Several prominent East Bay leaders are now calling for Oakland to immediately reinstate Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong.
He was placed on leave by the city last week amid accusations of failing to adequately scrutinize an officer accused of misconduct.
“He didn’t do anything wrong, we went over everything,” said Cynthia Adams, Oakland NAACP president. “We are the NAACP, we went over everything to make sure, reinstate him, do the right thing.”
Armstrong claims he did issue discipline, but couldn’t take full action because the federal monitor who oversees the department took over the investigation.
“To work and get to this point and have it taken away from you hurts.