Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a message for the nameless police officer who was caught on tape calling protestor a “f*cking f*ggot” last week: You can run, but you cannot hide.
The shocking footage began circulating late last week on social media and has now been viewed over a million times. In it, the unnamed officer can be heard screaming at a protestor, “B*tch! Wait ’till I turn my back, you f*cking f*ggot!”
HOLY FUCK. YOU ALLOWING COPS TO CALL PEOPLE FAGGOTS NOW HUH? @Chicago_Police @ChiefDavidBrown @CPD_Media @chicagotribune
DO NOT STOP POSTING #BLUEFALL. EXPOSE EVERYTHING THEY ARE DOING. https://t.co/ONPlpSu4vs
— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) June 4, 2020
The Chicago Police Department says it’s investigating the incident and insists that it strives to treat “all individuals our officers encounter with respect,” adding that “appropriate disciplinary action” will be taken if and when the officer is identified.
But that’s not good enough for Lightfoot, who happens to be the city’s first-ever Black lesbian mayor. She told press that she’s not tolerating any B.S. from any bigot cops.
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“We will not tolerate people who cross this line,” Lightfoot told press. “We will not tolerate excessive force. We will not tolerate profanity and homophobic comments that demean the badge, demean the honor of being a Chicago police officer, and demean the value of who we are as Chicagoans. We will not tolerate that.”
Then she spoke directly to police officers.
“If you are one of those officers who choose to do those things, or to tape over their badges, or to turn off their body-worn cameras — all things that violate very clear directives of the Chicago Police Department — we will find you, we will identify you, and we will strip you of your police powers,” she said. “Period.”
Police misconduct, from harming residents to covering badges to using homophobic language, will not be tolerated. Period. If you believe a police officer has committed an act of misconduct, please call 311 to report it. pic.twitter.com/hvi4UUZuOh
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) June 6, 2020
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Cato
I’m new to Chicago and absolutely love the mayor. Her background is police oversight and she is ready to go toe-to-toe with the Chicago PD. She’s the right person for this job.
Mack
From what I’ve read I tend to agree with you. Most cops are good, but like any business there’s always a couple of bad apples. We really need to stop that “thin blue line” BS and get rid of those bad cops, they’re a bad reflection of all cops.
Onecaddy13
Using that name to describe someone is absolutely abhorrent. I hate that word so much I cannot repeat it. To Cato & Mac, I have to agree with you both, Chicago is a beautiful city. But I disagree with the mayors language and especially didn’t like that she called the Chicago alderman a F-ing idiot when he cried out for help for his district during the protests. If the mayor wants to hold the officer accountable for his actions, the same should apply to her. Yes she is tough and probably right for the job, but I think she hast to set herself to higher standards due to the position she’s in. Let’s be adults, stop the name-calling and solve the 18 murders that occurred last week in your city. Families are grieving due to these. Heinous crimes
blackhook
Give it a break, #MAGATrash!
yah_sure_youbetcha
It’s not the f-ing part that’s the issue here. It’s the f-ggot part that’s the problem.
Your red cap is showing.
Neoprene
What about Lori telling the President to f-off? Does that profanity demean the Office of the Mayor? I admit I laughed when she said it and agree with the sentiment but I’m not the Mayor of Chicago. I’d expect to be fired or disciplined in my work environment if I talked about anyone in that manner.
Kangol2
Your job is your job. Mayor Lori Lightfoot answers to the voters and residents of Chicago. Telling someone, particularly a racist, treasonous troll like Don the Con to “F*ck off” is qualitatively different from using an anti-gay slur, and I hope that you, if you are a gay person, understand why. One is a general statement, the other actively slurs an intrinsic aspect of who the target is.
Cam
It’s cute you troll accounts keep trying to deflect from the anti- LGBT cop and think it isn’t obvious.
Jack
This is the moment. There’s no more gray area. You are either anti-bigotry or you are a bigot. You are either anti-racism or you are a racist. This “I’m sorry if I was perceived,…” Bulls** is officially cancelled. You can criticize the mayor for her language (if you must…) but you certainly don’t have to guess where she stands. I think shrinking from the moment is what demeans the office.
demetreus
Jack, I agree. This is the moment and I am so glad that we finally got here.
TomOH
“We’re investigating the incident…appropriate disciplinary action will be taken” = Nothing is going to be done.
The argument that “most cops are good, there’s just one bad apple here or there…” is false. Once in a rare moon when one of these “bad cops” actually does get penalized, they just resign and move over to another location, where they are immediately hired again.
Look up what went down in Colorado with Chris Dickey for example.
Bob
Agreed. We need a national database of cops so that the ones who abuse the position and get fired can’t just move to a new department and start again. Hopefully Biden will take action in this. I know the orange moron won’t.
Gary Q VV
Mayor Lightfoot is my new hero, and I’m so pleased that she is the mayor of the great city of Chicago. Annise Parker was the first openly Lesbian mayor of my city, Houston, from 2010-2016, and we loved her. Regarding Lori’s explicit language to Trump, well I’ll just say that he had it coming.
Black Pegasus
I’m not a fan of how Mayor Lightfoot handles herself publicly. Specially her language and tone. But I’m not one of her constituents so I guess it doesn’t matter.
stanhope
Duchess black pegasus, you seem to be one of those apologist dimwits that bottoms for the privileged. Thank God. Nobody listens to you. Lori uses the language thes low IQ crackers can understand. You don’t speak French to archie bunker.