This story took place over the past week or so but it’s just bubbling to the surface outside of the local news beat. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mayor Danene Sorace (D) held an extremely short press conference on October 2nd to announce the retirement of their Chief of Police, Jarrad Berkihiser. After briefly thanking him for his service, the Mayor took no questions from the press and departed. The Police Chief did not attend the event and issued no comment.
The retirement of one police chief normally wouldn’t make for much of a news story, but word has leaked out that the reason for the “retirement” was much more than initially met the eye. According to a past president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, this was actually a case of the Mayor telling Berkihiser that he could either choose to retire early or be fired. And it was because of comments that the Chief’s wife had posted on Facebook in support of President Trump. (Lancaster Online)
Lancaster’s police chief was forced to retire because his wife posted positive comments about President Trump on Facebook, according to the past president of the local Fraternal Order of Police.
Mayor Danene Sorace announced Jarrad Berkihiser’s retirement on Friday, Oct. 2, during a three-and-a-half-minute news conference at which she did not answer questions and which Berkihiser did not attend.
It was retire or be fired, John Fiorill, the FOP’s immediate past president said Friday.
Fiorill said his account of Berkihiser’s retirement is based on a call Berkihiser made to the FOP lodge seeking labor advice after Sorace demanded his resignation. Since Berkihiser had not reached an agreement with the city at the time of that call, Fiorill said he believes he can share the information with the media.
The comments posted by the Chief’s wife have since been deleted, but they were captured and saved before they disappeared. In a thread about volunteering at a Trump rally, a friend of Kristy Berkihiser (the Chief’s wife) posted something about how sincerely the President had spoken about his support of law enforcement. Mrs. Berkihiser responded by saying, “why I’m voting for him again. Same reason as last time… you don’t see him meeting w Jacob Blake’s family or speaking to him by phone…”
That was apparently the entire exchange. But it caught someone’s attention and the comments clearly found their way to the Mayor’s office. Now, I’ll grant you that I could see how some people might take offense at someone cheering for the President not placing a call to the family of a Black man shot by the police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. But that wasn’t the chief talking. That was his wife. How petty would you have to be to terminate a lifelong law enforcement officer’s career over that? Is he supposed to censor his wife’s social media accounts?
In followup series of exchanges with the press, the Mayor continued to insist that she couldn’t make any further comment on the subject, citing privacy and an “agreement” between her and the soon-to-be ex-Chief. Jarrad Berkihiser isn’t issuing any public statements either.
We don’t have any way to document it as yet, but it’s not too hard to guess what’s going on here. The Trump-hating Mayor probably made it clear that she was going to ensure that Berkihiser was driven from office. If he kept his mouth shut he could quietly retire and keep the retirement benefits he was probably counting on to support his family. Or he could fight her, be fired, and potentially lose those benefits. Perhaps the Chief decided that discretion was the better part of valor and decided leaving would be better than working for this sort of a mayor anyway.
The Trump Derangement Syndrome is apparentLy strong in Lancaster. It’s just a shame that the Chief wound up taking the brunt of the damage for something he had nothing to do with.
I see a law suit coming
Definitely! And we’ll deserved.
Hell YES!!!!! she is one sick woman!
I thought free speech was a Right under the Bill of Rights, which cannot be censored? I hope they rename that Town For the wife and Chief….. Sue the Hell out of them.
I sincerely hope so. The Mayor’s action was illegal and unconstitutional and until people start fighting this takeover, this will continue. The Mayor needs to be severely punished for this action as does everyone active in the “cancel culture”
She must think her name is “Boss Hogg.” This sort of BS is happening way to often and for the littlest things.
I totally agree with you Copper
I definitely see a lawsuit coming!!!
The chief should get a group of lawyers and go full guns after this POS mayor AND the city. Don’t hold back. Sic them Chief.D J
This “Mayor” definitely is not responsible enough to hold office after displaying childish behavior with this termination! It doesn’t matter what she thinks of Trump it’s no business responding to what the Chief of Police, his wife or any other citizen has to say on FB. I hope the chief sues her personall y and takes away her home in the process!!
GET RID OF THAT MAYOR. THAT IS RIDICULOUS
Civil War coming, make no bones about it ! Michael in communist occupied Pennsylvania also. Ret US Army-Militia
Civil War coming, make no bones about it ! Michael in c occupied Pennsylvania also. Ret US Army-Militia
Since the mayor’s decision was political then she must be fired today.
To use a quote from the horse’s ahhh, mouth: It’s fake news.
I am not a Trump supporter. But firing the Police Chief because something his wife said had nothing to do with him or the job he was doing. This mayor is no real liberal but a narrow minded radical leftist who is no better than President Trump.
To Kurt, —Or Biden, or Pelosi, or Schumer, or Ladler. Or Schiff, or——
Sue the hell outta this communist mayor.
Good!!
And speaking of communist!!
How about that stupid GD commie Donnie and Moscow Mitch?
Speaking of idiots!!
How about Jim who is still stuck on stupid with the Russia nonsense even though we have more evidence than we need to show it was Hillary and the democrats who colluded with Russian spies….
