Staff Members Pissed After Seeing Netflix Series…
After When They See Us released on Netflix this past weekend, staff members at Safe Horizon were reportedly beyond pissed that Fairstein was on the board:
Via TMZ– Sources at Safe Horizon…tell us its staffers are incensed the former prosecutor’s been allowed to remain on the board for so long, considering her checkered past. We’re told the animosity began when the CEO held a meeting on May 21 where nearly 100 directors were informed about the Netflix drama and Fairstein’s connection to it.
We’re told some staffers didn’t even know Fairstein was on the board of directors, and when they found out tempers quickly flared. Many questioned why she was allowed on the board of an organization that mostly serves minorities.
Staffers Demand Fairstein’s Dismissal, Or Else…
According to TMZ, Safe Horizon staffers ‘accused Fairstein of racism and demanded her immediate dismissal,’ but the CEO seemingly tried to buy himself some time, by asking the staffers ‘for time to evaluate.’
Peepin’ the CEO’s possible hesitation, one source revealed that the staff were already prepared to take ‘legal action’ to get Fairstein axed from the organization, if the CEO was unwilling to do so.
https://youtu.be/u3F9n_smGWY
Hours Later, Linda Fairstein Resigns & Blames Public
It only took a few hours for Linda Fairstein to apparently be given the option to resign immediately, which she has now done…but not without trying to save face…
In a lengthy resignation letter, reported by The New York Times, Linda called the thousands of people slamming her biased actions in the Central Park Five case, ‘foolish bullies’
She also claims that the When They See Us series “depicts me, in a fictionalized version of events, in a grossly and maliciously inaccurate manner.”
Via NYT: “I do not want to become a lightning rod to inflict damage on this organization, because of those now attacking my record of fighting for social justice for more than 45 years,” Fairstein wrote.
Fairstein said she was forced to act due to the “mob-mentality reaction” to the Netflix series, which led to a #CancelLindaFairstein movement on social media that included pledges to withhold donations to Safe Horizon.
“Each of these organizations does great work,” she said. “It’s so foolish of the bullies to punish the charities. Totally pig-headed and stupid.”
Hmmm…thoughts ILOSM fam?’
