Compton Mayor Aja Brown has leveraged her office to bash the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department handling of alleged “rogue gangs” running the city’s Sheriff’s station and is being called out by conservatives over her lack of outrage at deputies being ambushed in her city.
‘They [deputies] terrorize the community and then they cover their tracks,’ Mayor Aja Brown previously said
These were words used last month to describe the Sheriff’s department by the city’s mayor. Brown alleged she was disrespected during a routine traffic stop, last summer, when Compton deputies pulled over Brown and her family for unknown reasons. She claimed to have video of the encounter which was never released to the public.
Several attempts to reach Brown, members of the council and the city’s taxpayer funded public relations firm were ignored.
Due to the uptick in anti-law enforcement sentiment, after deputies out of the Compton shot 18-year-old Andres Guardado, the mayor leveraged the shooting by reminding residents about her traffic stop and used the media attention to request federal intervention, claiming Sheriff Alex Villanueva was doing nothing to discipline his deputies.
Related: Compton Mayor Aja Brown says her community is being terrorized by L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies
Problem is, Brown took a campaign contribution, from the deputies union, she claims is terrorizing the community, weeks after they pulled her over, and she failed to mention it to the public. She also failed to mention the security the deputies provided to her family when they spent the day in front of her home due to alleged threats she received.
Brown released a statement on her social media accounts, over the weekend, to say how “devastated” she is about two deputies being ambushed at the city’s MLK Transit Center, and pledged support from the city. That support didn’t include calling a press conference to denounce the attempted murder of deputies patrolling her city.
The city hasn’t shared a flyer, offering a $100,000 reward for the shooter, on the city’s website or her social media pages. She also hasn’t taken to social media, with her “Quick Advisory” messages, urging the public’s assistance in providing details to the authorities.
Brown attempted to place a toothless ballot measure, related to the Sheriff’s department, on a special election, which her colleagues flatly rejected. Brown then took to embarrassing them during the council meeting and Town Hall meetings live-streamed on her Facebook page. Brown also attacked the city’s senior citizens, for urging their council representatives to not vote in favor of the agenda item, which would have further strained the relationship between the community and the deputies.
Fox News has pointed out her hypocrisy, and what residents have already known, that she injects herself into the city’s tragedies, to deflect from the deficiency in her leadership which has led to mismanagement of the city and attributed to its dire financial condition.
Conservative website Breitbart highlighted community members expressing excitement after the shooting.
Compton is spiraling out of control and is in desperate need of new leadership.
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God help us all!! We should all pray because our cities are being run by self-interest, power-hungry individuals. It’s time for new young smart, intelligent people to run for these offices. However, one must still be careful: There is a new candidate running for councilmember in Carson for District 1, who appears to be really off his rocker! He keeps showing up at city hall (which is closed to public, unless by appointment) making a scene and alienating employees. Carson’s Code Enforcement had to calm him down last week, after he made remarks that provoked an employee to tears!!! Where do these people come from??? What are their intentions? I guess he figures the residents are ready for someone new on council and since he has a couple of degrees, now is his chance! Not in District 1! We’d rather keep the councilman we have than to be subjected to your irrational behavior!
I agree with much that has been said about the people who are now governing this city. There is much work to be done. Street repairs and removal of homeless camps etc. You cannot say she Aja Brown is biased against mexicans or she would do something about these street restaurants on Rosecrans E and all along Atlantic. Drivers cause accidents trying to get to these food places. They make illegal u turns and everything else. Not to mention the rodents people are battling because of all this street cooking. This is now Tijuana because the real Tijuana has cleaned up. Please stop this mess. Other cities don’t deal with this. Only Compton.
Aja Brown is the most prejudice person alive toward the Hispanic community in Compton. She and the code enforcement has been terrorizing the Hispanic neighbors. She take advantage of the Hispanic community not been able to report all the discrimination towards the Hispanics. She will not greed peoples business unless is a person of her interest. Now her issue towards the Sheriff department in Compton is that they did not give her Friend (YG the Rapper) a pass when his vehicle was involve in a murder.
One comment. As valid as complaints about Ms. Brown may be, I cringed when Breitbart News, generally accepted as an Alt Right, if not a white nationalist, outlet, was cited. Considering their history and likely motivations, being cited may give them more journalistic credit than they deserve.
Whether news is leaning right or left, I read them all. I believe I’m smart enough to form my own opinions. Breitbart is good because it fights against the narrative u read about in mainstream media.
Anyone believes the Portland protests are peaceful??!!
Looks like a city that is ran worse than Compton Right now
Former mayor Omar Bradley, may have not been perfect; however he didn’t sell out the city. Omar , was all about inclusion not exclusion; someone please give me a list of benefits Compton residents have enjoyed since Aja has been in office????????♂️
I hate to say this, you media folks drank the Kool-aide without checking the real facts about Aja Brown; she was able to sale you all the land that don’t exist. You found her engaging, well spoken that was all you needed; however the community needed more.
Did any of you question: the fact that after a year of two she stop stating the her grandmother was murdered and rape in Compton (which never happen).
Did you news outlet investigate into her many nonprofit?
Oh let’s not forget her statements the youth will”follow by the sound of my voice”
One last think did you so call journalists check her work history in the many different cities; she only lasted last then 6 months, she is not a team player.
Go check!
Thank you Fox News, hopefully thee other media outlets will do their due diligence, with verifying information coming out of Mayor Aja Brown camp; it’s all been bullshit since day one.
The truth not in her, ask about the birth of her daughter!
What a great mug shot!
Thank you God for hearing our cry. Finally, the news station are catching up to what the community has been saying since day one; but no we blame Lynn Boone and Joyce Kelly when they presented information Aja Brown was a fraud????
She came here on a lie, Fox News investigate that!