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Officer told to 'tone down' gayness settles suit for $10.25M

| February 11, 2020 5:30 AM

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County has agreed to a $10.25 million settlement with a gay police lieutenant who says he was passed over for promotion 23 times and was told to “tone down” his “gayness."

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