Who are Donnie and Moscow Mitch?
Jim, you are making a mighty big statement here. As far as I can tell, neither Mitch McConnell nor President Trump have any connection at all to Russia. But, it always seems to come up with the left for some reason. Please, Jim, take a deep breath, calm yourself and give us all of the evidence and facts that you know to be true regarding your statement. Facts. Truth. Proof that they are actually connected to Russia. Otherwise, we will all know that you are nothing but a hating, angry, delusional, lying liberal who has lived these past four years in a bunker somewhere tuned in to CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, and ABC as they pumped out sewage, raw sewage every second of every day about Russia to only be proven – YES PROVEN BY FACTS AND TRUTH – that is was your party that colluded with Russian. Hillary put together a plan to work up a scheme to link Trump to Russia. Clapper, Brennan, James Comey, Sally Yates and Joe Biden were all made aware at a meeting with Obama. That is where it began and that is where it ends. Your lying, law breaking, traitorous bunch of losers are guilty. If you stop believing the lies fed to you by your lamestream media networks and do some real searching for yourself, you will find this out. But, don’t believe me, just look it up. Then you may have some hope left.
Well put Gary! State the facts, Demos can’t state them–or believe them.
The conclusions of this article are based entirely on hearsay and conjecture. Where can one find honest journalism and reporting anymore?!
It is NOT hearsay or conjecture, I know, I live in Lancaster, Pa
Poor Daniel is a liberal. He believes nothing unless it is told to him by a liberal liar. Things such as this have no meaning to him because he has not experienced an act of this sort against him for simply being a liberal. Maybe one day, he will lose his job because his is a Biden lover. Then maybe he will be more logical instead of such an airheaded, delusional liberal.
While the intelligence level of Dumicrats who support open borders, Free college, Free medical care, the squad’s green agenda,
amnesty and citizenship for 11 million aliens,, Antifa, BLM and illegal rioting, no prisons, higher taxes. defunding police, et al ad nauseum is highly questionable, this mayor has to be one of the most narrow minded, dumb people in Pennsylvania!!!!
All these leftist liberal demorats are all the same and all need to be removed… They are tearing down America.
Sue the Commie Rat Pig bitch!!!
It’s obvious this Mayor just like most Democrats doesn’t care about The Rule of Law, Due Process and/or Labor Laws. Once again it’s the normal prejudice of a radical Democrat against free speech and The First Amendment when it doesn’t “fit” the Propaganda state of the Left and it’s Fake News, manipulation of history and vocabulary, dismantling of civilization and segregation of groups to drive Racism and the Race Card. So, let’s use their reasoning: Trump should praise this Mayor and say she is good and that should then be valid grounds for her to be removed, prosecuted, jailed and denied any retirement benefits.
The mayor is not only a moron, but she is in for a very large lawsuit!
To be a Trump supporter has somehow become a danger and an embarrassment to idiots like Mayor Sorace. She doesn’t have authority to fire someone simply on their political views. That is communism/marxism at its best. I hope she gets sued for all that she has and that folks in this city will vote her out of office. She is clearly a partisan hack who lacks good judgement and a whole lot of bigotry and hate.
Somebody ought to fire that Idiot Mayor.
This is the delusional democrats way . They can’t stand anyone not thinking like they do . This is what the delusional democrats think will help them with the elections . Shows just how retarded they really are . But then it helps trump more then even he could do . Once again the delusional democrats get away with their corruption in our country . The chife will need the benefits so he keeps his mouth shut . I do hope a big law suit comes out if this against the delusional democrats mayors office and the city of Lancaster . Only go’s to show , it’s not just the west side of our country That’s retarded . It’s right here in our neighborhood . The mayor needs to be fired for her corruption . Sue the hell out of her and the city of Lancaster for letting her act so damn retarded cause her pussy hurts over trump . Just who the hell does she think she is by forcing her will on others . This is what’s wrong with the dumb ass snowflakes that vote these retards in to office
These people i mean these democrats are mentally and socially disturbed. From day one pampers couldn’t produce enough diapers for these cry baby democrats. They all dumped in their pants and continue to do so since Trump won the election and I add ” fair & square”!!!. If Pig face Hilary would have run her campaign correctly and showed up in the states she didnt but instead opened that fat trap sewer mouth of hers calling those people names she might have and probably would have won the election. Thank god she didnt. However who in their right mind would’ve known how low the Dems would go?? They being the Democratic party have shown the entire world what they will do to get the power. So to my republican buddies i suggest very strongly that you buckle up!!! If you think what you just went through these past 4 years i might say to myself you ain’t seen nothing yet!! I put absolutely nothing nada NOTHING past these lowlife degenerates!! They are frothing from their mouths like a pack of wolves whom have rabies. Dont fool yourselves. Dont underestimate these lowlifes. They are disgusting and will do anything if not everything to anyone whom is a republican and gets in the way. Be prepared to fight for your life and to get low. Republicans historically have been soft. It’s now time to for them to develop some balls and fight fire with fire!! The time is NOW!!