Posted on 02/10/2020 11:36:55 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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Speaking before a crowd of 400 people at the Aspen Institute on February 5, 2015, Bloomberg said that to prevent violent crimes, police should seize guns from minorities. Bloomberg specifically noted that 95 percent of murders—both murderers and murder victims—in New York and “virtually every city” were committed by individuals fitting the same profile. “Male, minorities, 16 to 25,” he said.
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“95 percent of your murders—murderers and murder victims fit one M.O. You can just take the description. Xerox it and pass it out to all the cops. They are male, minorities, sixteen to twenty-five. That’s true in New York, that’s true in virtually every city. And that’s where the real crime is,” he said
“You’ve got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed,” continued Bloomberg. “You want to spend the money on a lot of cops in the streets. Put the cops where the crime is, which means minority neighborhoods. So one of the unintended consequences is, people say, ‘Oh my God, you are arresting kids for marijuana that are all minorities.’”
“Yes, that’s true. Why? Because we put all the cops in minority neighborhoods,” said Bloomberg. “Yes. That’s true. Why do we do it? Because that’s where all the crime is. And the way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them. And they start saying ‘Oh I don’t want to get caught.’ So they don’t bring the gun. They still have a gun, but they leave it at home.”
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Michael Bloomberg blocks footage of Aspen Institute appearance (2015)
Probably the last rational thing this idiot ever said.
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Ans probably any guns found in their homes would be illegal and unregistered. The problem is to have legitimate reason for entry, including warrant if needed.
This will be interesting if these two go against each other.
Bloomberg the Dem, used to be a Republican.
Trump the Republican, used to be a Dem.
:)
Bernie will have fun with ths
Well, of course, what he’s saying isn’t far from the truth about urban crime in the U.S., it’s not exactly what you need to say if you want to be the Democratic nominee for president. Bloomberg is simultaneously the most likely Dem to appeal to independent & swing voters... and among the least likely Dems to rally the base. I have to think that there’s a ceiling to his support. I just can’t imagine someone who’s supporting Bernie or Liz right now switching over to Bloomie. Sure, a few of ‘em might say, “Well, Bloomie ain’t my cup of tea, but he’s better than Trump.” Most of ‘em, though, will just stay home.
“Well, of course, what he’s saying isn’t far from the truth about urban crime in the U.S.”
A classic gaffe. A truth told entirely accidentally by a politician.
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The really funny thing is that he’s right.
The scary thing is that we aren’t allowed to talk about it.
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It’s weird, isn’t it?
Weird?
No. It’s scary.
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Clinton got a pass from blacks on his crime bill. Blacks didn’t much care about being called super predators either. But that was the Clintons and Bloombox will never be touted as America’s third black president.
This will hurt him more with Woke White People than black adults, many of whom will nod their heads.
B-b-but, that was such a long time ago. His position has evolved since then.
Speaking the truth will not help you with the minority
Well. Probably not 100% accurate, but close enough.
There are facts, and there are racists. It’s not racist to see what’s really going on. In fact, it’s racist to deny what’s really going on.
Why is what he said “racist”?
Yet in both instances, their current registration more accurately reflects their fundamental principles.
“Truth” by omission, though, since the problem of violence manifests itself only under policies imposed by Democrat Party rule- badly run schools where bullies run amok and teachers are not accountable; neighborhoods run by drug dealers and sex traffickers who pay off and supply Democrats to look the other way, criminals who serve the same function for Democrats as neighborhood “grannies” serve for the communist Chinese ; Democrats who accept favors from crime bosses who rake in protection money from business and supply violent strikers to persuade any businessmen who resist; businesses who hire the thugs to strike against their competition; Democrats to ensure unionized companies get all the contracts. To get a job a minority has to go through the union often run by people who are not at all shy about being racists and give preferential treatment to corrupt behaviors like theft.
Not really. Read it again:
“You’ve got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed”
He wants to disarm the potential victims.
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