On, Feb 3, Garrison Commander Col. Jason Wesbrock and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Ladd surprised employees on Fort Hood with awards celebrating their customer service.
More than two years after a gay man and a transgender woman were insulted by a South Beach Burger King employee who used a gay slur and then pepper-sprayed by a security guard, lawyers for the two customers are still arguing with attorneys for the fast-food chain about a crucial element of what happened that night whether the incident qualifies as a hate crime.
On October 13, 2018, Raymond Ortega and Toni Llerena say, an employee at the BK Whopper Bar called them fucking faggots after a short dispute about the seats they d taken in a section that was being closed for cleaning. Ortega alleges that when he complained to a security guard asking him how he would feel if the slur was directed at his son the guard grew enraged and deployed his pepper spray, macing both Ortega and Llerena. The security guard then tussled with Ortega both inside and outside the restaurant, leaving him with a fractured jaw, a busted ear, and about $14,000 in medical bills, Ortega later testified. The