The Notorious Michael R. Bloomberg

NY Times ^ | 02-13-2020 | Charles Blow

[NRx]

Let’s 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 couldn’t care less.

A recording from a speech Bloomberg delivered at the Aspen Institute in 2015 underscores just how callous and cavalier he was in his thinking about this racist policy.

“Ninety-five percent of your murders — murderers and murder victims — fit one M.O.,” Bloomberg said. “You can just take the description, Xerox it and pass it out to all the cops. They are male, minorities, 16 to 25. That’s true in New York. That’s true in virtually every city.”

He goes on to say: “One of the unintended consequences is, people say, ‘Oh my God, you are arresting kids for marijuana, they’re all minorities.’ Yes, that’s true. Why? Because put all the cops in minority neighborhoods. Yes, that’s true. Why do we do it? Because that’s where all the crime is.”

Later he says, “The way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them against the wall and frisk them.”

[NRx]

Wow. The far left is terrified of Bloomberg and they are throwing everything they have at him.

[1Old Pro]

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 couldn’t care less.

Sounds like the movie Traffic.

[goldstategop]

Charles M Blow hates Doomberg as much as Trump.

[babble-on]

Does this help him or hurt him nationally in the Dem primaries?

[BushCountry]

Cool. I hope he wastes another 300 million of his money. Less for Democrats in general.

[3boysdad]

Are you sure it’s his money? What about Soros, is that “his” money too? How do you think we actually got to be $23 trillion in debt, and counting?

[Fedora]

Of course, if Bloomberg wins the Democratic Party nomination, the NYT will do an about-face and sing his praises, leaving the useful idiot Blow deeply saddened.

[Grampa Dave]

From now on if any Trump voters see mini Mike, they need to start shouting

Mini Mike! Stand up Mini Mike!!

[Responsibility2nd]

^{Let’s 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.}

 

Wait. Are the Slimes trying to get me to support this guy? Look. The facts are clear. This stop and frisk greatly reduced crime. But I still won't vote for Mini Mike.

[IWONDR]

The NYT is carrying water for hilliary. if they can get rid of bloomberg, then hilliary will take out klobuchar, and she will be on her way to crawling thru the glass ceiling.

[FLT-bird]

If Bernie gets the nomination those suburban single women the Democrats usually count on stay away in droves, rich leftists refuse to pony up the cash they usually do and Trump’s share of the Black vote goes up.

If Bloomberg gets the nomination, the Bernie Bros riot then sit at home at best if not break off into a splinter party. Trump’s share of the Black vote explodes sailing well past 20%.

Either way, the Donkeys are screwed. Beautiful.

[Alberta's Child]

LMAO.

[samtheman]

“Ninety-five percent of your murders — murderers and murder victims — fit one M.O.,” Bloomberg said. “You can just take the description, Xerox it and pass it out to all the cops. They are male, minorities, 16 to 25. That’s true in New York. That’s true in virtually every city.”
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I don’t trust Bloomberg as far as I could throw a Nadler, but he was right in the above statement.

[NobleFree]

The text published in the Slimes is now indistinguishable from that in the Daily Worker.

[Beagle8U]

“Later he says, “The way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them against the wall and frisk them.”

Greta said she was going to put them against to wall too.

[hinckley buzzard]

It must be bad for the Slimes’ Stepnfetchit to attack a fellow ‘rat.

[TheConservativeParty]

Fox just stated Bloomberg has $60 billion.
Just how did he manage to do that.
Wasn’t from working.

[hinckley buzzard]

Of course he was right, but truth is the first casualty of democrat politics.

[Tell It Right]

Translation: If minorities commit violent crimes everybody should thank them.

[VideoDoctor]

It’s starting to look like Bloomberg and all his money are going to go the way of Biden and Warren.