The union told city officials on Friday that many black officers found the race designation switch offensive. Ortiz responded to those allegations Friday at a Miami City Commission meeting. AD“I’m a black male,” Ortiz told the commissioners in an exchange Friday captured on camera. He was briefly suspended with pay in 2017 after a woman obtained a restraining order against him, the Miami New Times reported. AD“I think I put white male,” Ortiz said.

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2020 12:01 UTC