It’s safe to say that without a doubt, we knew this was coming.
Orlando, Fl – Devery Michael Broox, 25 uploaded a video of himself disciplining his son mentee for misbehaving in school on September 15, 2011. If you recall the video I posted of a man shaving his sons head, whipping him and having him do exercise as a punishment for acting up in school.
On September 26, 2011. Devery Broox was charged with a felony count of child cruelty without great harm, he was booked into the Orange County jail, where he was later released after posting $1000 bond.
Orlando cops busted Devery Broox after learning about the video via a tip originally received by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A police report (in the gallery at the top) describes the 25-year-old Broox as a “mentor” of the seven-year-old boy, with whom he has “no familial relationship.”
While the boy initially claimed that marks and scars on his legs were caused by a bicycle accident, he later “disclosed that Devery ‘whips’ him ‘all the time.’” The child told cops that “Devery made him tell the story about the bicycle because ‘he don’t wanna go to jail.’”
When questioned by police, Broox admitted posting the video on YouTube and Tumblr, but claimed that the off-camera beating was “staged.” When officers disclosed that the child said he was beaten by Broox, the suspect “repeated several times that he will take responsibility for his actions,” adding that he regretted putting the video online.
Brooks Facebook page lists him as a spoken word performer who is employed by the United States Navy.)
In the 7:45 minute video Broox haphazardly shaved the boys hair. Then he whipped him off camera with a belt before forcing the youngster to run laps and perform push ups outside in the courtyard.
As a final humiliation, Broox sent the video to WSHH to publicly embarrass the misbehaving child. Some non creditable sources say that the child is currently in the custody of child protective services…
At this point I am still annoyed by the ignorance by this man to think he could upload such a video to WSHH and not be arrested for the acts portrayed on the video. I guess he was more concerned with reaching 8 minutes of hood fame… Not only was the incident uncalled for and disrespectful to himself and the child, not to mention a act passed down from slavery. It was disrespectful to the law. The law is not blind and yes they have access to the internet just like you do.
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Thats what he get for shaving that boy eye brows and head…smh
Now watch some asshole come say that saw nothing wrong with this
my advise next time dont put it online,but i still stickin with the dad on this one
Ignorance need to die out like hammers pants
I agree with spankings From the tape it sounded like he went a lil bit too far wit the spanking but again…that wasnt filmed. Cutting his hair was ok..his eyebrows was a bit excessive. I think the main part of this is the public humiliation this boy went through. We’ve all had our share of discipline back in the day…but for it to be aired out there for millions of people to see…is just flat out wrong.
I told you.. People will find away to justify traumatizing their children.Thats why these little bastards turn into sociopaths.
Spankings are traumatizing?
@Alexandra I am the asshole.. He got what he deserved only cause he taped it.. Not cause he cut his hair, his eyebrows, nor the exercise and not the spanking… but by filming the entire thing. I feel bad for the entire family… cause he was a dad involved trying to raise his child correctly and keep him out of future trouble and now a lot of his authority will be stripped from him. I know many parents that say if the system thinks they can do a better job – come and do it… cause this one right here I am going to discipline.. and rightfully so!
Alexandra do you have children were you a child that would act out and be abused just wondering????
I agree Nichelle discipline right filming and embarassing him wrong not to do 10yrs
Spanking is discipline. But filming it is just wrong.
I just cant get with the shaving his eyebrows and filming it . But i’ll give an ass whooping any day for messing up in school
See this is why parents have to whoop their kids in private. And not in public.
You would think one of his ignorant friends. Like the one who came over would of told him that he would get in serious trouble if he uploaded that video.
I agree NICHELLE…if the idiot never taped it..we wouldn’t b chattin this. I believe kids these days need ass whippin and more. I am a strict father that has two young boys and a 16yr old daughter. Being firm and at times whippin ass..structures a child. Kids these days don’t have the parent fear like we use to. I knew if I did dumb shyt..my mother would flip. Parents need to be PARENTS and not HOMIES wit there kids. This dude is sittin rite now..full of shoulda..coulda..woulda’s. But that kid has is goin to be teased..bullied and harrased for a very LONG time. And @ ALEXANDRA..nobody that posted on this topic..”justified” wut dude did. The ass beat..yes. That boy probably needed it!! Just cause ur parents probabky let u do wutever u wanted..w/o “traumatizing” u..doesn’t mean the kids don’t need an ass whippin.
