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Mike Bloomberg sought to explain his record on stop-and-frisk on Wednesday and delivered possibly the most fulsome apology he has made as a presidential candidate about the policing policy. “We just did it much too much and an awful lot of innocent people got stopped who didn't have guns. And it was my mistake, and I apologized for it.” Bloomberg said.
“I've asked for forgiveness. But I can't rewrite history and I've got to make sure we don't do it in the future. And hopefully my successor has learned the lesson from my mistake.”: Bloomberg’s mass implementation of stop and frisk has loomed over his campaign ever since he entered the race in November.
According to the New York Civil Liberties Union, more than 5 million stop-and-frisk stops were made during Bloomberg's 12 years in office, with nearly 686,000 stops in 2011 being the high point during his tenure. Blacks and Latinos accounted for more than 50% of the stops in 70 out of 76 New York precincts.Bloomberg claimed that he “stopped the process, cut 95%” of stop and frisks.is correct that there was a reduction of stop and frisk searches by about 95% during Bloomberg’s time as mayor.
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