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| | Bloomberg switched parties to become a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. | | Bloomberg switched parties to become a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. |
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| | Bloomberg campaigned on a program to keep [[African American]]s on the [[Democrat plantation]].<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/22/bloombergs-plan-for-black-americans-doubles-down-on-the-lefts-failures/</ref> | | Bloomberg campaigned on a program to keep [[African American]]s on the [[Democrat plantation]].<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/22/bloombergs-plan-for-black-americans-doubles-down-on-the-lefts-failures/</ref> |
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| | Bloomberg’s support for the scheme, which targeted black and Latino males as young as 13, making their routine harassment and humiliation “just a fact of life in New York”.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/nyregion/bloomberg-stop-and-frisk-new-york.html New York Times, 11/17/19]</ref> | | Bloomberg’s support for the scheme, which targeted black and Latino males as young as 13, making their routine harassment and humiliation “just a fact of life in New York”.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/nyregion/bloomberg-stop-and-frisk-new-york.html New York Times, 11/17/19]</ref> |
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| | + | [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] criticized Bloomberg's entrance into the field,<ref>https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1227977298596462592</ref> |
| | + | {{quotebox|"New York City is about 60% people of color. |
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| | + | Stop and Frisk was an unconstitutional, devastating practice for the entire city that intentionally exempted White people from harm. |
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| | + | It was one of the most racist policies I’ve ever lived through that deeply impacted the entire city.}} and |
| | + | {{quotebox|Will people get their records expunged? |
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| | + | Will young people sucked into the spiderweb of incarceration get their lives back? |
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| | + | Unless there is restorative justice, there is no “moving on” from Stop & Frisk. It’s just a billionaire trying to cover up authoritarian & racist policy. }} |
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| | Bloomberg, a certified liar, spent $10 million on a [[Superbowl]] ad using Obama/Biden-era video of children in cages in [[ICE]] facilities.<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/02/03/busted-mike-bloomberg-is-using-footage-of-illegal-immigrants-in-cages-from-2014-to-bash-president-trump/</ref> | | Bloomberg, a certified liar, spent $10 million on a [[Superbowl]] ad using Obama/Biden-era video of children in cages in [[ICE]] facilities.<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/02/03/busted-mike-bloomberg-is-using-footage-of-illegal-immigrants-in-cages-from-2014-to-bash-president-trump/</ref> |