Originally Posted by
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so hear [talk about being grammatically impaired, the word is here] we go again. [in] 1972 through 2000, the department was majority white males and females [as it pertains to females, not really]. Cubans were still attempting to illegally enter the united states by any means necessary. [not so, most exiled cubans came into the us from 1959 through 1967, the cuban freedom flights, authorized by president l. B. Johnson.] cocaine was the drug for profit during this time. [not quite so, cocaine became the drug of choice for yuppie larvae after 1970] due to all of the colombian and cuban drug trafficking, the dade county and city of miami police departments were forced to hire criminals who were of hispanic and latino background. Blatantly misleading! All hispanics hired from 1970 onward had to pass the same rigorous background as white applicants. We came on in 1972.]
this was initially rejected by many anglo white males in power. [so, at mdpd, then psd, e. W. Purdy started the police service officers (pso) classification. There to relegate hispanics, black, females, to a lower sworn classification. A lawsuit fixed that, and the white male powers that were in command then had to make them all total and complete deputy sheriff] powers to get around hiring these unqualified and non-english speaking immigrants, [wrong, all mdpd police applicants were, and still must be, naturalized american citizens; ergo they were fluent in the english language and met all florida law requirements concerning the hiring of police candidates] the united states implemented affirmative action to hire more spanish people to deal with the [mariel] boat crisis when fidel castro emptied his jails and mental institutions onto american soil. [wrong affirmative action was and continues to be a federal law to correct discrimination based on race, gender, and ethnicity. In other words, you reap what you sow.]
by hiring these individuals through affirmative action, the corruption began with cuban police officers selling drugs and stealing from drug dealers. Later it would be known as the river city cops. They murdered their own cuban and colombian drug dealers. Yes, few succumbed to the darkside, they were identified, arrested, and aided in their prosecution and convictions by hispanic mdpd homicide detectives who today are retired and very successful attorneys.
In 2000, 637 retirements occurred at one time. [actually, that happened after the mcduffie riots, may 1980. In 2003, the first drop mass exodus many did retire, hispanics, blacks, and whites] this was one of the largest retirement exits in the department's history. When this happened, the cuban commissioners pushed for the department to reflect the new majority cuban population in miami. They again pushed hiring more cubans and now to sell it, they included the rule of five. [the rule of five, please educate us. We don't know from where you get your data, selective memory perhaps, but the fact is that as far back as 1973 the u.s. Equal employment opportunity commission (eeoc) decreed that in order for a police agency to be representative of the community it serves, 70% of its personnel must reflect the minority community it serves. In the case of hispanics, as of 2019, miami dade is 69.1% hispanic. This means 69x70=48% of mdpd should be comprised by hispanics. Whereas, 16,42% is black, meaning 11.2% should be black. Whites comprised 17% of m-d population, meaning they should comprise 12% of mdpd. Though if one were to closely examine the black representation, one will find it exceeds its 11.2%.
This meant our academy classes from 2000 to 2013 would reflect the majority of new hires were indeed cuban or white hispanic. This includes 3 to 5 black officers per ble. The white male and female became a minority. The cubans and other hispanics became the majority. Blacks did not benefit from affirmative action as the liar above stated. The cubans have benefited from wet foot dry foot to affirmative action, up to the population in the department must reflect the ethnic makeup of the county and city. [you don't know jack about "wet foot, dry foot!" this was a bill clinton executive order issued at the desperate request of then governor lawton chiles. As castro once again was finger ****ing the us by allowing anyone in cuba who could make it across the florida strait to leave his socialist paradise. Many did make it; too many drown at sea. Clinton's eo authorized the interdiction of cuban migrants at sea, ergo "wet foot" and interned them in the us guantanamo naval base, until third countries would accept them or they gave up and walk back into cuban territory. Not benefit there!]
unfortunately, the days of director [purdy], jones, and taylor are gone. Mayor alex [penelas] decided on[1997] to appoint the first cuban to director who was carlos alvarez. [actually, it was 2004, as alvarez was not strong mayor yet.] carlos alvarez as strong mayor appointed the first black director robert parker. After director parker made history and retired, a white male was again in charge as director loftus was appointed by carlos alvarez.
You see if you come on this site with stupid attacks at least do your research. After loftus left, carlos gimenez appointed director patterson. After patterson left, carlos gimenez appointed director perez. After perez left, carlos gimenez appointed director ramirez. Two of the last directors are cuban [idiots.]
the new mayor hired patterson because she promised the black community and churches who voted for her she would. [that's called pay to play, a long used political strategy, blacks, and hispanics learned from whites.]
as far as how you injected affirmative action into your comments is very ignorant, to say the least. [so are most, if not all, your baseless prejudicial comments.]
his appointment is no more than a political promise for filled or kept. In october of this year, you all may see a newly appointed first black female. [so says the self-appointed, know nothing soothsayer.]
who remains to be seen. However, it will be done in the new fiscal season. [it must be great to be you!]
is that also affirmative action or can you please keep your racist ass off this site and do your damn job the [citizens'] taxes pay you to do. [demands a poster whose very comments are laced with and ozz hatred.]
for the record, blacks have fought and died for this country. It is not their fault they were made slaves or dealt with and lived through jim crow.
Times have changed my friend so stop sweating the petty things and get the hatred out [of your] heart.
