Community members speak out about Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - Community members and elected officials met Friday in downtown Rochester to discuss Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley’s April 22 encounter with Webster police.
“You showed us that the blue line they all so adamantly and vehemently speak of and execute their power under, isn't real when it comes to them,” one of the panelists at Friday’s town hall said.
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[@FreeAgent7111]

32 years in her position and after everything that came out of her mouth... she deserves a 2nd chance? No!

[@Jade_902]

No second chance. Abuse of power. She *only* apologized because she *had* too.

[@ThomasNguyen-qw6ro]

did she give the people she prosecuted a second chance? she need to go to jail

[@ramrod0209]

Entitled D.A.: "I am *so* *so* sorry! ... ([{ THAT I GOT CAUGHT }])

[@HungVu-vs3dv]

Hell no

[@mycowboyways915]

Average Joe wouldn't get a second chance. He would be handcuffed and taken to jail. She was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. 100%.

[@purselmer5931]

I'm a Republican and she needs to go. Corruption is corruption. Period.

[@78tag]

To that little weasel of a Republican : CAN YOU SPELL RINO ??

[@keepingitreal618]

Absolutely one set of rules for her ….no. The way she treated that police officer absolutely disgraceful. If that had been someone else they would have been hand cuffed and on the ground. The only reason that didn’t happen was because of her position.

[@topangus123]

What does being a republican have to do with anything?

[@artdeco64]

I agree. However, I’ll tell you this, if she was a democrat - which she originally was, she changed parties to get (look it up) elected - the media would not bring it up.

[@joleannavaira5990]

Her attitude said everything about her character,mainly that she is lacking any

[@cottoncandisandi6109]

She now has zero , zero , zero , credibility . Time to resign . Democrat or Republican .

[@Fat12219]

She will arrest herself 😂

[@karolwestbrook5362]

Our,holy bible tells us to forgive - to be forgiven. Amen❤

[@zen1647]

​@@karolwestbrook5362She hasn't resigned yet. So even if we forgive her she is likely to do it again and we should prevent that. Forgiving her means not holding a grudge against her in whatever new position she gets.

[@montybrown5410]

@@karolwestbrook5362 This isn't a spiritual matter, it's a matter of secular law - and it's equal treatment of all offenders. You and god may forgive her her sins, but society at large needs her held accountable.

[@kbennett531]

She should have been arrested like we would have been

[@croiners4166]

Thank you ❤

[@bunjijumper5345]

Police are the most corrupt of all. By them doing nothing it speaks volumes. The reality is if it were a black dude, you think he would have gotten away with it? Do people understand why black folk get upset now?

[@jamesbowerify]

And charged with failure to stop 🛑

[@HungVu-vs3dv]

Well said

[@user-bb9vo9pp2k]

Absolutely

[@Asidebar]

If she had any honor, any integrity, any decency she would have already resigned! She deserves no second chance!

[@averteddisasterbarely2339]

She has none of those traits , Yet she's still there ! Accountability is for us mere mortals

[@firemarshal17]

She’s right. No one is above the law. She needs to be charged with ALL the offenses she committed. Fleeing, alluding, speeding, resisting, interfering with law enforcement.

[@lynnf7542]

U or I would have been ripped out of our vehicle tazed cuffed and stuffed and put behind bars... NO 2ND CHANCES NO EXCUSES!!!!

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

She obviously has changed her mind on that. Isn't there a Code of Conduct people in her position have to sign when taking office?

[@lindak7499]

I agree and IF they are wanting to "give her a second chance" then add the charges to her driving record AND place a reprimand letter in her personnel file.

[@sosoc2616]

And then let someone else prosecute it.

[@bunjijumper5345]

That was the polices decision, not hers. The police are the ones who show that the law is only for poor people. We all know if a black dude took off like this, he would have been tased and shot.

[@kiza4178]

No one will be comfortable in a court room with her, double standards.

