NC town’s entire police force quits
in protest over progressive town manager
New York Post,
by
Lee Brown
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
7/22/2022 7:18:07 PM
An entire North Carolina police force has quit in protest at the town’s newly hired “progressively responsible” town manager — who the police chief said created a “hostile work environment.”
Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson made the shocking announcement in a Facebook post on Thursday, saying the assistant town manager and a key clerk had joined him and his five officers in quitting in protest.
“I have put in my 2 weeks notice along with the whole police dept.,” he wrote of the force he has served with for 21 years. “The new manager has created an environment I do not feel we can perform our duties and services to the community
Reply 1 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/22/2022 7:29:12 PM (No. 1225239)
Well done, LEOs! This is how to get it done!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/22/2022 8:07:29 PM (No. 1225263)
The town picked her after a 'nationwide search'? Must have been exhaustive.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Northcross 7/22/2022 8:13:35 PM (No. 1225273)
It would be nice to know more details about her behavior that caused the officers to quit en masse
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Highlander 7/22/2022 8:30:22 PM (No. 1225296)
Must be a soul sistah for BLM. Liberal blacks in city administration is always bad news.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 7/22/2022 9:02:32 PM (No. 1225327)
"Progressive" probably means a hysterical black racist hater.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 7/22/2022 9:19:33 PM (No. 1225337)
No problem. She'll replace them all with social workers and BLM activists.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
scottj 7/22/2022 9:44:29 PM (No. 1225350)
I love this. "Progressive" is just another word for brain dead moron. I hope the police never come back. Let those liberals live with their progressive policies.
29 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
texaspast 7/22/2022 10:18:03 PM (No. 1225376)
#1, I think I can tell you what 'nationwide search' means, having had opportunity on several occasions to see how small towns look for a city manager. The old city manager quits, often because the headhunter firm that placed him in that job found him another city manager job, a little higher on the success ladder. The city council calls the same headhunter firm that found them their last city manager and says send us another - actually, they probably didn't have to call, as that firm already knew of the vacancy, since they were basically responsible for causing it. The headhunter firm looks at their stable and sees who they have to move up. Well, a town of around 1,600 is not a 'move up' for an established city manager, so the choice is either place one of their people who is an assistant city manager somewhere who needs some CM experience before moving to a bigger place, or take this opportunity to place a 'problem child' - somebody with experience but can't seem to stay with a position. The city council members have their own jobs and businesses to tend to, and don't have the luxury of spending a great deal of time interviewing and background-checking prospective CM's. They take the first one the headhunter sends them, and the headhunters have dressed up their candidate's CV to iron out or explain away any possible problems. Add to the mix that it is a black female and how can they say no? And now, how can they get rid of her without being slandered and sued (she's done it before - shoulda checked that out, city council).
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Her resume says she worked in progressively responsible positions. That doesn’t necessarily mean she is a progressive liberal although she probably is.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
mifla 7/23/2022 4:54:54 AM (No. 1225530)
She likely walked into the office on day 1 and started barking orders that made no sense because she did not have the experience her job required. Stay tuned for the upcoming MSNBC interview where she accuses all these officers/staff of being MAGA lovign racists.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
judy 7/23/2022 6:37:52 AM (No. 1225587)
My guess is she could care less who resigns...she will hire her team who thinks like her...
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/23/2022 7:18:53 AM (No. 1225607)
A former town in which I lived hired a "progressive" city manager and his idea of "progress" was to waste money on newer and bigger parks and a new pool while raising taxes to the limit. He was fired when he was caught dipping his hands into the newer and bigger budget for personal reasons. The cops got a new building complete with modern gym so they didn't complain.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rinktum 7/23/2022 7:28:22 AM (No. 1225615)
I do not know the specifics of why these people left their careers instead of staying in their jobs, but you have to assume the decisions were not made lightly. They were meant to make a statement and at a very high personal cost. People don’t do this kind of thing on a whim. I hope the community rallies around them and finds a way to resolve this issue without a federal discrimination lawsuit being filed against the city. Let this be a cautionary tale to employers, vet the people you are looking to hire very carefully. One bad decisions can cause immeasurable damage. Hopefully the good people of this community will find a solution that doesn’t entail the loss of the entire police department. People who should never have power seem to gravitate toward it and lately as we have seen in many cases, they are not suited to lead. A “progressive” can destroy faster than you think and create more havoc than you could ever imagine.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 7/23/2022 7:46:39 AM (No. 1225641)
Angry black female in management no husband son was aspiring rapper she alienated every single employee especially the white females whom she outright insulted and disrespected she eventually "moved on" when one of the attorneys threatened to sue her PERSONAL ESTATE for damages.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bpl40 7/23/2022 7:49:36 AM (No. 1225645)
What will you do when Kamala is POTUS and the Mooch the Veep? Quit and go where??
