Mayor Francis Suarez routinely appeared alongside Trump-loving, use-of-force-incident-laden cop Javier Ortiz, who once said 12 yo Tamir Rice deserved to be killed by cops, for years no matter how loudly local activists demanded his firing https://twitter.com/francissuarez/status/1267149418920390658">https://twitter.com/francissu...

After one of his officers got caught on tape taking a running kick at a defenseless, handcuffed suspect’s head, Suarez told me directly that he wanted to make it easier to fire problem cops. He didn’t follow up and nothing changed: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/after-miami-cop-kicking-video-mayor-wants-discipline-changes-10321997">https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/afte...

Suarez went out of his way to praise Ortiz in 2019 — after Ortiz had been suspended for doxxing and harassing a police critic online and had been banned from policing Ultra Music Festival after Ortiz beat up a concertgoer and then lied in arrest reports https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-praises-once-banned-miami-cop-javi-ortiz-for-2019-ultra-performance-11145232">https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miam...

Like most depts, Miami PD’s internal-affairs bureau is completely broken and Suarez has done next to zero to fix it https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-police-captain-javier-ortiz-caught-on-video-lying-to-internal-affairs-investigators-who-covered-up-false-claims-10761736">https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miam...