Supporters of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao say the community should be praising her for firing former police Chief LeRonne Armstrong.
Speakers at Tuesday's rally did not offer specific reasons why they felt the chief needed to be dismissed, but said they believe the mayor's actions pave a path to accountability for the entire police department.
"Our community needs changes, they need reform," said Kenneth Tang with APEN Action Oakland."They want to see improvement in their communities and accountability is the first step to ensure public servants are being accountable for."Some argue the multiple rallies held in support of the ousted police chief are part of a larger political fight against the city's newly elected progressives.
"The people who lost in the mayoral campaign do not like the fact that we have Sheng Thao in office, do not like that we have a core progressive city council members in office,' said Walter Riley, an Oakland lawyer and civil rights activist."Mayor Sheng Thao suffered a self-inflected wound when she terminated Chief LeRonne Armstrong. The Chief is widely respected and supported throughout every community in Oakland.
Armstrong filed an official appeal last week, claiming the firing was a wrongful and retaliatory termination that should be overturned. The appeals process is expected to take months. Former Oakland police Chief LeRonne Armstrong spoke out Friday after the city’s newly-elected mayor fired him.
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