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Lazyman 7/23/2022 7:50:36 AM (No. 1225648)
I'm not charging a machine gun based on an order from some moron that got her job based on color rather than merit. Maybe the FBI guys who Hannity believes in can look to the locals for guidance on basic integrity.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
walcb 7/23/2022 8:00:05 AM (No. 1225661)
I live in a town this size, it has a police force of one. How is this a story and why does a dinky town need a town manager?
14 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/23/2022 8:23:47 AM (No. 1225702)
She accused Richland County leaders of “hostile” treatment and for not paying her fairly because she was black and had a disability, court docs show. She also accused the county of discriminating against her because she was a “whistleblower” who “reported serious fraud, wrongdoing, and violations of the law.”
Oh, so there were no red flags were flying at full staff with that affirmative action hire. The town would have done better to cut up the phone book and draw a name out of the hat. Someone hired a stick of dynamite for the job and needs to be dismissed along with her.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 7/23/2022 8:50:55 AM (No. 1225741)
Gosh! This sounds just like the Kabuki dance that most school districts go through to replace/ hire a new superintendent or principal. This is the 'advantage' of relying on unions.
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Black women in politics who are conservative are so rare they automatically make news simply by being black women in politics who are conservative.
The vast majority of minority local yokel officials are left of Lenin because groupthink means job security and also means avoiding having to actually think.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/23/2022 9:12:14 AM (No. 1225761)
Leftists are a CANCER on our society, it is time to Make their Communism a Traitorous Act with extremely harsh penalties including Firing Squad!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Talk2 7/23/2022 9:58:55 AM (No. 1225812)
Could it be "wokeism" has finally reached the end of the pendulum swing?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Trapper 7/23/2022 10:26:03 AM (No. 1225859)
Good riddance to all who quit. The elected Town Council hires the town manager, NOT the unelected chief of police. This is Deep State on a local level, with unelected government employees getting WAY outside their lane and usurping the powers of elected officials, no different from the unelected bureaucrats who tried to thwart President Trump. If the new Manager doesn't work out everyone will know soon enough and the elected Council can deal with her or the citizens can electe a new Council. That is the way it is supposed to work, not this way.
These local cops should all grow a pair. Everyone has had to work for a boss they either didn't like or didn't agree with. Suck it up and go back to work. Crybabies.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Terry_tr6 7/23/2022 10:29:23 AM (No. 1225867)
I suspect her "disability" is the giant chip on her shoulder...
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
cor-vet 7/23/2022 10:31:05 AM (No. 1225870)
She sued because she wasn't 'paid fairly' because she was black and had a disability. And due to systemic racism, they held a conservative gun to her head and made her take the job she was over qualified for so they could treat her horribly. Why do these affirmative action people think that their first job should be CEO, and working up is beneath them?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Zigrid 7/23/2022 10:32:58 AM (No. 1225874)
It's only the beginning...more police will call it quits because they feel in a jeopardy position...and the government will now send in the militia and call for Marshall law...this is soros' plan...if they can't shut down the people with another pandemic...then they'll shut it down with Marshall law...it's all in their plan to control the population....
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Speedypetey 7/23/2022 10:38:39 AM (No. 1225886)
She is a Fascist Democrat and those of us that read articles posted on Lucianne know that with the help of her oligarch fascist puppetmasters she would find a way to throw police officers under the bus to demonize them. Best that they stand up now!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
red1066 7/23/2022 3:52:10 PM (No. 1226231)
Could the term progressively responsible be even a little more wrong? Progressive and responsible have never appeared in the same sentence.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Norway 7/23/2022 4:23:39 PM (No. 1226262)
I worked in a county health clinic in the Atlanta area in the 1990s. We had a guy who was an affirmative action hire. He was incompetent, a liar and survived by kissing the boss's rear end. He was finally fired after he made sexual overtures toward a same-sex patient and the patient reported it. The guy should never have been hired to begin with...but he was the right color.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
HRJUNIOR 7/23/2022 7:20:33 PM (No. 1226347)
#15, Just watch your prediction NOT happen!!!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
HRJUNIOR 7/23/2022 7:24:40 PM (No. 1226349)
#26, the correct language is "martial" law, not "Marshall" law.
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