New York Officer Uses Homophobic Slur Over Police Car Speaker
video shared to Instagram by user @skymilezz on October 26 appears to show an officer in the passenger seat of a marked police car after a voice says “suck my d**k, f****t.”No one else is seen in the video, which is captioned, “What did he just say?!”A post shared by BikeLife (@skymilezz) The video went viral on social media, amassing more than 100,000 likes.It appears to show the police car stopped at a red light at East 106th Street near Lexington Avenue, in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood.
The NYPD now says it is conducting an “internal review” of the incident.“The Department does not tolerate discrimination in any form and is committed to respectful work environments for our diverse workforce,” an NYPD spokesperson said in a statement. “The incident is under internal review.”The Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) condemned the incident, calling it “reprehensible” and “a severe violation of the trust and expectations we have for our fellow law enforcement professionals.”“This incident reminds us of the ongoing prejudices that persist within our society, and the ease with which some resort to hate speech,” GOAL, a nonprofit advocacy group for LGBTQ officers in the NYPD’s ranks, said in a statement. “We refuse to remain silent.
