Gay man called police for help; responding officer called him a "fuc*ing fa**ot"
A police officer in Bartow, Florida has “resigned” after he admitted to calling a gay man who’d called for assistance a “fuc*ing fa**ot.”
Interim Chief Bryan Dorman stated he would have fired Officer Timothy Daughtry had he not stepped down from his position, reports The Ledger.
Daughtry was responding to a call from Tyron Smith, the program manager of the George Harris Youth Shelter. A 12-year-old boy with a “history of unruly behavior” had pulled the fire alarm at the shelter when there was no fire, a first-degree misdemeanor, and administrators wanted him to face consequences.
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“That made me upset,” Daughtry said during the followup interview. “I said, well that’s f—–g bullshit, you know. I said shut the f–k up. At that point, Sarge told me to be quiet and to walk away — to get in the car. And as I was walking away, I said, ‘F—–g f—–t’ and then I got in my vehicle.”
Daughty defended his use of the slur as “just a term that I’ve used growing up, throughout life. It’s no different than if I was to say ‘Well that’s gay.’ It’s not, it’s just a term for disdainment, for a particular situation.”
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Gee the defense of "it's not really homophobic, just a slam on someone", I could swear I have seen that "defense" somewhere. Hmmm... 
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