Steve Cody was once a prestigious lawyer who represented plaintiffs in a historic lawsuit that reformed Miami-Dade government to better reflect minority communities. But then, in 2013, his law license was suspended. In 2020, under stress after his wife’s death, his leg was amputated due to an infection, yet he also won election as a councilman of the Village of Palmetto Bay. Now, he is involved in two ongoing, high-profile lawsuits. One of them involves suing his own village hall.

But after an intemperate social media post calling Charlie Kirk’s murder this week a “fitting sacrifice,” dozens are calling for his resignation, including state attorney general James Uthmeier and Miami-Dade County Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins.

“[Cody] revealed that he can no longer be trusted to serve,

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