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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 13, 2021

The Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) has dismissed ethics charges against Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott following an investigation into statements he made on whether gay people and Muslims were entitled to legal protections, Nashville’s News Channel 5 reports. Four ethics complaints were filed after video circulated in 2019 of Northcott saying he would not prosecute domestic violence cases involving same-sex couples and did not recognize gay marriage. He also received complaints after claiming on social media that Muslims are "evil because they profess a commitment to an evil belief system." A hearing panel granted Northcott's motion to dismiss the case in April, and the BPR chose not to appeal.