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Gay Police Officer Reinstated After Settlement

Andre Cooley, a sheriff's deputy in Mississippi who was fired after his supervisors discovered he was gay, will be reinstated following settlement of an antigay discrimination lawsuit out of court. In his lawsuit, Cooley said that he was listed as the victim when he called 911 from home last year in response to violence from his boyfriend. He alleged that after his chief officer learned he was gay, he told him not to report to work before speaking with his direct supervisor, and that he was fired the next day. Cooley will be reinstated as a deputy corrections officer. The department also will change its non-discrimination policy to explicitly forbid antigay discrimination. Click here to read more.
 
 



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