The South Carolina town whose openly gay police chief was fired two months ago voted to reinstate her on Tuesday, stripping powers from the mayor who removed her from the job.
When Latta police chief Crystal Moore was fired in April; many residents believed it was because she is a lesbian, though a town committee was unable to determine definitively if that was the reason and the mayor denied it.
“I’m ecstatic,” Moore told The Morning News in South Carolina upon learning of the town’s overwhelming vote in her favor. “Words can’t describe.”
But in a shocking turn of events, the mayor announced the next day that he’d hired a new police chief before he lost his power to do so.
WPDE NewsChannel 15 reports that Bullard announced the hiring of Freddie Davis on June 18th, a week ahead of the referendum reinstating Moore, and contracts were signed on June 23rd.
“I have went from being a ecstatic, overwhelmed, not able to speak to crushed again,” Moore told WPDE. “Once again the citizens came out and did what was necessary. He said he would do what the citizens wanted what. They came out and they spoke. They supported the yes vote.”