[@bunjijumper5345]

The police made the decision to let her go and not hog tie her as they would have done to anyone else especially a black man. People should be furious with the police.

[@tomsanders5584]

@@bunjijumper5345 Facts.

[@roberthurley6860]

Just the fact that she has not had the decency to resign on her own tells us just how self entitled she really thinks she is.

[@jdbaes]

Bingo.

[@texasranchadventures]

She continues to lie. Hold her accountable.

[@paulready8897]

Why has the DA not been fired yet. She needs to be criminally charged for her behavior.

[@drm2364]

​@Plutogalaxy not entirely true

[@user-df3jq5tr8c]

She should not be allowed to step down. She should be fired

[@orlandoguitarist]

Both DA Sandra Doorley and Chief Dennis Kohlmeier need to go!!! Second chance?!?!? They didn't just become corrupt two weeks ago, it's just the first time they were caught.

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

Agreed!! Tell me one citizen who would be given a second chance be fleeing a police officer? Going 20 miles over the speed limit? The way she spoke to the officers AND trying to sicc the police chief on his oficers? Absolutely not!!

[@Asidebar]

The Chief did nothing improper at all! He received a phone call from her and told her it would be improper for him to interfere. He told his officer it's your stop I will not interfere.

[@robertjolliffe4164]

@@Asidebarhe should ve told officer to arrest her on the spot amd told her to put her hands behind her back

[@orlandoguitarist]

@@Asidebar Have you obtained a recording of the phone call? If not, how do you know what he told Doorley and the officer? It's evident Chief Kohlmeier did interfere and tried to whitewash the incident. Police chiefs shouldn't be having private conversations with district attorneys while on duty. If you don't think this is a clear case of corruption, I don't know what to tell you.

[@dave-d-grunt]

Good point

[@austinlady54]

Ms. Doorley received better treatment by the police officer(s) than most others. Her attitude and words would have had anyone else handcuffed and arrested. So, where's her mugshot? Give her a second chance? Absolutely 'No'! When she smarted off stating she knew the law better than the officer and whined that she had 'a bad day' made my stomach turn. My son-in-law has been a police officer 8 years and I'm all too aware he knows all about bad days and bad nights. She whined how awful it was to deal with multiple homicides. How would she respond to nearly becoming a homicide victim multiple times in one week or living with the knowledge she'd shot someone. Every time he heads out the door for work, he goes through a mental checklist of things he needs to do at home in case he doesn't make it back home. Ms. Doorley's heart is 'two sizes too small' to be DA.

[@joemontano71]

The DAs office *CANNOT* maintain credibility if Dooley is allowed to stay. How will she prosecute speeding??? How will she prosecute evading??? How will she prosecute resisting???

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

She doesnt believe in laws, why would anyone she indicts?

[@Asidebar]

The Governor should appoint another DA from a different circuit to prosecute her and discharge her from her officer without delay.

[@tomjanowski8584]

Will she accept the "I had a bad day" or "I don't care" defense?

[@78tag]

She will continue to follow DA L James and that corrupt governor's lead.

[@78tag]

@@Asidebar You mean another like Latisha James ???? Yea, we know how that will go.

[@robinjohnson9915]

As a Republican I feel she needs to resign! I don't care what party she represents. Her actions are outrageous!

[@user-gu1jk4qn6b]

She should resign. The entitlement was so evident. I don't care how many murders she is prosecuting. If she can't handle it, she needs to step down.

[@Asidebar]

It's her job to prosecute criminals. Using the lame excuse she had a bad day is pitiful.

[@joycewright5386]

First she said she was prosecuting a murder and then she said she prosecutes traffic tickets. Well which is it because if you are in charge of traffic court then you don’t do murders.

[@shanebracht745]

She is a disgrace she must go. We teach our children not to act like she did, and she still believes she deserves her job, and she would put our kid behind bars, for the same, or even less than what she has done. She must GO!!!

