South Carolina mayor fires town’s first openly gay police chief, says being gay is a “questionable”
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Source: Salon
South Carolina mayor fires town’s first openly gay police chief, says being gay is a “questionable lifestyle”
Residents of a small South Carolina town are raising questions about the sudden firing of an openly gay official
KATIE MCDONOUGH
Residents of Latta, S.C., are raising questions about the sudden firing of the town’s first female and openly gay police chief.
Latta Mayor Earl Bullard fired Police Chief Crystal Moore after giving her seven reprimands in a single day, which a member of the city council says is more reprimands than Crystal received during her 20 years with the police department. ”I looked at the reasons, some of them are questionable,” Brian Mason, a Latta council member, told WBTW.
According to WBTW, the reprimands include running “unauthorized” background checks, “questioning authority of supervisor,” “questioning authority of mayor,” “failure to maintain order” and “contacting the news media.”
Some on the council believe Bullard fired Moore after she began an investigation into one of his appointees, but others believe he was motivated by anti-LGBTQ sentiment, a claim they say is supported by a recorded conversation in which Bullard says he “doesn’t agree with some lifestyles.”
Councilman Jared Taylor recorded the conversation:
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