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Cincinnati Police Chief Terri Theetge, who was sued for anti-white bias and blamed social media in the wake of a black mob's horrific beating of whites in the city in July, has now been placed on administrative leave "pending an internal investigation on the effectiveness of her leadership."
City Manager Sheryl Long told WLWT-TV: "The City continues to face serious public safety challenges that underscore the need for stability at the command level. Therefore, I've named Assistant Chief Adam Hennie as Interim Police Chief."
"Our focus remains on maintaining stability within the department and ensuring the highest standards of service to our residents. I have full confidence in Interim Chief Hennie and the department's command staff to continue their dedicated work at this time."
"DEI Police Chiefs have to go!" exclaimed journalist Nick Sortor.
Theetge's attorney held a news conference Tuesday, saying the ousted chief has done nothing wrong to warrant her removal.
"She is being used as a political scapegoat and a political pawn," said attorney Stephen Imm.
Theetge became a lightning rod of controversy after she blamed social media for publicizing the pummeling of the white victims.
"Social media, the posts that we've seen, does not depict the entire incident. That is one version of what occurred. At times, social media and mainstream media and their commentaries are misrepresentations of the circumstances surrounding any given event," Theetge said at the time.
"What that does, that causes us some difficulty in thoroughly investigating the activity and enforcing the law. Because what happens, that social media post and your coverage of it distorts the content of what actually happened and it makes our job more difficult."
"I think by the irresponsibility with social media is it just shows one side of the equation quite frequently without context, without factual context, and then people run with that and then it grows legs and it becomes something bigger that we then have to try to manage as part of the investigation," she continued.
"Social media and mainstream media and their commentaries are misrepresentation of the circumstances surrounding any given event."
As previously reported, four previous members of the Cincinnati Police Department sued Theetge for workplace discrimination against white males on the force.
The lawsuit, brought by Captain Robert Wilson and Lieutenants Patrick Caton, Gerald Hodges, and Andrew Mitchell on May 19, alleges that the city and Theetge partook in "intentional and discriminatory practices" based on sex and gender, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The officers asserted that they "suffered harm," "damage to [their] professional reputations," and "emotional distress" as a result of the department's alleged favorable treatment toward women and racial minorities.
"The city and Chief Theetge have actively and systemically undertaken efforts to promote, advance, and make promotion and assignment decisions that are preferable to women and minorities, and to the exclusion of White men," the lawsuit reads.
