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leaders and armstrong are reacting tonight. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. good evening. i m sara donchey. after weeks of virtual silence, the mayor of oakland announcing that she has fired the city s police chief. it is obviously a huge shake-up for the city of oakland and a big test for the new mayor, too. reaction has been swift and in some cases pretty strong. chief armstrong was sworn in as chief in february 2021, nearly one year after former chief anne kirkpatrick was also fired without cause. the department has had about a dozen police chiefs both interim and official over the past 20 years. armstrong did release a statement tonight saying, i am deeply disappointed in the mayor s decision. after the relevant facts are fully evaluated by weighing the evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategically leaked inaccurate reports, it will be clear i was a loyal and effective performer of the oakland police department.

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