Bloomberg is a racist and he was wrong about this btw... whites stopped by NYPD were more likely to have contraband than POC... his view on stop and frisk has been disproved and tho he’s admitted he was wrong, he shouldn’t be forgiven for this to the point of being the nominee...
Also, side note: those who say (as the right does) that dispro stops of POC were legit Bc POC commit dispro violent crime in NY miss the point: only 15% of stops were for suspicion of violent crime... stops were for drugs, “furtive movement” and simply being in hi crime hood..
So u cant use violence numbers to justify stops when that’s not why people were stopped, according to NYPDs own records
Drug use and possession is racially equal in NY (and elsewhere), furtive movement is inherently subjective and can reflect POC fear of cop misconduct, and stops for where you live are inherently unjust
