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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

‘She was so beleaguered’: Oakland mayor says police chief was fired because community lost faith in her - The Mercury News

SAN FRANCISCO — Oakland’s mayor testified Friday that she agreed to fire the city’s police chief two years ago because she and the community had lost faith in the chief’s ability to reform the police department.

“It is not possible to be an effective police chief once you have lost the trust of stakeholders,” Mayor Libby Schaaf told jurors hearing former Oakland police chief Anne Kirkpatrick’s wron . . .



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