As Oakland mayor Sheng Thao waits for an investigation to conclude, community leaders are defending Chief LeRonne Armstrong, who's extremely popular in the city.
OAKLAND -- Standing on the steps of Oakland CIty Hall, newly elected Mayor Sheng Thao Saturday said the decision to put the city's police chief on leave was not punitive.
The decision to place Armstrong on leave was"excessive," Oakland mayoral runner-up and former city councilmember Loren Taylor said Saturday. "In the report, the chief is faulted for not knowing about and not acting on information that the report acknowledges was withheld from him by Internal Affairs staff during his Friday briefing," Taylor added.
The department has been under federal oversight for 20 years. It was only supposed to last five years. She wants to show the public and the court monitor that, whether it's a rookie cop or the top cop, they will face the same investigative process. There will be no favoritism.
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