To ‘haters,’ outgoing D.C. police chief says: ‘F you. … I forgive you.’

Days after successive scathing reports eviscerated Chief Pamela A. Smith’s leadership style, she addressed a crowd gathered at D.C. police headquarters on Friday in an exit speech that offered a rare public glimpse of the “pistol-packin’ preacher” she called herself when she stepped in to lead the department in 2023.