Bloomberg defends the NYPD's surveillance of Muslims during his mayoralty

[melman]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Blue_true]

1. Bloomberg hired a large number of Muslim NYC PD.

It wasn't about surveiling as much as hiring such officers to interface with Muslim communities made logistical sense.

[melman]

2. "It wasn't about surveiling"

Preposterous.

[Blue_true]

3. Your view is your own. I am simply restating what was pointed out in news

shows from several years back.

[melman]

5. It's not my view

It's a fact. To say it wasn't a surveillance program is complete and utter bullshit.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/muslim-surveillance-michael-bloomerg-new-york-city-history.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485084-bloomberg-defends-muslim-surveillance-policy-post-9-11


https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/opinion/sunday/surveillance-security-and-civil-liberties.html


https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/24/politics/fact-check-bloomberg-nypd-muslim-surveillance/index.html

[Blue_true]

7. Good enough. I stated what I have to state, he hired more Muslim cops than any NYC Mayor.

That was done specifically for better outreach to Muslim communities. You can spin that any way you want, I am done debating it.

[George II]

6. Despite the fact that he made some mistakes in his 12 years (who hasn't?) he was one of the best....

....mayors of New York City in a long time. MUCH better than Giuliani and better than any mayors in my memory (except perhaps John Lindsay)

[BeckyDem]

4. MR. UNITY. lol