While I totally believe all of the misogyny accusations are true, I also have to take any statement from any faction within SPD with an extremely large grain of salt. It can be true that the misogyny and retaliation from Diaz happened AND that the charges were used as a cudgel against him by forces with interests beyond those of the accusers. It seemed to me at the time that Chief Best was run out of town, not by the City Council, but by SPOG itself…and maybe even O’Toole before her was thwarted by SPOG. It almost seems like there are forces within SPD that see turmoil within the department as serving their broader goals. Sometimes I think we won’t have a stable SPD leadership until Solan himself is Chief. Of course, he would never accept that demotion. And have we ever checked his texts from July’20???
While I totally believe all of the misogyny accusations are true, I also have to take any statement from any faction within SPD with an extremely large grain of salt. It can be true that the misogyny and retaliation from Diaz happened AND that the charges were used as a cudgel against him by forces with interests beyond those of the accusers. It seemed to me at the time that Chief Best was run out of town, not by the City Council, but by SPOG itself…and maybe even O’Toole before her was thwarted by SPOG. It almost seems like there are forces within SPD that see turmoil within the department as serving their broader goals. Sometimes I think we won’t have a stable SPD leadership until Solan himself is Chief. Of course, he would never accept that demotion. And have we ever checked his texts from July’20???