Michael Bloomberg was at pains Wednesday to explain his use of a ‘stop and frisk’ policy that indiscriminately targeted minorities in New York City in an effort to lower crime rates when he was mayor of America’s biggest city.
Michael Bloomberg was at pains Wednesday to explain his use of a ‘stop and frisk’ policy that disproportionately affected minorities in New York City in an effort to lower crime rates when he was mayor of America’s biggest city.
“When I got into office there were 650 murders a year in New York City, and I thought that my first responsibility was to give people the right to live, that’s the basic right of everything. And we adopted a policy which had been in place, the policy that all big police departments use, ‘stop and frisk.’ What happened however, was it got out of control.
“Look, let’s get something straight,” Biden said. “The reason the ‘stop and frisk’ changed was because Barack Obama sent moderators to see what was going on. When we sent them there to say this practice has to stop, the mayor thought it was a terrible idea we send them there.”Bloomberg, who at this point in the debate had already been the target of withering attacks by the other candidates, responded by noting his remorse for the policy that, until rather recently, he had defended.
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