[@keithfowler6876]

Both her and the chief need to face accountability! Resign or be terminated from your position ,

[@Inspirationdiaries]

The officer was very brave ❤ The police chief and Doorley must both be fired NOW!!!!

[@Asidebar]

What did the Police Chief do that was improper?

[@Inspirationdiaries]

I wonder 🤔

[@seang.829]

The next steps are the Governor of NY needs to hand down termination paperwork!

[@richardkiltz6370]

She should step down, she committed a felony called fleeing and she's prosecuted others for the same crime!!!

[@just_some_internet_guy]

Yes!

[@42WasTheAnswer]

She acted like she had been drinking alcohol.

[@doompod]

And now we’ll never know because they let her be above the law.

[@user-fi3tl1jj4g]

If she isn’t punished in a very harsh way people won’t have faith in the justice system

[@winst0n888]

Way too late for that.

[@Danny_Lenz]

No one has faith in this banana republic of corrupt liars and crooks

[@debbiesmith5455]

Fire her!!!

[@FranktheDachshund]

And the chief

[@Asidebar]

The Governor should have fired her.

[@at1970]

The black republican guy would have been treated far differently than the DA under the same circumstances.

[@veryhighpower]

She should be FIRED!

[@user-lz1pn8ih8k]

Why wasn't she arrested like anyone else

[@Wisecookies]

She used her position to avoid arrest and charges. why has she not been fired??

[@Pler1978]

She's elected and can't just fire her ...

[@hendricksausges3006]

@@Pler1978 That means there is something wrong with our justice system. These are rules we made up, and if this is the case, the rules don't make a lick of sense.

[@alexl.1898]

Resignation immediately from both!!! The DA needs to go before being disciplined by the BAR Association!

[@prgmr5057]

The chief law enforcement officer in the county didn't think she needed to stop for the police. How can she expect anyone to stop for the police with the example she set?

[@drm2364]

The sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer in my county.

[@jvillegas9339]

How can you trust a person who breaks the law with enforcing the law?

[@catherinethemba]

She's a felon now!! Evading/resisting arrest. Cannot be a DA.

[@just_some_internet_guy]

This woman is not competent and her 'moral compass' is broken. In my opinion, she did as bad a job as possible. Everyone here has named all the laws broken. She failed 'the code of conduct' for an attorney. I am saddened its been this long, and no action taken against her at all. If apology videos are all that's needed to escape prosecution, let's all put ours out there. Then there's no need for her job, as there would be no one to prosecute. Pathetic.

[@austinlady54]

There's a saying - 'when someone shows you who they really are, believe them!'

[@alexanderkutschera149]

Get rid of her

[@JD3917]

I’m a Republican but think she needs to go! I also think the citation should’ve been a criminal one for Failure to Stop for Police along with the Speeding violation.

[@nancybryson5488]

The body cam reveals how DA Doorley views herself in relationship to the Law and to the citizenry. Her every move now as DA will be scrutinized with hostility. She should resign. I hope and genuinely pray that this fiasco is a wakeup call to herself, and that she moves ahead, in some other place and with some other job, and accomplishes good for the world with repentance and an entirely new and improved outlook.

[@your_royal_highness]

She can get a break in another job.

[@CAHOBBES]

Yeah, maybe Wegman's will hire her.

[@stolennimbus]

She has been around long enough as a lawyer and DA to know better. She should resign if she is really sorry and understand what she did was wrong. If not, she needs to be fired.

[@fredcostas1945]

She’s above the law, don’t y’all get it…….

[@scottnowak80]

She showed her true colors!!!!!!

[@stephengreen3566]

Being a DA should involve some small amount of integrity and some small amount of respect for the laws of America. She has shown she is not worthy of the job. ANY other person (citizen) would have been Pitted, pulled out of their car through the window, tased, and arrested. Shame on her for making the justice and legal system look as bad as this.

[@nikkigeocaris3783]

No excuse ever for that type of behavior. We all have very bad days saving lives.

