I spoke to legal experts and NYC activists about why this statement from Bloomberg is horseshit.
If you're considering supporting Bloomberg, I'd please recommend that you read this story. huffpost.com/entry/bloomber…
If you're considering supporting Bloomberg, I'd please recommend that you read this story. huffpost.com/entry/bloomber…
I pressed Bloomberg's campaign on how exactly it calculated that he "cut" stop and frisks by "95 percent" as mayor. A spokesperson sent me some numbers that didn't answer my question.
A Columbia University criminologist called the 95% figure "nonsense" huffpost.com/entry/bloomber…
A Columbia University criminologist called the 95% figure "nonsense" huffpost.com/entry/bloomber…
.@alyssaguilera, a spokesperson for @CPRAction, told me: “The nation is just now starting to learn what Black, Latinx and other New Yorkers know intimately ― Bloomberg’s legacy in NYC was 12 years of racist policing and criminalizing poverty." huffpost.com/entry/bloomber…
Of the nearly 700,000 police stops the NYPD conducted in 2011, when Bloomberg was mayor, 87% were of Black and Latino New Yorkers. Of those stopped, nearly 90% were innocent of any crime. huffpost.com/entry/bloomber…
When a judge found his stop-and-frisk regimen unconstitutional in 2013, ruling it violated the 4th Amendment & amounted to racial profiling, Bloomberg threw a sexist hissy fit, calling the judge "some woman" who knew "absolutely zero" about policing.
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And I'll leave you with this statement from New York City activist @alyssaguilera about Bloomberg's time as mayor huffpost.com/entry/bloomber…:
