‘The Mayor Is Not Going To Be Able To Survive This Recall’: Former Judge Demands Sheng Thao Resign

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  • Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte joined Cat Oriel on “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss leading the efforts to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.
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Komentáře • 108

  • @eddiemunster8634
    @eddiemunster8634 Před 5 dny +45

    A stain on the record? Oakland has been so stained that there's no room, it's a stain on top of a stain

    • @chrisredfield4017
      @chrisredfield4017 Před 5 dny +6

      There's not enough soap in the world to get that stain out. Permanently tainted.

    • @NormanSilver
      @NormanSilver Před 4 dny

      Murder capital of this state for 12 consecutive years.

    • @M_Lev___
      @M_Lev___ Před 4 dny +1

      I can't blame the Mighty Raiders for leaving that cesspool of a city. I'm surprised the 49ers have yet to vacate San Francisco, another cesspool of a city.

    • @NormanSilver
      @NormanSilver Před 4 dny +1

      @@M_Lev___ YOU ARE CORRECT! AND IT IS GETTING WORSE TOO.

    • @chrisredfield4017
      @chrisredfield4017 Před 4 dny +1

      @@M_Lev___ They have little to do with San Francisco now. They play 30 miles away. None of the players live in SF.

  • @TheBuriedLedeR
    @TheBuriedLedeR Před 5 dny +14

    Thank you, Judge!
    Not only The East Bay, but this world needs more individuals in it with your kind of common sense.

  • @npaujbais
    @npaujbais Před 5 dny +9

    Isn't she the same woman who ran against the mayor? She started the recall as soon as Sheng Thao won for mayor. If it's that same woman, she doesn't care about the city, she cares about that paycheck. If she truly cared about the city, she should've tried working with the mayor and the city for better changes. Where was the recall when previous mayors failed to do anything for the city? You expect the mayor to resolve years of problems in city overnight is not gonna happen. Such hypocrites.

    • @BoDiddlydodah
      @BoDiddlydodah Před 5 dny +1

      New actor, same show.

    • @drive8892
      @drive8892 Před 4 dny +1

      Cov neeg dub no chim vim Sheng fired lawv tus dub police chief lawm. Kuv yog Sheng ces kuv resign es cia lawv mam sib tua txhua hnub txhua hmo.

  • @propblast82nd
    @propblast82nd Před 5 dny +8

    A stain on the wonderful record of Oakland , say it’s not true 😱

  • @kevinpegram262
    @kevinpegram262 Před 5 dny +3

    Mayor Thao was considered gone months ago. This recent incident is another reason why she should be given the door. The next mayor will have a hell of a time cleaning up the mess Mayor Thao caused, and earning the trust of the citizens within the city of Oakland will be one of them. I don't doubt that one bit.

  • @BruthaVIII
    @BruthaVIII Před 4 dny +3

    God bless Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte. She seems like a good and honorable human being. We need more government officials, and citizens, like her.

  • @beelikemizu604
    @beelikemizu604 Před 5 dny +5

    Thao doesn't want to know how she can improve herself to not warrant a recall from the people, she wants to know more about some fictional billionaires who are conspiring to remove her from office. She's power hungry. If anything, surrounding cities want her gone before her den of thieves spreads out & completely ruins their city too, perfectly understandable TBH.

  • @MrKHAILEE
    @MrKHAILEE Před 4 dny +2

    Many people have not learned that blaming others do not change anything. We must own up to our mistakes and learned from it and try to do your best to tell the truth. I have never been afraid if I didn’t do anything wrong!

  • @Saigon1969
    @Saigon1969 Před 5 dny +8

    I’ll vote her out. She’s a disgrace and incompetent.

    • @marylee8771
      @marylee8771 Před 4 dny +1

      so are u! do u have voting rights?

