Posted on 02/13/2020 6:32:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Jill Filipovic is an opinion columnist for several left wing media outlets, including CNN. Her latest column accuses Michael Bloomberg of racism, thereby disqualifying him as a presidential candidate
Her column relies on an audio recording of a 2015 speech by Bloomberg in Colorado which was released by a Bernie Sanders supporter. Filipovic is an Elizabeth Warren supporter (my condolences), but shares a loathing of Bloomberg, except for what he may be good for later in the year -- pouring billions into electing Democrats other than himself.
Bloomberg’s comments in his speech are a tough defense of his stop and frisk policy, used by New York City police when he was Mayor from 2001-2013.
"You've got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed," Bloomberg can be heard saying. "You want to spend the money on a lot of cops in the streets, put the cops where the crime is, which means in 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 is true. Why? Because we put all the cops in the minority neighborhoods. Yes, that is true. Why did we do it? Because that's where all the crime is," Bloomberg says. "And the way you get the guns out of the kid's hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them."
"Ninety-five percent of murders, murderers and murder victims" are male minorities between 16 to 25, Bloomberg says.
Filipovic argues that what Bloomberg says is not true, not in New York City, nor nationally. Her evidence are a few statistics she throws out:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
They use it constantly against us. Unfair? Too bad, life ain’t fair. We need to sow as much division as possible in the Democrat party to ensure victory. After the last 4 years, I no longer care. I’m no longer interested in debating them only defeating them.
There may be errors in what CNN says but in this case it really is the thought that counts. When they lose CNN the rat’s have lost it all.
...that would be an UNFAIR ad.
Have you seen Bloomberg's approved smears of President Trump? Of COURSE it would be fair. Better approach though would be to let Bernie, Biden, Buttigieg, etc do it.
RE: What about the people doing the killing?
Their reasoning is if you confiscate guns from EVERYONE, this will also cover and include the people who do the killing.
No its not. Its control! Criminals are criminals. These asshole use it to co trol the real threat, the law abidding. If they decide to go to the darkside, democraps are doo ed. However Virginia appears to be proof that this will not happen. In Revolutioanary days, these idiots in the VA govt would have been lynched. We are in a season of heavily armed cowards, God help us! We will put our trust in the SCOTUS to do the right thing, instead of sending the message to the next state trying the same thing. That next state BTW is New Mexico. They also voted to consfiscate guns.
Filipovic is a known liar.
She’s pretty hot, and probably straight too!
Too bad she’s too young to understand that an Iron Curtain isn’t what happens to you on the NYC Play Circuit when you give a bad performance.
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