Oakland – Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong (who will be forever referred to that way on this platform) has filed an official appeal of his retaliatory and wrongful termination by Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, according to his attorney Will Edelman.
Edelman sent a letter to the City of Oakland late Wednesday initiating the administrative appeal process to dispute his firing. The process, handled by the city, will direct a hearing officer to review Armstrong’s case and the evidence, and then make a recommendation to the city about whether to uphold his firing or not.
LeRonne Armstrong Takes First Legal Step
“This action is the first step towards litigation by Chief Armstrong and his attorneys against the City of Oakland for his retaliatory and wrong termination by Mayor Sheng Thao. It should come as no surprise to the public that when Chief Armstrong came within inches of removing federal oversight that Federal Monitor Robert Warshaw concocted false and misleading allegations to keep his lucrative contract in place,” said Sam Singer, a spokesman for Chief Armstrong.
Mayor Sheng Thao fired Armstrong without cause about a month after initially placing him on paid administrative leave— the latest setback for a city struggling with violent crime and understaffing issues.
During his leave, Armstrong publicly demanded his job back and argued he’d been unfairly accused and that the report’s findings were without merit. Supporters of Armstrong have expressed outrage at his firing, organizing rallies in support of the former chief and demanding that Thao hire him back.
At Zennie62.com. the Sheng Thao firing was called a “hit job” and described in detail. Here’s an excerpt:
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong is the victim of a high tech hit job. Oakland’s a mess and it’s not going to get better. Why? Because we have the appearance of Oakland employees at high levels setting other valuable Oakland employees at high levels to take a fall that costs them their job, starting with “paid leave”. Why? Well, so those Oakland employees at high levels can take over the jobs of the valuable Oakland employees at high levels they managed to get rid of.
How else to explain a report of a completely bumbling Oakland Police Officer many in a position to know have reached out on their own, and without my proding, to tell me is named Michael Chung?
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