Miami Police Department

A Miami cop who has numerous complaints and lawsuits leveled against him for racist actions against Blacks is now claiming to be Black. “I’m a Black male,” Capt. Javier Ortiz said at a City of Miami commission meeting regarding his racially-charged abuse of power against Black employees at the Miami Police Department, Miami New Times reports. “Yes, I am. […]

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed Thursday after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy Florida intersection during rush hour, the FBI said. Both robbers were shot and killed, and the fourth victim was in a nearby vehicle […]

Sabine Raymonvil, 30, an 8-year veteran with the Miami Police Department, is under investigation after allegations emerged that she has participated in pornographic films since joining…

What tha …? is the first reaction that comes to mind upon reading the headline to this story. But the headline says it all. The Miami police department has got some explaining to do as to why they used six photos of actual human beings — who happened to be adult black men — as […]

“Stop & Frisk” became a hot button topic in New York City but Alice Brennan and Dan Lieberman of Fusion.net say not so fast… the Miami Gardens Police Department uses their own version of the controversial tactic. Fusion.net reports: MIAMI GARDENS POLICE RECORDS REVEAL BROAD POLICY OF STOPPING AND QUESTIONING CITIZENS. 8,489 KIDS, AND 1,775 […]

DALLAS (AP) — Surveillance video showing a Dallas police officer shooting a mentally ill man standing still about 20 feet away contradicts the assertion of an officer that the man threatened his safety by lunging at him with a knife. Bobby Gerald Bennett remains hospitalized after being shot in the stomach Monday. The officer who […]

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has found for the second time in a decade that the Miami Police Department engaged in a pattern of excessive use of force in shootings of suspects, including seven black men fatally shot by officers over an eight-month period ending in 2011. The department’s Civil Rights Division released […]