When former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched his unconventional White House bid, he faced his controversial criminal justice record head-on, expressing remorse for his longstanding support for 'stop-and-frisk' policing -- a controversial tactic that was found to be racially discriminatory
When former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched his unconventional White House bid, he faced his controversial criminal justice record head-on, expressing remorse for his longstanding support for"stop-and-frisk" policing -- a controversial tactic that was found to be racially discriminatory.
His initial admission has been coupled with policy rollouts addressing criminal justice reform, gun violence, climate change, and economic equity -- promoted in partnership with prominent black leaders who are willing to vouch for his candidacy ahead of Super Tuesday. “I apologized when enough people said to me ‘you were wrong’ and I thought about it and I wish I'd done it earlier. I just didn't,” Bloomberg told Hostin, adding that “In my heart of hearts, I tried to do things to make this country better.”
As recently as last week, his national campaign chairman, Michael Nutter, told MSNBC that the former mayor"has acknowledged that mistake and now wants to move forward."In a recent Washington Post/Ipsos poll, Bloomberg was tied among black Democratic-leaning voters at 4% with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who is African American and had focused much of his campaign on highlighting issues impacting disenfranchised minority communities. Booker has since dropped out of the race.
In the landmark Floyd vs. City of New York class action lawsuit, Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled in 2013 that stop and frisk violated constitutional rights through indirect racial profiling. The ruling called for immediate changes to the NYPD’s police practices and appointed independent monitoring to ensure compliance with the reforms ordered by the court.
“Questions about mass incarceration, criminal justice, and restorative justice are at the forefront of voters’ minds, even though they may not show up as the very first thing on polling,” said Leah Wright Rigueur, author and assistant professor of public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Tubbs' arguments point to a larger challenge across the Democratic field: Several presidential candidates have imperfect records on criminal justice. “One thing that no mayor wants is the reputation of violating someone's constitutional rights,” Peart told ABC News. “When you are in office, you're supposed to protect and serve, and that wasn’t honored. Even during the case, there was a lack of acknowledgment about the wrongdoing that was happening. There was this idea that if you continue to stop black and brown people, it will stop crime, which is completely racist.
“I think he was completely disconnected from the lives of millions of New Yorkers and basically anyone outside the economic and political elite of the city,” he added. “He's expressed to me just some of the horrors he saw when the murder rate in New York was two times as it was before he left office," Benjamin said."He really wanted to commit himself to taking guns off the street. He's acknowledged and apologized for what happened. But it's going to have to continue to be a part of the narrative, as he continues to sell himself to Americans.
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