Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumThe Notorious Michael R. Bloomberg
His racist stop-and-frisk policy as New York mayor cant be forgotten.
By Charles M. Blow
Lets state some facts: Michael Rubens Bloomberg notoriously expanded stop-and-frisk in New York City to obscene proportions, violating the bodies and constitutional rights of mostly minority men and boys, and not only defended the policy, but mocked his detractors and bragged about it.
What Bloomberg did as mayor amounted to a police occupation of minority neighborhoods, a terroristic pressure campaign, with little evidence that it was accomplishing the goal of sustained, long-term crime reduction.
Nearly 90 percent of the people stopped were completely innocent. He knew that. They were the collateral damage in his crusade, black and brown bodies up against walls and down on the ground, groped in the middle of the city by strange men with guns, a vast expanse of human psychological wreckage about which he couldnt care less.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/opinion/michael-bloomberg-stop-frisk.html
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
murielm99
(30,755 posts)is not representative of the entire electorate.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)Rather than considering Buttigieg or Klobuchar.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)In addition to some of the rumblings here and elsewhere on the interwebz. I'd much rather see Biden as the nominee than Bloomberg emerge victorious.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
larwdem
(759 posts)I like Mike. That is all.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
stopdiggin
(11,348 posts)even if he is not the nominee ...
I think I would prefer it that way.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
jmg257
(11,996 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
at140
(6,110 posts)and is telling the truth now with apology. Or is it the other way around?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
maxsolomon
(33,378 posts)It led to many unneeded deaths. I still think he was a good president.
I don't know that there is an ideal candidate, except one that hasn't had to make hard choices yet. If President Asshole had been elected Mayor of NYC, or Gov of NY State, he probably wouldn't have been a viable candidate. He'd have had a record.
Criticism is easy; governing is hard.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Just throwing mud at the wall to see what sticks.
Obviously Mike's doing well, based on all the attacks against him.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
stopdiggin
(11,348 posts)think this is a totally relevant concern. And I find it somewhat perplexing that some members here are willing to give it a complete pass. No concern at ALL?
(if nothing else this demonstrates a significant moral blind spot concerning minorities .. AND personal liberties)
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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