Magistrate Michael Bachman resigns after chasing down woman in courthouse and violent incident followed

CINCINNATI  -  A Hamilton County Common Pleas Court magistrate resigned this week after video cameras caught him chasing a woman down courthouse hallways and pulling her into his courtroom, then ordering her arrest, leading to a violent incident that spread from his courtroom to the jail. The video shows Magistrate Michael Bachman running down the halls pursuing Kassandra Jackson on Sept. 4. Bachman caught up to her at the public elevators and, with his hand on her shoulder, walked her to his courtroom. Once there, the incident almost immediately flared up when Bachman notified Jackson, sitting in the jury box, that was being arrested for contempt of court.  Bachman resisted two deputies’ attempts to arrest her. The deputies, assisted by courtroom staff, struggled to subdue her. Once Bachman was handcuffed, she still resisted and those deputies and several others dragged her down hallways and elevators to the Justice Center.