  • @Retirement02042012
    @Retirement02042012 Před 5 dny +2

    If the only reason for the recall was the removal of a police chief, that’s not enough although I would like to know her reason specifically. The judge really didn’t specify anything she did. What was the FBI looking for ? Anyone can make a claim but that doesn’t make it true.

  • @user-nm1nu1du4n
    @user-nm1nu1du4n Před 5 dny +5

    Please just leave this mayor alone. How hell she get in? You people vote her in after you want her out. That is not right. It’s wrong, did she stole your moneys. Did she broke the law ? Let her finish her term? God bless and love you

    • @user-ew4lm8hh6v
      @user-ew4lm8hh6v Před 4 dny

      I totally agree with you let her finished her terms exactly..you go sheng finished your terms you have every right to do your JOB'S to the best of your abilities....you go girl's..

  • @Arid379
    @Arid379 Před 4 dny +2

    This is about black and Asian

  • @va52pc
    @va52pc Před 4 dny +3

    Vote Red

  • @nickphang2293
    @nickphang2293 Před 3 dny +1

    What about bass And newsom?

  • @aimesdavid2800
    @aimesdavid2800 Před 5 dny +2

    It's too late Oakland. You'll continue with the thinking that brought her in. Blame yourselves.

  • @WorldGoneKrazy
    @WorldGoneKrazy Před 5 dny +5

    A stain on Oakland's underwear

    • @a.m.6847
      @a.m.6847 Před 5 dny

      A stain on oakland's underwear??? Hahaha

  • @albertmarsh1796
    @albertmarsh1796 Před 4 dny +1

    A year in Oakland without a police chief wouldn't make any difference if they had 10 of them crime ain't going down not anytime soon

  • @silk.1467
    @silk.1467 Před 5 dny +11

    DEI voting is leaving qualified candidates behind, elect our officials based on their qualifications and experience.

    • @cwilsonyt
      @cwilsonyt Před 4 dny

      DEI voting? Honestly what does that even mean? Stop fanning the flames.

  • @rawslikuvpom5842
    @rawslikuvpom5842 Před 4 dny +2

    Is she creating problems to the city? Does she bring crime to the city?
    The city has been like hell for years, way before she moved to the city. It makes no sense to blame the usual problems on her. Too bad that Oakland has too many criminals and the police just couldn’t do anything about them

  • @Zdivas
    @Zdivas Před 4 dny

    I believe my development would’ve been sooner than later head. I’ve been in a good congregation where this is taught steadily through the last years.
    But I don’t have a complaint because that’s a story in its self.
    I did attend a good word church for a while in the 1980s still circumstances cause me to have to move.
    But I thank God for technology that all you good teachers ministered this beautiful internally so much beautiful work inside of me.
    I’m now starting at Word of Life in NV.
    This is my new beginning to be with a congregation that is speaking the same language amongst each each other. I trust I can be a good encouragement to those just starting to walk this out.Having gone through it myself only to find out that It’s all true, just all beautifully true.

  • @CalvinMorris-cf8jk
    @CalvinMorris-cf8jk Před 4 dny

    mind boggling.

  • @Arid379
    @Arid379 Před 4 dny

    Where’s las Vegas at

  • @makisupaPIGman
    @makisupaPIGman Před 4 dny +1

    Oakland got worse under shang tao. This was all a $ grab for her. She needs to step aside and let someone else clean up her mess.
    Purge.

  • @Al-xb9fo
    @Al-xb9fo Před 4 dny

    Is it just my device or is it a little hard to listen to what is being said? Sounds muffled!

  • @archipiratta
    @archipiratta Před 2 dny

    Now if we can get the same energy for the so-called "Super Mayor"

  • @carlo6230
    @carlo6230 Před 4 dny +1

    OAKLAND IS A BIG STAIN ON AMERICA...

