Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley Wednesday filed a legal claim against the city and Mayor Karen Bass for defamation, retaliation and negligence, alleging she was the victim of a pattern of “dishonesty, scapegoating and unlawful retaliation” that resulted in her firing in the wake of the January wildfires.

The claim alleges that the 25-year career of a public servant was destroyed not because of any failure in Crowley’s duties, but because she told the truth.

“The citizens of Los Angeles deserve to know the truth about how under-resourced the LAFD has become and how that came to be,” said Crowley’s attorney, Genie Harrison. “Kristin Crowley has put herself on the line yet again, this time to give the citizens of Los Angeles and its firefighters the truth — and the power to cr

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