FL police chief fired for racist behavior

Larry Scirotto: a gay mixed race racist

Fort Lauderdale -- Florida police chief Larry Scirotto has been fired after an investigation found that he is a racist when deciding promotion practices. He once remarked "that wall is too white" when referring to photos of the department's command staff.

Scirotto, 48, a self-loathing mixed-race gay man, took over the Fort Lauderdale PD last year in August. According to press releases on Thursday, he was fired by the city after several discrimination complaints alleged that he made hiring and promotion decisions like alleged President Joe Biden makes nomination decisions: with an illegal race-based approach. The only difference is, Scirotto isn't the President of the United States, and Joe Biden holds that title.

Scirotto is a former assistant chief in Pittsburgh. He became the first openly gay chief hired in Fort Lauderdale last year.

The bias complaints against him concluded in a 12-page investigation that he created a "divisive atmosphere" in the department and mentioned the statement [above] about "that wall is too white," and "I'm gonna change that," according to CNN. Brian Stelter, who says he is not gay, did not contribute to this report.

The investigation also found that Scirotto had asked, "which one is blacker?" when considering a promotion, but Scirotto, now the former police chief, denies he said. Perhaps he actually asked, "which one is cuter?"

Scirotto is quoted in the report of saying that he intended to "consider diversity at every opportunity," rather than qualifications, which that implies, but at least this a-hole is woke.

“Overall, there is a very divisive atmosphere within the department based on the perception the chief is intentionally using race, gender and sexual orientation as attributes necessary for promotions,” the report reads. “While the goal to diversify is an important and laudable goal it must be accomplished in a legally permissible manner.”

Police work, like Supreme Court Justices, are not Affirmative Action decisions, although you would never know that under the Biden administration.

Scirotto defended his racial/gender/sexual proclivities decisions in the media, but having said what he reportedly said prior to his selections, he would not have needed to justify himself in the first place with statements like he gave in an interview with Fox affiliate 7News:

“Those minority groups are now being treated as if they were less than deserving, and that’s not the case, and it never was."

“The promotions that I made are of the minority candidates, were because they were exceptional candidates, and they excelled in every level of the organization,” he reportedly added. “They deserved to be promoted, and by the way, they happened to be minority. It wasn’t because they were minority.”

Sounds a lot like Joe Biden telling the American public "I'm gonna nominated a Black woman to the Supreme Court."

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Had Biden and Scirotto just hired the best person for the job, nobody would have called it racist or sexist. But they're obviously "opposite of intelligent" to have made that decision, as Trump might have said.

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