Department Backs Down, Officer Can March in Parade (Advocate)
All it took was a press conference and the specter of a discrimination complaint and the police officer who was banned earlier this week from a gay pride parade is now free to march.
Correctional officer Andrew Johnson had asked for permission to wear his uniform while marching in the upcoming West Hollywood gay pride parade and was told, in writing, that it would be a “discredit” to his department. But after calling a news conference on Tuesday with infamous lawyer Gloria Allred by his side, and with the story picked up by media outlets (including this one), the decision was reversed and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued an apology.
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Complete article at Advocate : http://bit.ly/k6vpRm
