CHARLOTTE, NC — A culture of fear. New allegations from the man who used to be the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s number two. A clear message from Kevin Canty. “I do think that Garry McFadden is unfit to be the sheriff. He demonstrates it every day,” Canty said. The former Mecklenburg County Deputy Chief resigned at the beginning of the month. His resignation letter included scathing accusations against Sheriff Garry McFadden. “I certainly do not regret bringing to the public the behavior of Garry McFadden,” explained Canty. Canty started with MCSO in February. By June, he tells WCCB’s Gary Brode that his resignation letter was already written. “I probably changed the date about 10 or 12 times on this letter,” said Canty. Canty says McFadden constantly belittled staff, undermined process and made unprofessional comments. “I saw how so many employees allowed themselves to be mistreated by McFadden out of fear that they would be terminated and that they wouldn’t reach retirement. Canty finally resigned on November 1st. That was the day he says McFadden asked him to step down by December. “I would not allow him to terminate me, that I would resign first. I did not want him to be able to set the narrative and lie because he he lies quite often,” Canty explained. Canty gave WCCB recordings he says are of McFadden using racist language when talking about staff. Canty says McFadden would often make racist comments, especially toward black MCSO staff members. “He usually referred to black people as having a plantation mentality,” said Canty. On the same day those recordings were leaked, McFadden addressed claims against him during a platoon graduation. “Let nobody tell me we are not a great agency and we will be greater and better moving forward. Why? Because god sent me here for a reason and if I’m the sacrificial lamb to upset the word racism in America, so be it,” McFadden told the crowd. Canty says he was embarrassed by the venue McFadden chose to respond. “He did exactly what we expected him to do, which was to act like the victim, air grievances and make it not about the graduates, but about him,” Canty tells WCCB. Canty said dozens of current and former MCSO employees have reached out to him in the past week or so, agreeing with the accusations written in the letter. We reached out to Sheriff McFadden again on Monday, he declined to comment.