Veteran reporter
Ralph Cipriano (seen in the below photo) at BigTrial.net asks Philadelphia Mayor Kenney (seen in the above photo) ten tough
question that he says the Philadelphia Inquirer would never ask (but ought to).
A big problem in
this town is that Mayor Jim Kenney, District Attorney Larry Krasner, and the
reporters and editors at The Philadelphia Inquirer are all card-carrying
Progressive Democrats who share the same values, think the same thoughts, and
drink the same Kool-Aid.
And one of the
first rules of being a Progressive "journalist" and social justice
warrior is that you don't embarrass or hold accountable a public official who
happens to be a fellow Progressive Democrat down with the cause.
So in that
spirit, Big Trial, which is barred from attending Mayor Kenney's virtual press
conferences, and is typically stiffed by the mayor's press office whenever it
asks a question that the administration doesn't want to answer, is going to
publicly post 10 tough questions for our mayor.
These are
questions that the Inquirer would never ask, and some of these questions
Kenney's flacks so far have repeatedly refused to answer. But nevertheless
these are 10 questions that demand answers.
Question
1. The week before the
start of the George Floyd protests, the Police Department knew that massive
crowds of protesters were headed their way, plus plenty of outside agitators
who were ready to rumble.
So why was the
rookie police commissioner, the police department, and the entire Kenney
administration caught flat-footed? Why were Kenney and Outlaw and Managing
Director Brian Abernathy completely unprepared for the chaos, rioting, looting
and arson fires that ensued?
The mayor and
police commissioner have announced the hiring of a private consultant to review
the police department's response to the riots, especially questions about the
cops' use of force. But the battle was lost before the protesters ever came to
town.
What we're
really dealing with here is a complete failure of leadership on the part of
Mayor Kenney and his hand-picked rookie police commissioner, Danielle Outlaw to
come up with a tactical plan to protect the city from an invading army of
protesters and criminals.
Mayor Kenney,
isn't this charade of hiring an outside consultant to second-guess the police
response to the riots, and especially the focus on the so-called use of
excessive force, just a diversionary tactic to get around the real issue, which
namely is your complete failure as a leader?
Question 2. While the "protesters" were
looting stores with abandon, setting arson fires and blowing up ATMs all over
town, typically with no police officers in sight to protect citizens or
property, why was the Kenney administration secretly tying up some 48
plainclothes detectives with 24/7 private security details for top city
officials?
For at least 11
straight days during the riots, those private security details were parked 24/7
outside the homes of officials such as the managing director and the health
commissioner, 16 of 17 City Council members, as well as the mayor's fiancee.
The mayor, of
course, was already protected by a 24/7 security detail that included a
lieutenant, a sergeant and ten police officers who chauffeur the mayor around
in brand new Chevy Tahoe. The D.A. also has his own private security detail of
three officers who drive him around in a Ford Expedition.
But on top of
those details, the Kenney administration during the rioting also provided
private security details for Kenney's girlfriend and the top city officials
listed above.
Isn't this a
double standard? One set of rules for the people on top of the City Hall pay
scale, and their significant others, and another set of rules for the rest of
us, who were left to fend for ourselves?
Does anyone see
a problem with a mayor who's whacking the police budget, but has no problem
using the cops to guard his top officials and their families, and the mayor's
girlfriend, with private24/7 security details?
So it's time for
the mayor to fess up on the private security details. We need a full list of
who got them and why, and what was the cost.
You can read the
rest of the questions via the below link:
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