Democrats let down majority black NY city as police bigwig accused of joining son in gang drive-by: critics
By: Steven Vago (New York Post)
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Critics blasted Democrats for "embarrassing" a majority-black Westchester County city after a police bigwig was arrested for joining her gangbanger son on a drive-by shooting in the Bronx.
Locals said Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard has left the residents of Mount Vernon with more questions than answers after the Democratic leader blamed Deputy Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard's hiring on deceased former Commissioner Glenn Scott — and countrywide police reforms following George Floyd's killing.
Now one fiery law enforcement activist and others are calling for a formal probe.
Lackard, 49, a sorority sister of Patterson-Howard, was hired by her for the high-up position in 2020 when she had zero police experience, an ex-con hubby and a troubled son in a Bronx street gang.
"This should be an opportunity to demonstrate what professional Black leadership, accountable government and effective community-based policing can look like," Damon K. Jones, a representative for Blacks in Law Enforcement of America, railed in a press release.
"Instead, the failures coming from City Hall and police leadership have repeatedly embarrassed the department and overshadowed the work of the many dedicated officers who continue to serve the community professionally."
Locals blasted the mayor, who sources told The Post may have been urged to hire Lackard by Democratic powerbroker Rev. Franklyn Richardson of Grace Baptist Church, where they both attended services.
"It's favoritism," charged CB Griffin, 54, a Mount Vernon grocer. "You'll probably find a lot of that in this city government."
Mount Vernon, a city of 72,000 people and a known Democratic stronghold, is no stranger to controversy.
The arrest is the latest stain on the troubled city, which has seen two sitting mayors arrested while in office and multiple police department controversies.
The mayors — Ernie Davis and Richard Thomas — left office after being charged with federal tax evasion and state grand larceny charges.
Thomas, who has blamed his charges on politics, called for President Trump to open up a probe in the beleaguered city.
"Letting the rigged Mt. Vernon machine operate above the law is like ignoring Iran building nuclear weapons," he said in a statement.
"The simple truth is, at this point, only President Trump has the power to stop terrorism abroad and restore liberty right here at home, especially in Mt. Vernon."
The calls for probes come after Lackard was busted by the NYPD for allegedly driving the getaway car for her son and reputed "Slutty Gang" member Chase Lackard, 20, as he tried to gun down a rival or rivals outside a Bronx courthouse earlier this summer.
The now fired deputy commissioner has been charged with attempted murder for the June 29 shooting.
Her husband, James Lackard, an ex-convict who spent nearly a decade behind bars for dealing heroin, was also arrested a few days later.
The family orchestrated the shooting, with the doting mom even texting the son instructions, according to a shocking indictment.
"You can't just sit directly outside," she allegedly texted her son while he waited for rivals outside the courthouse.
"It has to be timed right."
Law enforcement activist Jones, who is also publisher of the Mount Vernon-centric newspaper Black Westchester, also said the mayor failed in her leadership and lied when blaming Scott, who died in 2024, for Lackard's hiring.
"Glenn Scott would never have recommended placing an individual with no policing background or police experience into the position of Deputy Police Commissioner," he said.
"Mount Vernon deserves leadership that accepts responsibility — not leadership that rewrites history."
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You just can't make this shit up.
This is just another example of Republicans desperation. Here we have a NY Post who lives off feeding Trump trolls their diet of bullshit and just plain weird accusations against Democrats like this one. What's hilarious is that if you read the article you'll notice they give you exactly ZERO fucking details about the supposed "drive-by-shooting" and the author says things like " the high-up position" which is frankly just horrid grammar.
Also, you'll notice something hidden in there that the Trump crowd must have missed:
So, a former Mayor who was arrested for tax evasion and grand larceny is clearly a Trump supporter claiming its the Democrats who should be investigated, not him and the criminal Trump supporters. Just more fucking dumb shit losers, and you're right, you just can't make this shit up, but it's hilarious to watch conservatives try and spin this shit in their favor and paint all Democrats as violent gangbangers.
a former Mayor who was arrested for tax evasion and grand larceny is clearly a Trump supporter claiming its the Democrats who should be investigated
lol, perfect.
Former Mayor Richard Thomas, the one I mention, seems to be the Trump supporter, but okay, you do your dance and deflect like conservatives like to do.
