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Oakland, California Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong was fired Wednesday by Mayor Sheng Thao for allegedly covering up an officer's misconduct. An independent investigation concluded that Armstrong and the Oakland Police Department failed to properly investigate and discipline Sergeant Michael Chung after he was in involved in a hit-and-run with his police car in 2021.
In a statement after the firing, Armstrong said,"After the relevant facts are fully evaluated by weighing evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategically leaked, inaccurate reports, it will be clear I was a loyal and effective reformer of the Oakland Police Department." : The department has been under federal oversight for twenty years because of a police corruption scandal involving"The Riders," an anti-gang unit.
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