Deputy on Leave for Anti-gay Comment over Teen’s Suicide
An Alabama deputy has been placed on administrative leave for writing a homophobic comment on a Facebook post about a gay teen who died by suicide. Madison County Deputy Jeff Graves wrote that he is “seriously offended” by the LGBTQ movement in response to a WZDX-TV Facebook post about the death of 15-year-old Nigel Shelby, according to Al.com. The family of Shelby, who was a freshman at Huntsville High School in Alabama, reportedly said the teen had been bullied over his sexuality. Related NBC OUT Michigan adoption agency reverses LGBTQ policy Graves also mocked the LGBTQ community by redefining its commonly […]