Whats the problem? That is a key plus factor if you are looking for a job with Trump.
Kamala Harris won every single precinct in mount vernon with over 70% of the vote in each one and more than 85% in many. Davis campaigns with bowman, the race communist
bur sure, mount Vernon elects “trump supporters”, again, it is funny you equate exposing corruption by democrats as being a trump supporter. No democrat would expose blatant corruption of another democrat. That’s not how organized crime families work, right?
you do your dance and deflect like conser
lol. Imagine accusing others of that after what you posted in this seed.
Yet again, democrats play the “we are just like trump, who is the worst American in history” card.
the own goal they score again and again and again…..
I must have missed all the posts in the past 10 years where you castigated Trump for picking people with no experience for important positions.
How many posts did you miss where I said Trump governs like a Democrat and that's why they hate him so much?
A democrat driving her kid in the commission of a crime is "Republicans desperation". How stupid does one have to be to make THAT connection?
You replied to the 1st comment on the article. It wasn't missed and is not the gotcha you think it is.
Conservatives would know, they elected one into the white house twice now.
I know this won't sink in and is a waste of time, but you do realize how utterly dishonest this entire seed is right? Do you not see it? From the very headline using "Police Bigwig" you should understand that this isn't going to be a very intelligent or factual story. They then make all sorts of claims based on a single arrest that they give almost no details of but here are the take aways for the poorly educated dumb fucks with no reading comprehension:
Mt Vernon is "a known Democratic stronghold" and even though there was just one arrest with no details of what this woman was actually arrested for, she is apparently definitely guilty of being black, Democrat, a mother of an apparent card-carrying "gangbanger" and the wife of an ex-con. These are the details that this tired bullshit rhetorical piece of crap masquerading as journalism wants the dumb fuck believers to latch onto as if they have some sort of significance. And for the dumb fucks, perhaps they do and give meaning to their useless moron lives they spend feasting on their putrid racist confirmation bias.
I wonder how conservatives feel about voting for an ex-con as most did in 2024. Pretty funny that they throw that out as an insult when they want to denigrate black Americans but somehow find it not a problem when voting for President. Fucking hypocrites. But back to the article, yeah, it's complete horse shit rhetorical nonsense of cobbled together disparate facts lacking any detail because if the details were included it wouldn't say what they want it to say.
She was arrested for being the getaway driver when her son shot another gang banger. How did you miss this?
Are your expectations of democrats that low that you think it's not worth talking about? Wow.
DEI hire
You mean like deflect to Trump on a seed that has zero to do with Trump?
This seed is the deflection. This "story" (honestly hate to even call it that) is nothing but an irrelevant, tired, racist confirmation bias piece crafted into a political attack ad by partisan hacks. But you know that already so why do I even bother.
A high ranking police official being the getaway driver for shooting committed by her gang banger son isn’t a story…
lol. Can’t make this up.
All of them?
Trump had zero political experience. . . and look at him then and now. Just look! (Of course, you do not care about your 'tribe' being ignorant, inexperienced, self-aggrandizing, aggressive jerks!
It isn't? So, who decided that her son was a "gangbanger"? Did he self-identify? Is there some award handed out for that? That wasn't just a label handed out by some racist lame excuse for a journalist? What the fuck, you seriously don't see that? I'm not even going to bother explaining it to you because I can see it's not getting through.
Those notorious racists in the Bronx district attorney's office who indicted him for trying to shoot rival gang members.
Keep digging your hole deeper...
All kinds of assumptions and accusations being thrown out without a lick of actual evidence to back them up, but I'm the one digging a hole. You do know that people aren't guilty until proven innocent, right? Why do I even bother.
So now that means something?
It's absolutely comical...
Even if that were true (it's not), you still brought Trump into something that had zero to do with Trump.
I think those on the left should come out and say it in public "we have absolutely nothing to run on in 26 or 28 except "Orange man bad"".
Such a winning strategy s/
It always has which is why I refer to Donald Trump as an 'accused pedophile' instead of just calling him a 'child rapist'. But then I have far more credibility as an anonymous commentor than the dishonest rightwing rag NY Post. But please don't let facts get in the way of a chance to wear the favorite linens and a good cross burning, we all know it's a cherished pastime for many rightwing conservative Trump supporters.
