Bo Dietl
Richard Dietl | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Bo |
| Police career | |
| Department | New York City Police Department (NYPD) |
| Service years | 1972 - 1985 |
| Rank | Detective |
| Other work | Businessman, Radio Personality, Purveyor of Hate Speech |
Richard "Bo" Dietl is a former New York City Police Department detective and a media personality known for racist hate speech on the Fox News Network and the Don Imus Show.
Dietl currently serves as Chairman of the New York State Security Guard Advisory Council, appointed by Governor George Pataki in 1995.
NYPD career
After injuring his ankle in a skydiving accident, Dietl retired from the NYPD in March 1985 (rather than take a desk job) and went on to found Beau Dietl & Associates, specializing in corporate investigations for major international companies. Among his clients are Columbia Pictures, Coca-Cola, Grey Advertising, PaineWebber, Lehman Brothers, Bankers Trust and the Saudi Royal Family. Dietl was also given the secret Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe to safeguard while the company's internal security was being revamped [1]. [2]
The Republican and Conservative Parties of New York State for the 6th Congressional District nominated Mr. Dietl for the U.S. Congress in 1986. [3]
Film
In 1998 Dietl's autobiography One Tough Cop: The Bo Dietl Story was made into the film One Tough Cop starring Stephen Baldwin as Bo Dietl.[4]
The plot in Abel Ferrara's crime drama Bad Lieutenant is mainly inspired by Dietl's investigation of the rape of a young nun, however the similarities end there. Unlike the protagonist played by Harvey Keitel in the film, Dietl was not addicted to cocaine or an alcoholic during his tenure in law enforcement. Dietl played a role in the movie, which had Harvey Keitel as the anti-hero, as one of the investigating detectives.
Dietl also played the narc who arrests Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film, Goodfellas.
Radio and Television
Dietl is a frequent guest of Don Imus on the Imus in the Morning radio program on WABC radio and simulcast on Fox Business Network. He has also appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and had a guest starring role on the NBC crime drama Law & Order.
According to The New York Times, Dietl claimed to have talked to Imus just after the cancellation of the MSNBC simulcast of Imus' morning show on April 11, 2007. Dietl said that he had just talked by telephone with the host, and that Imus' mood was "very down, very upset about what occurred with MSNBC. I said to him that they didn't even give him time to talk to the victims. He agreed with me."
Controversy
Dietl appeared on the Don Imus Show on November 9, 2009, which is simulcast on the Fox Business Network. Dietl made a series of disparaging remarks about journalist Katie Couric, accusing her of being an "oriental" and making other racist commentary against Asians. Dietl reportedly has the support of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in presenting such hate speech, as published in an endorsement letter on Dietl's website. [5]
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