Grady County sheriff releases body cam video after Facebook post questions deputy conduct
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Cairo, GA - A Facebook post criticizing a Grady County deputy’s conduct during a traffic stop prompted the Grady County Sheriff’s Office to release body camera footage of the encounter.
In a statement posted online, the sheriff’s office said it was aware of concerns raised “yesterday” about the deputy’s behavior during the stop. The agency said it chose not to “debate the situation on Facebook” and instead released the body camera video “so everyone can see exactly what was said and how the interaction took place.”
“We’ll let the footage speak for itself, because sometimes the full story is a little different than the Facebook version,” the sheriff’s office said, adding that it “remains committed to transparency, professionalism, and treating everyone with respect.”
The original Facebook post, shared “for educational reasons,” questioned what the writer described as the deputy’s professionalism and language during the stop. The post said the driver was asked, “Why the *** are you flashing your lights at me, & Get the **** out of the truck,” and argued those were not appropriate ways to speak to anyone.
The post also claimed the stop happened after the driver flashed lights at an oncoming vehicle because of what the writer described as the other driver’s failure to dim headlights. The writer said the driver was then “ticketed falsely for ‘Failure to dim headlights’!” The post described the deputy’s behavior as “very Hot Headed and inappropriate” and called that type of personality trait “a liability to a community.”