Once again, a St. Clair County Judge has exhib­ited cal­lous­ness and arro­gance in refus­ing to fol­low the law; this time against my niece when appear­ing in his court for a seat belt vio­la­tion. Judge Vin­cent Lopinot, of the Twen­ti­eth Judi­cial Cir­cuit bul­lied Melissa McCoy into tak­ing a fine for a seat belt ticket which was never law­fully charged and denied here right to be heard when chal­leng­ing the verac­ity of the offense.