Hilarious how they make up shit off the tops of their heads about Trump because it sounds good to them, however, when we point out that Biden is an actual pedo by taking showers with his preteen daughter, they all ignore it or say it is no big deal.
Is the "Orange-man" bad or not? Tell us your thoughts on this question. Please proceed. . . and when you do tell us about how affordable life is for Trump supporters right now. Oh and how about the 'ton' of money and wealth Trump creates for "supporters". . .that you are obligated to spend just to keep up. (It's okay, at least, you "supporters" have those "culture wars" to win).
Fact: Trump is an accused pedophile.
Fact: Trump is a convicted felon.
Fact: Trump was found responsible for the sexual assault of E. Jean Carol.
What exactly is unfounded about Trump being an accused pedophile? He was also accused by two dozen other women of sexual assault and said on tape that he doesn't "even wait" and likes to just "grab 'em by the pussy", and said he'd be dating his daughter if he wasn't her father. So, it's not hard to understand why Trump is also an accused pedophile, the man is a disgusting sick pervert. But I guess that's what his slimy pedophile protecting sycophants like, a President willing to get his tiny hand dirty doing the hard work of putting women back where rightwing conservative Christians believe they should be.
Cool story. Not get back on topic.
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You claimed Trump being an accused pedophile was "unfounded". I presented the foundation, but you just want to move on and ignore the fact that your bogus claim was exposed and pretend I'm off topic. Cool.
Jeremy, you've allowed comments about Trump to stand for 2 days now. It is too late to ticket such comments as off-topic - sandy
I think that may be the best description of Trump I've ever read.
You should expand your reading material.
That comment trips over its own creativity.
Why?
There has never been any PotUS like Trump; not even close (and in a very bad sense). Why would you think he governs like a D (and, by the way, like an R)?
Lackard, 49, a sorority sister of Patterson-Howard, was hired by her for the high-up position in 2020 when she had zero police experience, an ex-con hubby and a troubled son in a Bronx street gang.
rewarding completely unqualified allies with taxpayer money is how the Democratic Party functions. Being actually qualified or good at a job is not a factor whatsoever
“Being actually qualified or good at a job is not a factor whatsoever.”
And it is seemingly a prerequisite to be considered for a cabinet position.
Almost like she was a DEI selection, like Kamala.
Relax. It’s not like she’s some known heroin addict hired into the highest public health position in the country.
Did it say what she was hired for?
According to my editorial assistant:
Oh please, don't burst their "inexperienced DEI hire" bubble.
Wellness - Health and Justice Community Briefing | Mount Vernon, NY
Just because someone has the title Deputy Police Commissioner doesn't mean they are a weapon carrying LEO.
I appreciate the view into the bubble. As the Democrats in Mount Vernon are horrified by what happened and are blaming each other for hiring her, the progressives here are defending the hiring of a woman who drove a getaway car to a gang hit to a position of leadership in the police department. .
Perfect.
I am not a "progressive" per se. I vote democratic party, because the GOP sucks 'bigly.' I want good things for this country. As for this 'reporting,' my comment at 3 speaks to the issue appropriately and accordingly. "MAGA supporters, on the other-hand, seem desperate to categorize people >here< to ease MAGA supporter consciences about the pitiful state the GOP is in when 'eating' Trump's "balls." Let's just be clear, there is an easier way of easing the consciences. . . stop 'eating.'
Black people are no more a monolith than any other grouping of people. See a sampling of blacks that y'all like to have around y'all: Shermichael Singleton, Clarence Thomas, and Tim Scott for starters. Therefore, you can not persuade us to feel bad by 'pimping out' the actions of some that 'whore' themselves to evil, violence, and corruption.
Case in point: MAGA supporters are BIG on individualism and 'every' metaphorical chair supporting itself. . . until well, not! Be consistent and stick to it!
What are you talking about? A political appointee in the police department was the getaway driver in an attempted gang hit. The idea that it’s not a story or shouldn’t be discussed, because shes black, which is the reaction of many progressives, is actually racist.
And you don’t need to tell me black peoples are diverse. You should save that for those white peoples here who call blacks “uncle toms” for disagreeing with them or not “real blacks” because they don’t parrot white progressives.
If what you are sharing is true. . .then, she should be brought up on sufficient charges. HOWEVER, you do not get to BASH ME or others >here<.
