Happy Pride, except to the NJ police chief accused of using a gay slur

“A travesty”: Cop reinstated after being fired for using anti-gay slur on the job

A New Jersey cop who was fired for using an anti-gay slur on the job returned to work earlier this month, following a two-year legal battle. Roselle, New Jersey, police chief Stacey Williams was fired in July 2024 and had his law enforcement license suspended after an investigation by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office found that he had used a homophobic slur and other offensive language both during an October 2022 conversation at Roselle Poli…

Happy Pride, except to the NJ police chief accused of using a gay slur

A judge and an investigator with a county prosecutor found that the Roselle police chief used a gay slur at work. His eventual punishment was a slap on the wrist. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)It’s Pride Month and I’m here to talk about a New Jersey police chief found to have used a homophobic slur while on the job and ended up with a slap on the wrist. The chief is Stacey Williams, who led Roselle’s police department until 2024…