Crystal Moore

The former chief is currently running for sheriff. She posted on her Facebook page that she was shocked and angered by what happened in her hometown.

She has been suspended from her job for five days, but the town administrator said it has nothing to do with her sexual orientation.

The lesbian police chief is hoping local residents will rally around her again, as they did when she was fired by the town’s homophobic mayor.

LATTA, S.C. — When openly gay police chief Crystal Moore was fired by a mayor who condemned her “lifestyle” as “questionable,” she feared her two decade career in law enforcement in this town was over. Then, this conservative, small town rebelled. The people of Latta, who voted overwhelmingly for a state amendment banning gay marriage eight years ago…

LATTA, S.C. — The town council in Latta, S.C., on Friday evening reinstated police chief Crystal Moore just hours after officials certified Tuesday’s vote to change the town’s form of government from “strong mayor” to “strong council.” Moore, who is openly gay, was fired by Mayor Earl Bullard in April after he issued her seven reprimands in one day …

LATTA, S.C. — Residents in Latta, S.C., on Tuesday voted to change the town’s form of government to “council-strong,” a move that would strip the town’s mayor of much of his power and allow the council to rehire its lesbian police chief who was fired by the mayor back in April.

LATTA, S.C. — The Latta, S.C. Town Council on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of two key measures supporting fired police Crystal Moore, who residents and council members speculate was fired by a homophobic mayor because the chief is gay.

LATTA, S.C. — Residents and city council members in Latta, S.C., are questioning the abrupt firing of the town’s first female and openly lesbian police chief, after a recording of the mayor defending the firing reveals his anti-gay bias.