The Notorious Michael R. Bloomberg

[melman]

His racist stop-and-frisk policy as New York mayor can’t be forgotten.

By Charles M. Blow


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.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/opinion/michael-bloomberg-stop-frisk.html

[murielm99]

1. It is a good thing that DU

is not representative of the entire electorate.

[Devil Child]

5. I'm concerned that Biden voters will jump ship for Bloomberg

Rather than considering Buttigieg or Klobuchar.

[LanternWaste]

7. What specifically leads you to that concern?

[Devil Child]

9. Purely anectdotal evidence from Biden supporting peers and family

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.

[Devil Child]

2. "throw them up against the wall."

This is the real Michael Bloomberg in his own words.

No thank you Mr. Bloomberg.

[larwdem]

3. He fights trump

I like Mike. That is all.

[stopdiggin]

12. he has said he will "do everything he can" to defeat Trump

even if he is not the nominee ...
I think I would prefer it that way.

[jmg257]

4. Blow's twitter feed on this is a must read.

https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1227778310622654466&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F%3Fcom%3Dview_post%26forum%3D1287%26pid%3D510189

[at140]

6. May be Bloomberg was lying on that video

and is telling the truth now with apology. Or is it the other way around?

[maxsolomon]

8. Obama expanded the drone murders/strikes.

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.

[left-of-center2012]

10. This has been posted a number of times

Just throwing mud at the wall to see what sticks.

Obviously Mike's doing well, based on all the attacks against him.

[stopdiggin]

11. I haven't been attacking Bloomberg, but I absolutely

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)