Posted on 11/17/2019 6:17:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
Michael Bloomberg on Sunday apologized for his longstanding support of the controversial “stop-and-frisk” police strategy ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run, a practice that he embraced as New York’s mayor and continued to defend despite its disproportionate impact on people of color.
Addressing a black church in Brooklyn, Bloomberg said he was “sorry” and acknowledged it often led to the detention of blacks and Latinos.
“I can’t change history,” Bloomberg told the congregation. “However today, I want you to know that I realize back then I was wrong.”
Bloomberg’s reversal is notable for someone who is often reluctant to admit wrongdoing. It’s also a recognition that if he’s to compete for the Democratic presidential nomination, he’ll have to win support from black voters. And his record on stop-and-frisk is a glaring vulnerability that could hobble his potential candidacy if he doesn’t express contrition.
The apology, however, was received skeptically by many prominent activists who noted that it was made as he is taking steps to enter the race. …
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Trying to pick up the ne’er-do-well vote?
He’s a pandering jackass
To atone for it he is working very hard to remove the occupational hazard of armed homeowners.
Geeze, that saved a lot of lives so, by all means apologize to liberals for it, stupid.
Stop and Frisk is an investigative technique approved of by the US Supreme Court and deals with dangerous weapons. No one is detained after a SaF unless illegal weapons are found or there is a warrant for the individual.
SaF goes a long way to reduce gun violence in the inner cities and is a much saner alternative than allowing shootings and murders.
Has he apologized for prosecuting and incarcerating murderers yet?
Bolstering his communist bonafides.
I (semi-) trolled Left-wing sites saying how much I loved him because he made NYC even safer than it was under Rudy (which is true). And he did it the same way Rudy did - arresting bad guys.
The left simply can’t deal with that...and now it looks as if Bloomberg just figured that out.
“SaF goes a long way to reduce gun violence in the inner cities and is a much saner alternative than allowing shootings and murders.”
Absolutely...and I kind of think they had a way of detecting who was armed, before even stopping them.
He hasn’t apologized for taking away my 32 ounce Big Gulp yet
Yeah, it's terrible that stop and frisk resulted in the arrests of crooks and fugitives.
He will get my plastic straw when he pries it from my cold dead fingers.
It shows disturbing weakness to change one’s opinion.
Bloomberg’s probably already made plenty of statements over the years in support of S & F ... his Democratic opponents are already going through the old news clips as we speak, looking for the most damaging quotes
Bloomberg is going to get hammered on this
Incredible. Back is white, wrong is right...This mind-bleep calls for a stiff Martini. Or in my case, a soothing brandy.
Good cops are very adept are reading postures, expressions, movements, always looking for unspoken hints of what people are doing and thinking as they walk down the street. Is he sweating, can he maintain eye contact, where are his hands and what are his fingers doing? Bad guys are clumsy about guns, even if they don't have them in their hands.
But S&F lets them act on these hints, legally.
disproportionate impact on people of color.
how is it disproportionate when white folk (35%) are a super-minority in NYC? (although if you believe Nanny Nan - that Italians are a non-white minority, the percentage of European whites are 26%) (2006-2008 wiki)
Too late, dummie. Those votes are GONE.
Would you all mind if your local LE agency instituted S&F in your neighborhoods?
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