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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Michael Bloomberg Gets a Well Deserved Smackdown on Stop and Frisk

Ta-Nehisi Coates nails it when he calls the judge's ruling, "Ending Michael Bloomberg's Racist Profiling Campaign:

As I've noted before, Ray Kelly and Michael Bloomberg justify the number of stops by arguing that black and Latino men commit the majority of violent crime. This position intentionally ignores the data which shows, even after controlling for crime rates, the NYPD still discriminates. It's very important that people interested in this case understand that. And as always, anyone who is interested in the case really needs to listen to This American Life's reporting on Officer Adrian Schoolcraft.
He's actually easier on the bigot Bobsey twins Kelly and Bloomberg than I have been.

I have described this as Bull Connor bullsh%$ and described it as an attempt to terrorize minorities.

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