[@jimmydiamond9359]

it would be hypocritical for her to charge anyone doing the same thing that she did

[@jamesglavich1426]

A lot of unanswered questions, was she DWI/DUI, we will never know, no breathalyzer or sobriety test. Will they publish the Chiefs phone #, so the public can call when being stopped by an officer? And what did the Chief tell the officer when she handed her phone to him, we couldn't hear on the body cam? I wonder how many second chances she has actually supported?

[@arneldobumatay3702]

I think this reveals why so many Black citizens showed up at that town meeting. Entitled white woman with a high goverment position gets a pass, while Black citizens get the shaft when pull over by a cop . . . sometimes even death.

[@user-yr7uk4te3k]

No one is above the law?...prove it.

[@paullopez6620]

A second chance does not mean getting away with multiple crimes.

[@sherriec5258]

That "apology" WE ALL KNOW is insincere. 😑

[@austinlady54]

I bet she illegally parks in handicapped parking too.

[@timleelim9930]

​@@austinlady54 😂😅

[@sherriec5258]

@@austinlady54 lol, probably so.

[@danielhostetler9493]

SMH, Sandra Dooley just proved that she is unqualified to administer the law as a prosecutor and that Republicans who is defending her is a pathetic excuse of a human.

[@FranktheDachshund]

She can prove herself contrite and prove herself reformed at her next job.

[@Chim__Richalds]

Get her outta there!

[@badhabit3737]

She should be fired.! She obviously thinks she's above the law. Rules for thee but not for me.

[@leonardhill4440]

She needs to be fired as well as those officers need suspension without pay simply because although nice they need to be held accountable and she wasn’t when he didn’t immediately arrest her on the spot… now will never know if she was intoxicated or high and prescription pills, or if she took stuff into the house and hid it These are all terrible steps and both the DA and the police mistakes were made everywhere and people need to be held accountable. She needs to definitely go.

[@stevenk1833]

Oh, she needs to go. But you have to realize that there can be consequences for the cops because of her position.

[@FranktheDachshund]

I honestly believe she had used cocaine.

[@napoleonhardridge7014]

He still evaded the police and didn't stop, which calls for an arrest. Intoxication doesn't matter at this point.

[@Choppermv17]

​@@stevenk1833 yeah well I guess it's ok to do the wrong thing if u think it will help ur career ppl gives cops the easiest outs every single time Ppl act like cops have no agency or political power or massive unions but they obviously do there not kids

[@duryl]

The cop didn't do anything wrong. She called the Chief of police and it's likely the Chief told the officer to only cite her for speeding and not arrest her. The Chief needs to be held accountable

[@ANHNGUYEN-ee5ov]

If you or I did what she did........handcuffs & jail.

[@larrylundry5384]

she had to get home to take her liquor bottle inside and gargle some listerine real quick. nothing to see here.

[@saleen367]

The fact that she felt she NEEDED to apologize tells you everything you need to know.

[@FatRalphsBoutique]

We should all be able to evade police?

[@CareyHolzman]

Dis-bar her! NOW!

[@ericworl5261]

she needs to resign just to spare the Webster PD the ongoing embarrassment of their actions - I thought they handled the situation OK given the awful predicament she forced down their throats

[@superstarreviews9937]

They didn't handle it ok at all! The officer should have arrested her! And should've never let her go inside her house! He also didn't administer a breathalyzer,to someone who showed signs of impairment! And she called the chief while driving,who basically ordered his officer to handle her with kid gloves! No sir,they didn't handle it at all! The chief needs to go as well!

[@user-di8xb4jz4o]

SHE WAS TILTING THE ELBOW

[@Cattrix999]

Yaaa... I think there is much more to this situation than meets the eye. Like she HAD to get home to stash something BEfore the police made contact.. why else wouldn't she stop.