I have been and continue to be too busy to research your reporting. So why am I responding? I am responding to your slights against me and others here which you try to let 'slide'—not happening. You do not get to free pass to label me-specifically with a broad brush. No. Way. 'Hosé.'
I provided you my POV at 3 (below). It is clear statement of my worldview. My advice to you is to receive it.
As for black people, let's just say we are more DIVERSE than MAGA supporters to the naked eye care to demonstrate or permit its members. How's that?!
Where do you see people defending her?
She's the wellness instructor for the community, her police title is to reinforce police outreach to the community.
She is not a law officer.
She is another official stupid enough to blow a good job, who happens to be black and feeds the MAGA brotherhood of DEI victims.
After over 200 years of white cronyism, it's amusing to see the gaslighting when non whites are accused.
If these people were white she would just lose her job and it might not even make the evening local news.
I appreciate the view into your bubble.
The entire thread is full of progressive deflections, the hackneyed cries of racism, assaults on the English language (how dare you call someone who tried to shoot kill rival gang members a gang banger!), asinine attempts to downplay the insanity of a politically appointed leader of the police department being involved in a gang shooting as not noteworthy because of her role within the police department etc..
How can you possibly miss it?
After over 200 years of white cronyism, it's amusing to see the gaslighting when non whites are accused.
A weird attempt to racialize this. Why would "white cronyism" make this acceptable to you? How is that even relevant? Is there any crime by a black person you won't dismiss because a white person may have done something similar? The compulsive need to make everything about things white people have done in the past is so odd.
ese people were white she would just lose her job and it might not even make the evening local news.
Lol. You have such a vivid imagination.
You keep repeating that in your head until bedtime.
I gave you a link, she is a civilian with a fancy title attached to the PoPo. Not one photo of her in a police uniform or leading the troops.
History. White people have behaved badly since they began to recognize time.
I won't set my hair on fire because the "non whites" are assimilated and behaving just as bady.
Have a good night.
The WHOLE thread? The WHOLE THREAD?! Deflection, really?!!! Did you read 3 and 6 while going on the shi--y highway to misstating the "thread"?! Some people got no business being allowed to. . . .
Third time is the charm: A mother will do. . .a great many things for her child/ren. . . and taking him 'round' to a gang party/fight/shooting ain't one of them. Let alone, putting her well-paying job. . . which she 'founded' to begin with-so it meant something to her. . .on the line for such bullsh-t.
She has acted irresponsibly. The 'saving grace'. . . she is not US. She represents something alright and that is stupid mother "protectionism" and for that she will pay the appropriate consequences. . . in a court of law and absent a connection to the city and state. Possible jail/prison time. Now she will be held accountable for her misjudgement.
No, but that is what you would like everyone to think because IMO you hate progressives and Liberals and Democrats. Who, specifically, among “the progressives here” defended hiring Jennifer Lackard?
After reading the indictment , I do not see that much to point towards the supposition of her specific foreknowledge of the criminal intent of the son. After her son started shooting, they necessarily knew that a serious crime had occurred. What they did afterward may be evidence of assisting him, but it does not by itself establish what either parent knew before the shooting began. It is interesting to note that she did not drive the car until after the father had driven away from the scene. So we will have to wait until the courts and lawyers have had their say.
She was hired in July, 2020. The crime she is alleged to have participated in occurred in June, 2026. I suppose that you would then attribute her hiring to DEI and say that therefore proves why DEI hiring is bad. The reasoning under that is flawed fundamentally (several non sequiturs need evidentiary support), but it sounds like something that you would no doubt profess.
I would like to shine a different light on the subject of her hiring, though. Much hay has been made and quite a few strawman arguments have been built to avoid answering the question:
What did Mount Vernon know about Jennifer Lackard in July 2020 that should have prevented her hiring, and what evidence shows that DEI caused them to disregard it?
Because that is the underlying argument that this article is making. Here, I will spell it out for you: Your main contention and the reason for this article being written and foisted upon the public is this: DEI hires are bad. Just look at this DEI hire and it shows DEI hires are bad.
Too bad the article cannot establish the premise it needs in order to prove what it sets out to.
