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Deputy on leave for homophobic comment over teen's suicide
Source: NBC News
Deputy on leave for homophobic comment over teen's suicide
The mother of 15-year-old Nigel Shelby said he had been bullied over his sexuality.
April 23, 2019, 12:28 PM ET / Updated April 23, 2019, 9:52 PM ET
By Gwen Aviles and Janelle Griffith
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, who was a freshman at Huntsville High School in Alabama. Shelby was being bullied over his sexuality, his mother told NBC News.
"He would tell me that kids would say things to him that would hurt his feelings," Camika Shelby said in a phone interview Tuesday. "I didn't think it was as deep as things I'm hearing now."
The deputy also mocked the LGBTQ community in the comment by redefining its commonly used acronym as “Liberty Guns Bible Trump BBQ" and stating "That’s my kind of LGBTQ movement,” according to local NBC affiliate WAFF.
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The mother of 15-year-old Nigel Shelby said he had been bullied over his sexuality.
April 23, 2019, 12:28 PM ET / Updated April 23, 2019, 9:52 PM ET
By Gwen Aviles and Janelle Griffith
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, who was a freshman at Huntsville High School in Alabama. Shelby was being bullied over his sexuality, his mother told NBC News.
"He would tell me that kids would say things to him that would hurt his feelings," Camika Shelby said in a phone interview Tuesday. "I didn't think it was as deep as things I'm hearing now."
The deputy also mocked the LGBTQ community in the comment by redefining its commonly used acronym as “Liberty Guns Bible Trump BBQ" and stating "That’s my kind of LGBTQ movement,” according to local NBC affiliate WAFF.
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna997556
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