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Zuccotti Guard Fired for Using Slur

Zuccotti Guard Fired for Using Slur

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A security guard at New York's Zuccotti Park -- site of the Occupy Wall Street protest -- has been fired for using a gay slur toward a videographer.

A spokesman for Brookfield Properties, which owns the park, told Gothamist the guard had been fired. As private security personnel joined police in patrolling the park Tuesday, videographer Joey Boots asked the guard whether he was employed by Brookfield, and the man responded, "Your fly's open, f****t." Boots caught the comment on tape.

Brookfield spokesman Matthew Cherry said of the guard, "His comment was offensive and inexcusable, and we have a policy of zero tolerance for such behavior. In accordance with our code of conduct he's been terminated from his work with Brookfield." Cherry told Gothamist the man worked for a Brookfield subcontractor, but he declined to name the subcontractor or say whether it is still being used by Brookfield.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
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