Posted on 01/02/2025 6:12:33 AM PST by V_TWIN
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, who has been giving public updates on the tragedy on Bourbon Street that killed 10 on New Year's Eve, may look familiar to those in the Bay Area.
That's because she served as Oakland's police chief from 2017 to 2020.
She was the city's first female police chief.
Kirkpatrick was fired three years later by an independent commission.
She sued, claiming wrongful termination for exposing corruption and abuse of power within the department and received a $1.5- million dollar settlement.
She was hired by New Orleans in 2023.
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Oakland mayor Sheng Thao just got recalled and bounced out of office. The FBI has been investigating her and her connection to the Duong family re: corruption of which CA's attorney general Rob Bonta is connected.
Of course, she blamed it all on that she doesn't come from wealth and that she is Hmong. Oh, and a woman.
“Who’s Granny Moses? The artist?”
You never watched the Beverly Hillbillies? She was a pistol.
“Irene Ryan (born Irene Noblitt, Noblett, or Noblette;[a] October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973) was an American actress and comedian who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway. She is most widely known for her portrayal of Daisy May “Granny” Moses, mother-in-law of Buddy Ebsen’s character Jed Clampett on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). She was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1963 and 1964 for the role.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan
“Why would anybody hire someone who sued a former employer for wrongful termination?
That’s a guarantee that, no matter how bad she turns out to be, you will NEVER get rid of her!”
Stupid people always hire ‘even more stupid’ people so they won’t be
“shown up” or replaced by the stupid people they hired.
You’re talking about Granny Clampett.
I’ve seen Beverly Hillbillies about a thousand times.
Yeah I’m sure the tens of thousands planning to attend the super bowl are overwhelmed with reassurance.
“You’re talking about Granny Clampett.
I’ve seen Beverly Hillbillies about a thousand times.”
Yep. Same.
She also worked under Rahm Emanuel in Chicago in the the police department’s Bureau of Professional Standards to lead “police reforms” with the Chicago Police Department.
implementing recommendations of a Police Accountability Task Force.”
And we all know THAT means.
“Stupid people always hire ‘even more stupid’ people so they won’t be “shown up” or replaced by the stupid people they hired.”
obama picking biden and Biden picking harris are perfect examples of that.
“obama picking biden and Biden picking harris are perfect examples of that.”
Exactly.
No wonder NOPD seems so incompetent.
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