[@user-di8xb4jz4o]

@@Cattrix999 Look at her eyes

[@Cattrix999]

@@user-di8xb4jz4o Yes, but she has something going on with her eyes anyway. She is wall eyed. her eye don't look straight forward. Each eye seems canted off to the side. Is this a normal misalignment of her eyes or is it drugs or alcohol. Or the way her eyes normally look.. idk. One of my eyes when I am very very tired cants to the right.

[@lesteralexander789]

The da needs to be fired. The cop who did not arrest her and the chief who made sure she didn't get arrested thin Blue line yet super thin very Un-American

[@Rael_486]

I wonder how Marcus C. Williams would have been treated if he failed to stop for the police. 🚔 😒 🙄

[@allentate3760]

I’m a Republican and I think she should be fired.

[@videomaniac108]

You give a second chance to a person who has made a mistake, who sincerely realizes their fault and who feels shame and remorse. Doorley's actions show her innate character as an arrogant self-entitled bully who believes in 'rules for thee but not for me'. This is not a person who is qualified to hold a position of public trust, a person who should serve as a model of professional comportment in the performance of her duties. A person of character and integrity would have already resigned in shame; she will only resign if she is given an ultimatum she can't fight.

[@austinlady54]

Yup, arrogant self-entitled bully defines her well!

[@scottmichaels6854]

I’m sooo sick of the “No one is above the law” bullsh*t! If she wasn’t above the law she would have been charged for fleeing and arrested on the spot. Plus the supervisor wouldn’t have made the initial officer with the bodycam step outside while he had a private meeting with the DA in her garage.

[@RobertBatina]

I almost always advocate for “forgiveness” but this situation isn’t one of those. Her apology can’t be believed because of the sheer amount of time and people she dealt with during the original incident - not ONCE did she acknowledge her actions or back down from her “above the law” way of thinking. She’s been in government for too long for that sorta mentality to disappear overnight. She didn’t “hold herself responsible” she got backed into a corner where an apology is her only (fading) hope.

[@pparks2005]

They really think someone who knowingly endangers the safety of their own community and has no respect for those below her should continue to legally represent that state? Crazy 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@jefflocke8042]

Democrat or republican doesn’t matter if they broke the law charge them

[@Mike-gc9ih]

Rules for thee

[@kirbykrause7866]

An example must be made to help stop this power abuse. Look who is supporting her, GOP, does she think she gets absolute immunity? Remove her, she will not step down.

[@ericworl5261]

she can't argue that she was unaware of the law....a "bad day" is also not a reasonable excuse for felony fleeing

[@joblow4827]

Real leaders do not think the way the da showed herself to be no amount of sorry is going to make that lady be thought of as having a moral standard to be respected after her run from the police

[@leonardschneider1043]

Law & order must prevail!

[@dakotashea3561]

Fuck no!!! As a DA she does not give second chances, shes legally obligated to fulfill a charge!!! Wtf???

[@samstlm]

I fail to see how there needs to be 3 investigations at what I assume will be a hefty price tag....at the taxpayers expense. Seems to me that her actions were pretty far over the line for a second chance. I would guess most of us would be taken to the ground, handcuffed and arrested had we acted like she did. Give her a second chance after she is held accountable!

[@369.0]

You're right!...like everything else these "bureaucrats" do, they are unable to make a real decision...watch them pick around for months on this...then they'll all come out in the news standing around a podium like pathetic "big-shots" and reveal they're decision...that should have already been already made by now...they're a waste, incompetent...

[@doompod]

If they would just right the wrong and treat her like they would’ve every other citizen, this wouldn’t be an issue anymore.

