Coral Gables police released CCTV video of the incident Wednesday afternoon involving Carlos “CJ” Giménez, Alex de la Portilla, and a City of Miami police detective.
Days after a high-profile dustup between members of two Miami political families broke out during lunchtime at an upscale restaurant in downtown Coral Gables, police have released surveillance footage and 911 audio illustrating how the scene unfolded. The footage from Wednesday, February 9, taken from three (1, 2, 3) city-owned closed-circuit cameras that captured the scene from three different angles, doesn’t appear to show the alleged assault, in which Carlos “CJ” Gimenez, the son of U.S. Congressman and former Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Giménez, “struck” Miami City Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla on the “side of the head with an open hand” at Morton’s the Steakhouse on Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Miracle Mile.…Read MoreMiami New Times | The Leading Independent News Source in Miami, Florida, Miami New Times –
