How the 'Tom Brady' of Police Chiefs Fumbled in Miami

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After calling out city leaders for meddling and using officers as “personal enforcers,” the Miami chief of police awaits his future. Insiders say it doesn’t look good

How the ‘Tom Brady’ of Police Chiefs Fumbled in Miami
After calling out city leaders for meddling and using officers as “personal enforcers,” the Miami chief of police awaits his future. Insiders say it doesn’t look good.
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9:20 PM · Oct 10, 2021

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When Art Acevedo was appointed the Miami Police Department chief in April, he was praised as a reformer and the “Tom Brady” and “Michael Jordan” of police chiefs by the city’s mayor.

But just six months into his tenure, Acevedo’s failure to quickly learn the ropes of Miami’s notoriously nasty city politics—and his decision to air them out in a widely circulated memo last month—may cost him his job, city officials and insiders close to the matter told The Daily Beast.

“It’s just a ticking clock at this point,” one city official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Daily Beast.

Acevedo declined to comment for this story, telling The Daily Beast he has been “prohibited” by the city from speaking.

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[TexasTowelie]

1. That puts the Daily Beast

about 1.5 to 2 weeks behind on this story. Here is a thread that I posted last weekend that touched on Acevedo (the link in that thread led to an article with more links about Acevedo).

https://democraticunderground.com/104514147

Acevedo was a showboat when he worked in Austin and Houston. I'm not surprised to see the bubble bust.

[bluecollar2]

2. Acevedo called out the Cuban cabal that

Runs Miami-Dade county.

The banana republic has a structure and the structure is not to be challenged.