  • @suherr2873
    @suherr2873 Před 4 dny +1

    When she doing her job every one have to help on each other not just remove her out office even those vote for new mayor will the same situation if everyone not put hand on help other the problem I see is discrimination

  • @Arid379
    @Arid379 Před 4 dny

    Nice mayor and restaurant

  • @rodneyinefuku3810
    @rodneyinefuku3810 Před 5 dny +5

    My 2 cents…
    Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is ethnically Hmong . Her Hmong parents are refugees from Laos. The Hmong in Laos lived mostly in villages.
    The Hmongs are actually ethnic Chinese who immigrated from China… settling in Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand years ago.
    Before and during the Vietnam war, the CIA and the American military recruited the Hmong as scouts. They were jungle experts as most came from the small villages in Laos and Vietnam. They provided the needed expertise about the jungle… the combat zone area (like the Japanese-American Niseis of the MIS during WWII who were Japanese language experts… who shortened WWII by 2 years). I heard a lot about the Hmongs when I was in Vietnam.
    When the US left Vietnam and let the VC and North Vietnamese take over South Vietnam, many of the Hmong who served with the US Military fled to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to escape persecution. None of us in the US know what happened to the Hmongs who couldn’t escape. Can only guess.
    Sheng Thao’s father could have been a Hmong who fought alongside the Americans against the VC and North Vietnamese
    Sheng Thao is Hmong-Chinese. She is smart… as many Asian women are. She graduated from UC-Berkeley… one of the top universities in the country. Does she need a speechwriter to craft her speech to tell her side of the story? I don’t think so. I don’t think those were crocodile tears you saw when she made her speech. I believe it came straight from the heart.

    • @Jojo-fy2ud
      @Jojo-fy2ud Před 5 dny +3

      SO WHAT???

    • @rodneyinefuku3810
      @rodneyinefuku3810 Před 5 dny +1

      @@Jojo-fy2ud Left is right... up is down... black is white... Need I paint you a picture?

    • @readyfortheworld9232
      @readyfortheworld9232 Před 4 dny +1

      Hidden in a hotel with cronies writing her speech sucks. she is both mean and IMMATURE !

    • @rodneyinefuku3810
      @rodneyinefuku3810 Před 4 dny +1

      @@readyfortheworld9232 The Mayor is a graduate of UC Berkeley.. I don't think she needed help in writing her speech. She's a tough lady... much like her father was in assisting and fighting alongside the Amrican military. in Laos-Vietnam. What I see here is a Ms David and Goliath scenario. Put yourself in her shoes...

    • @readyfortheworld9232
      @readyfortheworld9232 Před 4 dny +3

      @@rodneyinefuku3810 ``You gotta love that only one person clapped when she finished her speech- They were packed in the room like sardines and even HER STAFF wants her gone. PRICELESS !

  • @arby2348
    @arby2348 Před 5 dny +1

    It seems that she is not doing a very good job.

  • @Gnawiful
    @Gnawiful Před 4 dny +1

    She should be in jail.

  • @M_Lev___
    @M_Lev___ Před 4 dny

    I can't blame the Mighty Raiders for leaving that cesspool of a city.

  • @Iherb7365ket
    @Iherb7365ket Před 4 dny

    There’s so many Stains on Oakland how can you tell where this stain is.

  • @user-nr7dk7zh3u
    @user-nr7dk7zh3u Před 2 dny

    Oakland voted and recalled!
    Oakland voted and recalled!
    Oakland voted and recalled!
    Oakland voted and recalled!
    Oakland voted and recalled!
    Oakland voted and recalled!
    That is what they are good at!!!

