COCONUT GROVE, FLA. (WSVN) - - A City of Miami Police officer with a history of harassment accusations is once again raising eyebrows, this time by claiming he is a black man.

Miami Police Capt. Javier Ortiz made the controversial claim during a Miami Commission meeting, Friday.

“As far as Captain [Dana] Carr, she loves to call me a Latin male. I’m a black male. Yes, I am, and I am not Hispanic. I was born in this country,” he told commissioners.

Video of Ortiz’s remarks at Miami City Hall in Coconut Grove have since gone viral.

#BREAKING: @MiamiPD Capt. @OrtizFOP tells city commission "I am a black male" after he was caught lying about his race on 2014 lieutenant's exam and 2017 captain's application — his original MPD application says he's white Hispanic #BecauseMiami pic.twitter.com/meaJ2mlQGn — Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) January 17, 2020

Tuesday night, Miami Police Sgt. Stanley Jean-Poix, who is also president of the Miami Community Police Benevolent Association, weighed in on Ortiz’s comments.

“The performance he gave at the commission surprised me, but I know he’ll go to great lengths to do crazy things,” he said.

Jean-Poix said he has tried to meet with Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina about racial equality for black officers in the police department and ways to make things better.

The association said those meetings never happened, and they had no other choice but to bring up the matter during Friday’s commission meeting.

During their presentation, Ortiz’s professionalism was questioned.

“Let me just show you his history here. He is constantly putting the city in liability,” Jean-Poix said as he showed a slide with newspaper headlines concerning Ortiz.

The Miami-Dade NAACP posted a clip of the meeting on Instagram, writing in part, “His comments are disturbing. And in the manner how he used them, downright disturbing to say the least.”

The association said they conducted their own investigation and found that at some point, during his time with the department, Ortiz changed his race from white Hispanic male to black non-Hispanic while applying for higher ranking positions.

“It’s an insult to African-Americans that you would use our race to get an advantage on the exam so that way you could get promoted,” said Jean-Poix.

During Friday’s commission meeting, Ortiz described himself as a patriot.

“I have an American flag tattooed on my leg, because I would bleed and I would die for this country,” he told commissioners. “You’ll never see me with any other flag.”

Ortiz, who used to be the head of the City of Miami Fraternal Order of Police, has been the center of controversy before. He was relieved from his union duties after he was accused of harassing women.

Claudia Castillo is one of these women.

Several social media messages posted by Ortiz years ago called out Castillo after recording video of a Miami-Dade Police officer speeding.

“Leaders of the community should lead by example, so it just irks me,” she said during cellphone video that she recorded during the encounter.

The association believes it is time for action.

“It’s a bad look for us as officers, because people believe that we’re being honest, and we’re telling the truth, and we took an oath,” said Jean-Poix, “and so, when they see him lying, it discredits the rest of us.”

Ortiz defended himself against the accusations in front of the commissioners.

“You don’t know the makeup of my race or ethnicity. You don’t know anything about me,” he said, “and just for the record, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it’s all voluntary. I don’t need to give you any information or tell you who I am.”

Tuesday night, Ortiz replied to 7News’ calls for comment with a text that reads, “No comment, thank you.”

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