[@denisegriffiths5910]

Does she really think she’s going to get away with this. She should be arrested for evading the law. No second changes

[@NemeanLion-]

This is absolutely hilarious. They are not letting her off the hook lol

[@debbielighthall9671]

She is so pathetic She is trying to say she wanted the police officer to know he was safe!! Bullshit!! She does not get a " second chance" For these people saying that is shameful!! She berated that officer over and over. She intimidated him by calling the chief of police, who did nothing!! Her whole behavior was outrageous, " I AM THE DA" She has made a disgrace of the office she held, she has made mockery of herself. She should have been handcuffed and taken to jail. I have had plenty of bad days, that does not give me the right to go 55 in a 35 mile an hour zone, then refuse to stop, when instructed to do so by a police officer say get out of my fucking drive way to him, throw my weight around, belittle, intimate for 30 minutes!!! I would have been arrested immediately and should be!!! My father was a police officer and got bitched out because he arrested a drunken big wheel. This is corrupt for other officials to defend her!!! Every person she has ever tried who was arrested and charged and sent to jail by her should be filing lawsuits!!! No wonder our country is on fire. This corrupt government is pathetic

[@kennethwozniak3290]

So, now everyone who evades the police and ignores lawful commands can get away with it by saying, "I've had a bad day"? That was her excuse, so it should work for EVERYONE.

[@David53D]

What answers are they seeking other than arresting her for her crimes ?

[@toddswarthout6064]

All of us would have been arrested. It's that simple. In fact they would have been running up in the doorway with their guns out. This is bull.

[@captaindeluxe7328]

INEXCUSABLE . . . Vote her out!

[@donna7873]

I’d love to know who originally found and posted the bodycam evidence.

[@bgm1236]

I believe the police department posted the video

[@led_handymanservicesocalif6432]

The District Judge should be investigated for Judicial Misconduct 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@led_handymanservicesocalif6432]

The DISTRICT JUDGE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT !!! 😮

[@rogersw9]

and she will walk free because of who she is. two tier justice system

[@BlackFemaleAnd50]

Drink at the house, people. Especially if you hold a high profile position. Stuff that happens when you are *DRUNK* cannot be undone. Especially if you are driving.

[@wcisean]

Everyone she has prosecuted for running from the cops and speeding needs to be ,all charges dropped!

[@wandaalabarces5177]

She’s just another entitled Karen.

[@inshallamiami]

Marcus has a funny squeaky voice

[@jamesglavich1426]

Kind of feminine, sure don't fit his picture.

[@debbielighthall9671]

Why wasn't she given a sobriety test, it looks like she took the evidence in her house. A traffic stop is one of the most dangerous thing for an officer to preform, that an domestic He allowed her to go to her car and remove something then take it in her house! No officer is going to allow that. All of this needs to be accounted for, the video does not lie. What needs to be investigated???

[@scottodonnell7121]

Usually when you get stopped, if you make any movement with your hands the cops will taze or shoot you. Hell, she turned her back to him and grabbed stuff and he didn't do shit. I thought his performance was really lame.

[@ark6969]

Many people from other countries are watching it, myself for example, and are curious how it will end up. are you Americans able to deal with such corrupted politicians? normally she should be fired next day after video was released. and why policeman did not perform drug & alkohol test on her?

[@sentforth5]

Controversial? 🙄

[@waynewilliams8554]

@sentforth5. Too well documented!!

[@sentforth5]

exactly@@waynewilliams8554

[@hectorzuleta4114]

I think the police officer was supposed to conduct a sobriety test on her at that moment it has to be a reason why she refused to stop.

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

Rare when a blatant belligerent Malignant Narcissist is openly caught on camera like that....Very Rare.

[@viatranquilla]

The Court of Public Opinion says "Guilty", and "Jail Her.."

[@Rael_486]

Imagine if the police had handcuffed her and hauled her off to jail. 😮

[@robinlawson3426]

Second chance for someone that is held at the highest accountablity. Bullshit

[@patreidy6130]

She is not a young naive lawyer. She has been around the block and knew to call the police chief right away and planned to erase the ticket as soon as she got to work.. she does not deserve her position

[@monicamohan4720]

Her issue is entitlement. Her mask fell off on the day that she did not respect the law. This makes her incapable of doing her job until she gets help for her distorted outlook regarding thinking that some people are better than others - based on her individual criteria.