funkpunkandroll84:

It was Marsha P. Johnson and the P stood for, “(finger snapping) Pay it no mind”, which Marsha once told a judge. I went down to bail her out of court and Marsha was in the docket. And she came up and [Judge] Bruce Wright looked at it and said “Marsha P. Johnson”? And she used to have a flat voice, or what we call a “field voice”, and said “YES?” And he said “what does the ‘P’ stand for?” And she had the nerve to snap Judge Wright and said “(finger snapping) Pay it no mind!” And he said “that’s exactly what I’m gonna do”, he said “get out of here, go on”. – Bob Kohler