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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Bloomberg apologizes for "Stop and Frisk" (Original Post)
brooklynite
Nov 2019
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pfeiffer
(280 posts)1. Go...
...jump a creek, Bloomberg.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,103 posts)2. Yeah that'll work.
He had how many years to change that policy, but didn't?
smh
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)3. 10 years @100k stops/yr.
My bad?
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Gothmog
(145,303 posts)4. This means that Bloomberg is running
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,592 posts)8. I heard on ABC that he might announce this week
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
melman
(7,681 posts)5. Who does that help?
Besides nobody.
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)6. Too late
People pointed out the racism embedded in this policy when he did it.
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)7. I won't be surprised if this goes over like a lead balloon. :)
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)9. Bloomberg was still defending "Stop and Frisk" in January of this year.
Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg defends use of 'stop and frisk' policing
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/politics/bloomberg-stop-and-frisk/index.html
Taking questions from the audience during the United States Naval Academy's 2019 Leadership Conference, Bloomberg was told by a Naval Academy midshipman that "there have been a lot of controversies surrounding your support of the policy of stop and frisk that was being used by law enforcement to target African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans."
"What would you say to those in the two communities that have been negatively affected by the policy that you supported in the past?" the midshipman asked Bloomberg.
"We focused on keeping kids from going through the correctional system ... kids who walked around looking like they might have a gun, remove the gun from their pockets and stop it," Bloomberg said. He added that "the result of that was, over the years, the murder rate in New York City went from 650 a year to 300 a year when I left."
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Nanjeanne
(4,960 posts)10. Too little - too late. Won't help you Bloomberg.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)11. How many lives did you destroy ???
How many families did you destroy ???
How many bricks did you add to the wall of racial division in this country ???
Fuck your apology.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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