Miami Gardens Cop Says He Was Fired for Blowing Whistle on Illegal Stop-and-Frisk Policy
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Miami New Times
December 1, 2016

“Now a former Miami Gardens Police officer says he was fired for blowing the whistle on the department’s nefarious practices. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Jose Rosado says supervisors including Maj. Anthony Chapman directed him to ‘target black males between the ages of 15 and 30 and to conduct more field contacts with all such individuals regardless of probable cause.'”

“‘He was a former officer, and he decided to blow the whistle and received the short end of the stick and was relieved of his duty,’ says Rosado’s attorney, Phillip Ortiz. ‘We’re fighting to get his job back and to have justice served in this case.'”

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