White Miami Cop Axed For Punching Black Woman [VIDEO]

Antonio Rodriguez, a Miami police officer, has been fired after he was caught on camera assaulting a black woman at the Miami International Airport.

The footage comes from a body cam on another officer and reveals Rodriguez landing a punch on the lady’s face after she confronted him at the airport yesterday, July 1, 2020.

In the video obtained by the Miami Herald, the black woman is seen in a terminal facing two police officers and taunting them, saying to Rodriguez, “You acting like you white when you really black… What you wanna do?”

As she steps right up to the cop with her face only inches away from his, she gets slammed in the face by the provoked cop who connects his fist to her left cheek.

As his colleagues rush to handcuff her, Rodriguez tells them, “She headbutted me.”

Minutes after the video surfaced online, Miami Police Director Alfredo Ramirez II responded, saying that he was “shocked and angered”, adding that he had immediately initiated an investigation.

The police chief also revealed that he had ordered that Rodriguez and the involved officers be relieved of duty.

Watch the video below:

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White Maimi police officer relieved from duty for punching a black woman at Miami Airport : Antonio Rodriguez, an officer for the Miami-Dade Police Department was filmed on another officer's bodycam punching a black woman at Miami International Airport on Wednesday evening, July 1. : The video, obtained by the Miami Herald, shows the woman in a terminal facing two officers and taunting one of them. : “You acting like you white when you really Black…what you want to do?” the woman says. : As she steps up to the officer, putting her face right in his, the provoked cop punched her in the face. “She headbutted me,” he says as his colleagues including the one whose the bodycam was recording the incident rush in to handcuff her. : Minutes after the video surfaced on Twitter, Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo Ramirez III tweeted that he was "shocked and angered" and said he had "immediately initiated an investigation." : He also said he had "ordered that the involved officers be relieved of duty."

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