Police chief claimed cop died of COVID-19 ‘because he was gay.’

Deputy Shannon Bennett had worked in law enforcement for 12 years. (Image: Facebook/Broward Sheriff’s Office)

A Florida police chief who allegedly claimed that his deputy died from complications from coronavirus because he is a “homosexual who attended homosexual ‘sexual’ events” has been suspended.

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy Shannon Bennett was 39 when died on April 3, just…