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Enthusiasm, hope, and ‘old guard’ warnings follow naming of Philly’s first black female police head
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | Dec. 30, 2019 | Anna Orso

Posted on 12/31/2019 2:28:17 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

Philadelphia’s new police commissioner is aware of what she represents in being the first black woman named to head the force.

But she said she was also the first black woman to do the last job she held, and for a long time, “it was a distraction.”

“I’ve been a black woman all my life, and I’ve chosen the career of law enforcement," said Danielle Outlaw, the Portland, Ore., police chief named Monday to lead the Philadelphia Police Department. She added: “I do not take lightly the fact that I am the first here … I understand who opened doors for me to be in this position, and I understand it’s also my obligation to help people [come up] behind me to ensure we’re not in 2020 still talking about firsts.”

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: danielleoutlaw; donutwatch; oregon; pennsylvania; philadelphia; police; portland; womanofcolor
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To: ConservativeStatement
Philly knows better, but did it anyway.

From April of 2019...

Deputies Are No Longer Responding to Calls in Portland

41 posted on 01/01/2020 9:04:45 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: mewzilla
Interesting article here, with a consider-the-source caveat...

She Learned the Ropes at One of the Most Corrupt Police Departments in the Country. Now Danielle Outlaw Runs the Portland Police—and She Wants More Power.

42 posted on 01/01/2020 9:18:58 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Antoninus; big truck; brityank; bt-99; ConorMacNessa; cowboyusa; Dems_R_Losers; dirtboy; ...

Ping!


43 posted on 01/01/2020 11:52:32 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Old Man From WV

I admit that this is the first I’ve ever heard of this woman. I still think giving folks a fair chance until they mess up (which this woman has) is the best way to go. Innocent until proven guilty if you will.


44 posted on 01/01/2020 3:17:08 PM PST by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: FormerFRLurker

It 95% means she’s a democrat/socialist. I’ll go with those odds.

She’s not objective. Look at her history.


45 posted on 01/19/2020 8:39:06 PM PST by Twink
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To: livius

I think we’d all be better off once we realize that this will never happen because these liberal people regardless of color can’t or won’t change their social justice ideology.

This social justice, I’m a victim of something and proud of it, my child is right, chidrens voice, etc, is everywhere: in our schools, parenting, etc.

Our affluent, “white” areas are seeing this now too.

It’s mostly the Left’s fault but a whole lot of people on the Right adhere to same ideology.


46 posted on 01/19/2020 8:50:19 PM PST by Twink
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To: dfwgator

He is part of the reason the City is where it is now. A democrat through and through. A corrupt man. He loved his city, I’ll give him that, but he was a corrupt man, cop, mayor and his brother was worse.


47 posted on 01/19/2020 8:54:04 PM PST by Twink
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To: doorgunner69

“She was the useless POS that told the Portland cops to leave the antifags alone.”

Only because of orders from the mayor. She actually is thought to be quite capable.


48 posted on 01/19/2020 9:08:50 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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“publicly challenged her boss, Mayor Ted Wheeler, when he asked police to stay away from a protest camp.”

“Interestingly, Outlaw authorized the firing of flash-bangs into a crowd of leftist counterprotesters opposing Patriot Prayer during the Aug. 4 protests. “

She was the good guy, at least compared to the mayor.

Comments on this thread show nearly unanimous ignorance and racism.

49 posted on 01/19/2020 9:16:55 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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