Posted Jul 13th 2010

Clark Ray, Democrat for Council-at-large today called on the Mayor and the City Council to immediately investigate the report in the DC Examiner about anti-gay pamphlets being distributed in the MPD’s Major Crash Unit.

Clark Ray said, “This is not the first time this has occurred and if the police are expected to protect all residents of the District equally and fairly we must root out homophobia in the Department.”

He went on to state, “As a former reserve officer in the MPD I know that there are many members of the force who are not homophobic and who are there to do their jobs and they view all people as equal. As long as there are any homophobic members of the police force we cannot stand by without taking action. I believe this kind of behavior should be dealt with immediately and strongly to send a message to both the members of the police force and the community. This kind of action fosters hate and spurs hate crimes and we cannot tolerate that in the District of Columbia.”

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Tags: Anti-Gay Pamphlets, Congress Heights, DC Council At-Large, DC Council At-Large Candidate, DC Examiner, Major Crash Unit, MPD

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