Like I've said, they don't care about the facts, they care about the optics. They don't give a crap about some deputy police commissioner in some small city they've never been to. And frankly, they're having to reach deep to make this a "Democratic party" thing, but they do their best to build the most believable "racist DEI hire black Democrat gangbanger" straw man they can before circling it and stabbing it with their pitchforks. No one with more than half a brain believes their stupid anecdotal shit, but that still leaves them a wide audience of rightwing conservatives.
What MAGA is doing is striking at new startup programs instituted by blacks and others for the community. It's striving to find varied ways to talk about race WITHOUT mentioning race (e.g., welfare, DEI hiring, economics, etceteras) as the effects of ending the 'startups' will result in a minority group NOT advancing and becoming competitive for conservatives. Al the while, conservatives pull people off a set at FOX NEWS and give them jobs in government when clearly they have no intention of following anything other than Trump's dickish whims: Qualification needed: Love Trump's dickish whims.
Is Trump vetting ICE agents. . .reporting is MIXED! Why is it mixed? Because the only qualification needed is being a muscle-bound, hulking, 'Dick' to the public and get good video (that can be shown to Trump) of what 'dickish' conduct you performed on behalf of a dickish president.
And it will only get worse in 2027-2028. . .if congress does not change majority in 2026! Bet!
Exactly. Ms. Lackard in my 3.1.1 served a vital community function (2022). . . for years apparently until this incident. She even began the community program that still operates several years later in the city. This is nothing more than MAGA supporters taking her misfortune (and selfish stupidity to lose her job and respect) to criticize and point fingers at liberals as a whole heading into election 2026 midterms.
We can expect more stories like this. Of course, some blacks and minorities will supply the fodder needed and so it will be up to mature-minded voters to make proper judgement of what is real and what is imagined in such a election 'climate.' Sh-t is about to get 'thick'!
Ms. Lackard failed herself and her community. Case in point. When she realized what happened, what she was involved in to any degree where violence took place. . . as a commissioner it was her responsibility to come FORWARD and surrender herself. . . not wait to be found out and taken into custody. She was obligated to 'report' herself! It seems she did not do that.
She deserves no sympathy for that failure.
If the city has the 'receipts' (evidence) for what the article states. . . GO FOR IT! As we all can see no group of people are completely free of those suffering from bad influences, criminal malfeasance, and corruption. If all is as stated let them be TAUGHT the consequences of their actions or lack thereof (according to the law), in my opinion.
“As we all can see no group of people are completely free of those suffering from bad influences, criminal malfeasance, and corruption.”
Too true It is when some seize upon the anecdotal to condemn an entire segment of a population that they have obvious distrust and disregard, and thus the dismissive commentary. Painting with a broad brush and more often than not, right into a corner.
This commissioner failed herself, her commission, her work, and her family (father, mother, son are all up for charges). Shame on them.
Remember shame? Remember shame, MAGA? Well, she is being held accountable—who has MAGA supporters SHAMED lately?!
" Deputy Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard was arrested for joining her gangbanger son on a drive-by shooting."
But then complain the patrol; officers are not properly trained
We had the same problem in MA. The mayor of Boston had a bunch of DEI hires embarrass her. The bother of the states AG Andrea Campbell was just convicted of rape and sentenced to life in prison this past June.
"A series of high-profile arrests and scandals involving Boston city employees have sparked calls for immediate reforms to Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu’s hiring practices, the Boston Herald reports.
The Boston City Council on Wednesday advanced an emergency order and will hold a hearing on reforming the city’s hiring practices. Recent incidents — including the hiring of a sex offender in the parks department and a violent altercation involving a city employee and a state trooper — have raised questions about the city’s background check procedures, according to the Boston Herald ."
Boston Mayor Wu under fire over city employee crime wave, multiple arrests - The Daily Bo Snerdley
Exactly what was that problem? I don't think you want to get in a tit for tat comparison about Republicans versus Dems behaving badly or being convicted while in office.
How exactly does that affect the choice of Campbell for AG in 2023 or the city of Boston. Mayor Wu (2021) didn't pick Campbell, Campbell was elected.
Or is this the race card again?
A tragic tale indeed. She, husband, and child get what they deserve. . . go through the justice system and face "the Piper." She is not representative of anyone in this instance besides herself and her own 'shortcoming.' (She let her son make a fool out of her in public!) Now we wait to learn the outcome of her 'day in court.'
Since the usual suspects have derailed this...