  • @p-dub7422
    @p-dub7422 Před 5 dny +1

    This is interesting. First the judge never answered the question who is funding her and this recall effort? Second, Armstrong may have been popular but I recall at least two incidents in which he covered up for police officers inappropriate behaviors and misconduct. One incident had to do with a gun being fired in an elevator at the Oakland Police Department. Armstrong covered up the incident. The Mayor may not be prepared to lead a city like Oakland as it requires a lot of experience and support. Oakland has had poor Mayors and leadership dating back to at least Elihu Harris which was 1991. Mayor Brown in 1999 took over and wasted Oakland's time and resources and he did not understand criminal behavior and minds. At the end of his term, he concluded that their "are dedicated criminals" so had he understood that from the beginning he could have made a difference in that area. The point is, Oakland is in a situation that has become progressively worse and at this point it will need an experienced objective leader to start turning the city around. I can point to other cities in this country that may have had different contributing factors that led to it's downfall but the common thread is each city inherited poor leadership that wasted the cities opportunity to turn things around. One last point, Oakland has loss major sports teams over the years, Warriors, Raiders and not the Athletics. Unprecedented to lose 3 teams in a city that size!

    • @Jojo-fy2ud
      @Jojo-fy2ud Před 5 dny

      All of you vote the same way every single time.

  • @user-zs6py2br5h
    @user-zs6py2br5h Před 4 dny +4

    Sheng Thao needs to go with integrity. She fired the Police Chief and it was her first mistake. Now she associated with business thaw; the city needs a mayor who needs to save Oakland. Sheng comes short of that kind of mayor's quality. She tries but Oakland needs a strong person with solid skills to bring people together to save Oakland. She lost so much opportunities already. The best thing is to step down and allow Oaklanders to find the right leader to lead this beautiful city. It is not Sheng's fault, she just doesn't have the right skills to save Oakland.

  • @ranikalakaar
    @ranikalakaar Před 4 dny

    Stained can't be stained.

  • @Crackpidgeonextreme
    @Crackpidgeonextreme Před 5 dny +1

    Oakland is a stain on america.

  • @KevonialJemonathoy
    @KevonialJemonathoy Před 5 dny +1

    Oakland won’t recall her now that she has street cred. She’s invited to the sideshow!

  • @user-rr8vz2zh5o
    @user-rr8vz2zh5o Před 5 dny +1

    If mayor Sheng Thao was a black this never happened

  • @mikebluegalindez5329
    @mikebluegalindez5329 Před 3 dny

    ALL THAT HAVE SAT ON THAT CHAIR ARE A WASTE OF RESOURCES

  • @A1B2946
    @A1B2946 Před 5 dny +5

    The Interviewer looks like the woman in the thumbnail.

  • @billwendell6886
    @billwendell6886 Před 4 dny

    Wallet Hub announced a list of best to worst managed cities in the country yesterday. Guess who is at the bottom.

  • @nedrabinowitz5118
    @nedrabinowitz5118 Před 3 dny

    The first comment clearly shows this former judge is aligned with the former police chief who was rightfully fired for withholding an investigation of his mishandling of an internal investigation of an unhinged police official who should have been fired. This mayor should resign, however, Oakland needs outside officials such as chief Floyd Mitchell to continue to do his job. He has just come in recently and has no ties to the ongoing corruption that exists in the city. This judge is apart of the problem.
    Look to the riders case and this book written by astute journalists .
    www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/books/review/the-riders-come-out-at-night-ali-winston-darwin-bondgraham.html

  • @readyfortheworld9232
    @readyfortheworld9232 Před 4 dny +1

    Shens speech was a joke !
    You gotta love that no one clapped when she finished - They were packed in the room like sardines and even her staff wants her gone. PRICELESS !

    • @HerAeolianHarp
      @HerAeolianHarp Před 4 dny +1

      Better than none. ONE lone person clapped.

    • @readyfortheworld9232
      @readyfortheworld9232 Před 4 dny

      @@HerAeolianHarp The death stare she gave everyone for NOT clapping was CLASSIC ! How can you go on when even your staff wants you gone ? The people in the room were supporters and staff ( except media ). WOW ! NY Times said it was the defining moment ....

  • @npaujbais
    @npaujbais Před 5 dny +2

    I just hope that if this lady gets elected mayor and fails, that people will start a recall campaign on her too. Only fair.

