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Oakland: Second Police Chief Ousted Amid Officer-Involved Sex Scandal

HeadlineJun 16, 2016

In Oakland, California, a second police chief has been ousted in less than a week amid a massive scandal in which multiple Oakland police officers are facing allegations of statutory rape and human trafficking after allegedly having sex with an underage girl who was working as a sex worker. On Wednesday, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf removed Ben Fairow as interim police chief. He had been appointed only six days earlier, after former Police Chief Sean Whent resigned amid the scandal.

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