Discipline is always needed. I kno when i visit my parents im still scared to close the room door when im in their house…LMAOO. No closing and locking doors up in their house…lmaoo. Ol school ass whoopins are needed. But leave it to word of mouth on how it is done…smh
Little bastards turn into a Sociopath ???? I still dont understand
He wasn’t wrong for whooping his son. The other stuff was excessive. But parents must remember whooping your kids is punishable by the law. So discipline your babies in private.
Yea they should have told him everything is not for the internet
@Trebor: AMEN!
@Andrea: AMEN! Discipline should only be in private. Never in public.
I remember black people used to love there kids and beat there ass whenever need. Now the kids are in charge.
The only thing I don’t agree with is filming it .. otherwise he did what he had to do for HIS child. He might have a hard head kid that wont listen until you show that strong loving discipline…some kids you can send to the corner and they’ll listen, some of them need the belt. The fact that little man could get up and exercise after getting spanked tells you that he didn’t abuse the boy
What happen to i brought you in this world and i will take you out
Thats the problem wit SOME black people and videotaping now. They filming EVERYTHING, and first things they say are WORLDSTAR, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK. I mean really. Recording fights, spankings, etc. Y they rush to that hood fame like u said…I dont know.
I’m sorry I was getting dressed. But to answer your question I was never spanked. My parents find it Barbaric. They are educated enough to communicate to me what the problem is. Without being physical. If you think that spanking don’t teach children that violence is ok Then you’re crazy. That is a matter of fact. Humiliating a child by cutting offf his hair and eyebrows id very telling of a person intellect level.And if you agree with this type of discipline. It seaks VOLUMES
What “speaks VOLUMES” is that you, Alexandra Hanson, don’t seem to have basic spelling and grammar skills or the ability to speak the King’s English. *SMH*
@Ericka wilson What don’t you understand?? And to answer your question I have NEVER HAD A SPANKING. EVER
IF you dont’ dicipline your child out of love, in alot of cases the police will beat ass out of anger!
The idiot should have NEVER videotaped it and uploaded it……other than that the boy got off easy…..
Not all children take in that same communication the same way. There are siblings in the same household…one child goes one way, and otha child goes another. Discipline varies depending on the child…and if he or she chooses to listen. Spankings never taught me violence. It taught me discipline. Ive NEVER been in a single fight in my life. Nor was i a bully or anything else. Communication is always first…but like we all know…certain types of communication WILL NOT work with some children. So u then refer to other methods.
@Alexandra discipline by spanking does not teach violence… Physical abuse does however creates and teach violence. There is a difference between physical abuse and spanking.. We also have to remember that what works for one does not necessarily work for another. I respect your parents opinion but at the same time dont attack my parents way of discipline… looks like we both turned out ok.. which is the case for many folks whose parents decided to spank. I will say being educated vs. non educated has nothing to do with the whole spanking thing.. and dont know why folks bring that up into conversations. I sat in my grad program with many parents who came from educated parents who disciplined their children with a good ole’ fashion spanking. If I had a son and he was out of hand and loved his hair.. yes as a form of discipline I would cut it off.. it equates to taking a play station, tv, not attending football practice etc. He cut his hair completely off…. he didnt leave patches. When you are in a fight for your sons future and life you do what you have to do by ANY MEANS POSSIBLE to save that persons life.. and if you are not aware their is an outright assault on young black men.. look at prisons, lack of employment and other social ills. So young black fathers you need to disciple your children and make no damn apologies!
Well, said.
So she’s championing the children but calling them little bastards, interesting. The father went to far, but to say that a child doesn’t need a spanking at some point is foolish. Spanking and beating are two different things. Men and women without kids aren’t to be listened to in certain matters I swear.
