Miami Police Cpt. Javier Ortiz was allowed to defend himself against numerous accusations at a public city commissioner meeting, and insisted that he was in fact a black male because of the 'one drop rule.'
A Miami police officer has drawn outrage after claiming at a public meeting last week that he identified as a black man, despite having previously identified himself as a white Hispanic man.
Miami police Capt. Javier Ortiz was named at a meeting of city commissioners on Friday as part of a complaint made by other officers that there is a disparity in the treatment of black officers in the department. Ortiz was accused by Sgt. Stanley Jean-Poix of having identified himself as a black man on police exams to get a promotion.
"So the question is why is it that every time he finishes an exam, he goes back to white Hispanic male?" asked Jean-Poix, the president of the predominantly black Miami Community Police Benevolent Association. Ortiz was allowed to defend himself against numerous accusations at the meeting and insisted that he was, in fact, a black man because of the so-called one-drop rule. He denied being Hispanic, although he did admit to having identified himself as a white man in previous documents.
"Well, I learned that there are people in my family that are mixed, that are black," Ortiz said."And if you know anything about the one-drop rule, which started in the 20th century, which is what identifies and defines what a black man is, or a Negro."
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