As a Los Angeles Unified School District insider and whistleblower, I certainly know where the bones are buried. The LAUSD’s complicated relationship with charter schools in the District has often been the subject of quiet conversations in dark corners. The Office of Inspector General and its leaders played a pivotal role in the scheme. This became abundantly clear in October…
By Terri Schlichenmeyer When you’ve broken the law a time or two, the last person you want to see is a police officer. You’d want to stay far, far away from anyone with a badge, but then again…. you’re not Maverick Miles Nehemiah, and in the new book “The Confidence Chronicles” by Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey, you’ll see why Nehemiah spoke…
BY ARIEL WESLER LOS ANGELES PUBLISHED 3:15 PM PT NOV. 19, 2021 In all her years on the force, retired LAPD Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey had never heard a story like this. “We were on the phone for sometimes 12 hours,” Dorsey said. “I developed a rapport with him, gained his confidence through a series of friendly interrogations and then before…
Voters in Minneapolis will vote Tuesday on whether to defund the same police department that was at the center of protests following the May 202 death of George Floyd under an officer’s knee. Former Los Angeles Police Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey, author of “The Confidence Chronicles: The Greatest Story Never Told,” voiced concerns about the legislation in a Monday night conversation…
By Alicia Lee, CNN Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn knows he plays a key role in changing the culture of policing and how communities perceive officers. It’s a tough position to be in for a Black man in 2021. He’s endured being called an “Uncle Tom” and “a sellout.” In 2017, Hahn became the first African American police chief in…
Courteney Ross cried when talking about how the two met in 2017 at the Salvation Army. She talked about how they loved to go out to eat, and that Floyd had to work out every day. She also testified about the couple’s struggle with opioid addiction. She says both had chronic pain and started taking prescribed oxycodone but then got…
A retired cop on Tuesday slammed the Brooklyn Center Police Department for claiming that one of its officers killed Daunte Wright by accident. While appearing on CNN, retired Los Angeles Police Sergeant Cheryl Dorsey reacted with incredulity to the notion that a veteran police officer mistook her handgun for a taser before fatally shooting Wright. “The police chief is being…