Spanking is not illegal in NC. What we do tell parents is that you cant leave any marks.. Most folks in the human service field can care less if you spank them… just make sure its done in a way we do not receive reports. We have to investigate reports.
Timeouts, taking my video games away, saying i was a bad boy…wasnt going to work on me
Folks always come with the BS argument about how their parents were to educated to spank lmao Stop it. Just stop it.
Every child is different.. and from what i can tell them whoopens is crafting a very respectful young man at least in the home so far. “Yes sir” “No sir” how many kids his age adress their parents like that these days? It’s very rare. Almost all of us in our generation got whoopens and for some of us it made us better and some didnt learn. After a certain age the child becomes aware of the decisions and consequences of their actions and parent has done all they can to teach them right from wrong. If the parent has done all they can to establish values and morals within their child and the child goes out and make bad decisions “Bad Parenting” shouldnt be to blame. Let that man discipline his child the way he knows how. I hate that the system can just come in and tell a man he is wrong for teaching his child when theres parents out there who neglect there kids leaving them to learn from TV, Movies, and Music. Then they wonder why these young kats is shooting eachother everyday.
He was stupid for videotaping it, and maybe have been excessive. When I was growing up. You got a whoopin and it was over. If you didnt want the whoopin again then you wouldnt do whatever you did again. So I say he should have whooped him and kept it moving. The humiliation part is probably what got him into trouble more than anything.
I knew it. What an idiot! Who does that? Who airs ANYTHING like that for all to see- including CPS?? WOW SMH
@ Kissy, sounds Like his friends were just as IGNORANT as him! I would’ve said are you Sure you want to put That online! Really? People GO…TO…JAIL for stuff Like that. And have their familiar ripped apart kids taken away! Hell, they don’t even want you spanking your kids at all anymore! I believe in spanking, there’s Also a fine line between spanking an abuse! I once spoke w the CPS President (a Black woman, go figure), who said people don’t realize, “I will Not take away the child for just spanking, its just our definition of spanking – you cross that, and you’ll be in trouble” one of which, happens To be “You can spank, you just can’t leave marks, and it must be w your hand and only on the butt” from cps’s mouth. She also said “you know Black people view this subject a little differently than whites” I suspect that may be why she went into that field!
lol i thought that was hip pops at first.
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You know people gonna say what sounds good on the internet cause I bet if it was their kid acting a clown in school a spanking would be do. All kids are not the same, just cause u didn’t get whipped don’t mean ur child won’t need one. Some kids need they add whipped. Yes he was very wrong for posting that video but I’m sure he knows that now.
This article is FALSE. And I wish I could meet the person who wrote it. He did NOT send it to WSHH. It was NOT uploaded to WSHH on 9/26/11. Where are you getting your facts? This needs to be rewritten. What has journalism become these days? Jeesh.
Good for him! I pray when he acts up in jail they punish him the same way
BS argument.. Well you do the math.. Both of my parents hold PROFESSIONAL DEGREES. And I’m in the process of one. I’m successful, I have no out of wedlock children, I’ve seen the world, 6 of 7 continents, I’ve never been to jail, or any other bullshit.. So you do the math.. And that wasn’t even his fucking kid..
***BLINK…BLINK***
Here we go with this again. *sighs and rolls eyes* The spanking was fine in my opinion; even the haircut was okay. Shaving the eyebrows, making him exercise and taping it went too far. You have to tailor your discipline to your child without crossing a line that breaks their spirit. He did too much and went too far, especially by taping it. However, I stand by a parents right to whoop their child and yall can go head with this “educated just folks don’t do it” bullshit. I already fought that in the last post.
He was doing what he thought was necessary for his son,obviously thats how he was raised I understand why he did it,in todays climate black men are being arrested at alarming rates so you have to be disciplined in this negative climate,You just have to use different methods to get there and not youtube..
Oh, well. He’s fucked as he carries no Pussy Pass©.
this is why parents have a HARD ass time disciplining their children!
It wasn’t his kid! Actually freaking read! Omg