Florida Deputy Suspended for Calling Black Man ‘Boy’ Claims He’s A ‘Country Boy’ Who Refers To Everyone By the Word
A Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been suspended for eight hours after he called a Black man “boy” and grabbed his throat during an incident outside a hotel in, Dania Beach, Florida, in July 2017.
Allen Floyd was holding his infant son at the time. The encounter was captured on Deputy James Cady’s body camera.
“We all know, a Black male, when you call him ‘boy,’ you tell a colored man ‘boy,’ it’s like, you’re degrading his character,” Floyd told television station WSVN in 2019. “You mean nothing to this person ’cause you’re calling me a boy.”
The incident wasn’t reported and was first discovered when public defenders watched the footage in preparation for a different trial, then filed a complaint against the sheriff’s office. Cady won’t be criminally charged and his suspension stems from four internal affairs charges, including conduct unbecoming.
In July of 2016, officers responded to a hotel following complaints that the mother of Floyd’s child was drunk and had broken a television as hotel staff attempted to evict her.
Cady approached, while Floyd was sitting outside the hotel with his 9-month-old son.
“I’m going to take her to jail cause she’s got a warrant. And I’m going to call child services on this kid,” Cady said.
The deputy then demanded Floyd show him his ID.
“You don’t have to see my ID,” Floyd said before the situation escalated.
“OK, fine. I’m going to take you to jail ’cause you got a warrant, OK? And I’m going to put Child Services on this kid,” Cady said, adding, “Quit f-cking with me, boy.”
“This is my baby, man. Stop calling me ‘boy,’” Floyd said. “We can communicate like grown men.”
The complaint filed by the public defenders, Cady’s comments along with his tone were “inflammatory,” “angry,” and “derogatory.”
Floyd started walking away, saying, “Don’t call me boy, boy.” Cady the grabbed Floyd’s arm then he and another deputy detained him but Floyd was not arrested.
The “video clearly depicts Mr. Floyd attempting to de-escalate the situation as he talked to the deputy,” the suit said. “Deputy Cady responds by grabbing Mr. Floyd by his neck and chokes him,” then pushes him into a car “all while Mr. Floyd is holding his infant child.”
Cady later said he wanted to see Floyd’s ID to make sure the baby he was holding was safe.
According to the State Attorney’s Office, Cady didn’t break any laws, however, a prosecutor wrote in a memo that Cady “unnecessarily escalated the situation, and used offensive language … that is wholly inappropriate for a member of law enforcement,” News 7 reported.
Cady told investigators he’s a “country boy” who uses the word “boy” to refer to people regardless of what race they are.
“He did not mean anything by it,” investigators wrote. “There was no racial connotation behind it. Looking back at the incident now, he believes he could have handled things a little better. He added that his cursing and swearing was not ideal.”
The poor judgment and failure to document the force used during the encounter are behind his eight-hour suspension.
Broward County Public Defender Gordon Weekes criticized the penalty as a “slap on the wrist,” saying, “Does it really send a message that that type of behavior is not to be tolerated?”
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