LIVE VIDEO: City leaders and community members in Oakland address the firing of police Chief LeRonne Armstrong.
"I am no longer confident that Chief Armstrong can do the work needed to achieve the vision," Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said Wednesday."So today, I have decided to separate Chief LeRonne Armstrong from the city without cause."
The firing stems from an independent report that found Armstrong mishandled cases of officer misconduct including a non-injury hit-and-run involving a sergeant who was in a patrol car at the time.Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced Wednesday that police Chief LeRonne Armstrong was fired. Gia Vang has more.She said the chief downplayed one of the incidents and that the chief didn't believe that the cases in the report reflected"systemic problems.
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