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My friends & I (17/18 yrs old) were walking into Riverside Park, next to Columbia University. We heard someone scream: "HEY!"
I didn't turn around. "HEY" isn't my name. One of my less street smart friends did. THANK GOD.
It was a cop w his gun drawn at us.
My friends & I (17/18 yrs old) were walking into Riverside Park, next to Columbia University. We heard someone scream: "HEY!"
I didn't turn around. "HEY" isn't my name. One of my less street smart friends did. THANK GOD.
It was a cop w his gun drawn at us.
I quickly raised my hands, so did my boy. My other boy, a bit ahead of us, did not raise his hands. He was nervous. He reached into his pocket to try and show the police where his ID was. The cop proceeded to point his gun at my friend's spine. "PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR"
I told my friend, "Bro put your hands up, or we're gonna be on the news, just put your hands up!" We all knew one wrong move, and we could be killed.
"Hospital is only a couple of blocks away," the officer told my friend as he began to frisk him.
"Hospital is only a couple of blocks away," the officer told my friend as he began to frisk him.
My friends and I were stopped & frisked at gunpoint thanks to Mike Bloomberg's racist policing policies.
He led a campaign of terror to ensure POC knew we could be jumped by police any time.
The rights of an entire generation were violated.
His record is his record.
PERIOD.
He led a campaign of terror to ensure POC knew we could be jumped by police any time.
The rights of an entire generation were violated.
His record is his record.
PERIOD.
This isn't about a leaked tape of Bloomberg being racist.
It's Bloomberg's record of racist policies.
It's POC screaming at you to recognize the reality we lived under Bloomberg's #NYC
*Screaming* that someone who abused their power in this way shouldn't receive more of it.
It's Bloomberg's record of racist policies.
It's POC screaming at you to recognize the reality we lived under Bloomberg's #NYC
*Screaming* that someone who abused their power in this way shouldn't receive more of it.
The racist policing POC experienced in Bloomberg's #NYC was in large part to make whites comfortable.
To make property owners and big business comfortable.
*Some older conservative POC as well*
ZERO surprise to hear those demos say "Bloomberg is better than Trump!"
To make property owners and big business comfortable.
*Some older conservative POC as well*
ZERO surprise to hear those demos say "Bloomberg is better than Trump!"
