A Michigan man went viral for attending a virtual court session while he was driving with a suspended license, but, as more details came out, his license was supposed to be reinstated but was never sent over for clearance.
Corey Harris has been the butt of jokes this past week after the virtual court session was released on social media. The video shows Harris joining the call while driving his wife to the doctor, and once he was parked, the judge confirmed that he was driving with a suspended license. Harris’s face after learning about his license sent shock waves around social media.
A Michigan district judge was shocked after a man with a suspended driver’s license joined his court Zoom call *while driving a car*
"Mr Harris, are you driving?"https://t.co/AdDfO5MVskpic.twitter.com/mh3eZXX9wb
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 29, 2024
The judge then ordered Harris to turn himself in at the Washtenaw County Jail by 6 p.m. Harris’ face continued to look shocked after the judge’s order.
This is Corey Harris. The world owes him an apology. Corey went viral because of a Zoom court hearing for driving on a suspended license charge. He was driving during the Zoom court hearing which left the judge and world in disbelief. What's not told is that Corey was innocent… pic.twitter.com/1ErhsJ2mKs
— BIG MALCOLM X PLAY COUSIN (@Omowale99949437) June 2, 2024
Harris told 7 News Detroit how he felt about the situation — which wasn’t how everyone else felt.
“With the type of ties that I have with the church and the community, it’s very embarrassing,” Harris said. “What was I thinking? I was thinking about getting my wife medical help. That’s what I was thinking. I wasn’t thinking about the fact that I got a suspended license. I don’t care about all that.”
In January 2022, a judge ordered that Harris’s suspension be lifted to allow Harris to drive again, but according to the Michigan Secretary of State’s office, the Saginaw County Friend of the Court never sent over the clearance, so his suspension was never lifted.
