San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton admitted using the “N-word” to berate a security guard, Emare Butler, who asked that he remove his belt as he walked through a metal detector at City Hall instead of using a wand.
Both Walton and Butler are black.
Walton, who tried to argue his use of the N-word was justified, has accused others of racism in the past — including, most recently, newly-installed school board member Ann Hsu, who implied that black parents do not urge their children to learn.
As Breitbart News reported in 2020, Walton also introduced a new city rule, the Caution Against Racially and Exploitative Non-Emergencies (CAREN) Act, which punishes racially-motivated 911 calls.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Undersheriff Joseph Engler, who is white, admonished Walton on Butler’s behalf:
“President Walton became very angry with Cadet (name redacted), who is African American, and said, ‘it is N-words like you that looks like me that is always the problem’ referring to the security protocols as some ‘N-word shit’ several times as he yelled at Cadet (name redacted),” Engler wrote in the memo, which was sent to Sheriff Paul Miyamoto and Isen.
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Asked whether he had used “the n-word,” Walton admitted to using it multiple times and telling the cadet “this is some n— shit,” referring to the direction to take his belt off.
