msp sued for sexual orientation discrimination
SOUTHFIELD – The Michigan State Police are being sued for discriminating against a Michigan State Police Detective by denying her a promotion because of her sexual orientation, gender, and race.
The lawsuit filed against MSP director Joseph Gasper and commander Keyonn Whitfield claims Detective Larissa LeMay was passed up for a promotion for being gay.
The lawsuit alleges Whitfield openly bashes gay people and said they shouldn’t be cops during a presentation.
Attorney James Fett described Whitfield’s conduct during presentation made during a room full of MSP troopers:
Whitfield said, 'he's gay how could he be a police officer, what's he doing'...he kept saying 'he gay, he gay'. He made a spectacle of himself and people are looking at her and she's looking at her shoes. It was humiliating.