the Black teenagers for trespassing, saying, "I’ve done this for a million years. I’m a lawyer. I’m a judge. I know this.”

She also yelled at the teenagers to “Get off the property! And’s that’s from Judge Gall! I’m a judge!” using a profanity.

Gall has served as an elected judge in Oneida County since 2012. The commission in their report found that Gall “created at least the appearance that she harbored racial bias,” which could undermine public confidence in her integrity. Gall testified during the investigation, saying that the violent skirmishes at the graduation party triggered memories of a 1990 assault she suffered as a college student.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.