  • @Jojo-fy2ud
    @Jojo-fy2ud Před 5 dny

    You give hope, Judge. Your state has become a bad joke. Everybody with a brain sees it.

  • @user-ue1lv3mr5h
    @user-ue1lv3mr5h Před 4 dny

    Going Going Gone..... bye

  • @tuneyouup
    @tuneyouup Před 5 dny

    Po go back to gong po long time

  • @user-mv4kn7wu6m
    @user-mv4kn7wu6m Před 4 dny

    Guilty cry babies don't resign. She may or may not survive the recall but it will cost the city a lot of money and she is destined to have Oakland broke. Just see what happens in budget. Surely she will be funded but necessary departments will be screwed, all of them. So the position she holds is for Sheng Thao not for the people. That was evident from the beginning!

  • @michellediamsaymendoza
    @michellediamsaymendoza Před 5 dny +2

    Oh dear, “Honorable” Brenda Harbin-Forte. Your new name is Susan Bassi Vanguard.

  • @ahgongchiu2213
    @ahgongchiu2213 Před 3 dny

    She is the stain!

  • @pauldean7690
    @pauldean7690 Před 5 dny

    I thought the FBI only went after Republicans under joey's handler's direction.

    • @topchief777
      @topchief777 Před 5 dny

      Only when it comes to Trump, do the handlers kick in.

    • @amerocker
      @amerocker Před 5 dny +1

      Most often that is true.

  • @williamhenry9705
    @williamhenry9705 Před 4 dny

    Mayor pay your gambling debts.

  • @jepperjep84
    @jepperjep84 Před 5 dny

    a "shtein"

  • @sleepytickle
    @sleepytickle Před 5 dny

    She's one of the billionaire's from Piedmont that Thao spoke of in her crying response?

  • @mikebluegalindez5329
    @mikebluegalindez5329 Před 3 dny

    I THINK EVEN IF YOU PUT MICKEY MOUSE OR BAMBI IN THERE IT WILL BECOME CORRUPT ...LOL

  • @carymyner5692
    @carymyner5692 Před 4 dny

    No kamal-alla is your stain

  • @Koolneen
    @Koolneen Před 3 dny

    Oakland is a sht-hole anyway.

  • @hmonghistory
    @hmonghistory Před 5 dny +2

    This former Judge lead the recall Mayor Sheng Thao because she fired her prefer police chief. This is revenge.

    • @its-all-good
      @its-all-good Před 5 dny +1

      She removed her from the police selection committee all because she was outspoken of her dis-approval of the mayors police chief termination that was without cause at a time when laws were being enforced by OPD lead by the chief. You should see now with all the rampant crime and no enforcement why she spoke out as she understands the people of Oakland unlike the mayor. The mayor has been anti-police and law enforcement since she took office as a council woman. She was one of several to vote for a defund of OPD by 50%. Can you imagine how things would have turned out if the prev mayor approved of the defund and it took place?

    • @tamaraspencer4024
      @tamaraspencer4024 Před 5 dny +2

      She said that the police chief also had support from the community and that there are many other people demanding the recall. If that's the case it's not revenge, it's utilizing the process to remove an ineffective or corrupt leader because it's the will of the people 🤦🙄 How about waiting until the results of the recall are in before you go deciding whether it's just revenge or not? If it's revenge then the recall will likely not happen, if it's legitimately the will of the people because she is a bad leader then the recall will be voted for by those people.

    • @Juctice6969
      @Juctice6969 Před 5 dny +1

      This judge is a bad model for Americans.

    • @its-all-good
      @its-all-good Před 5 dny +1

      @@tamaraspencer4024 100% with all you wrote 👏

    • @its-all-good
      @its-all-good Před 5 dny

      ​@@Juctice6969 For taking part in a rightful and democratic recall??? OK... you are speaking for 90 + % of Americans that would disagree with your comment.