Bloomberg sorry for 'stop and frisk' as he mulls presidential bid

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. Michael Bloomberg speaks at the Christian Cultural Center on November 17, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images/AFP

The 77-year-old had long defended his backing of the aggressive technique, which gave the city's police broad powers to search anyone they suspected of criminality. At the 2011 peak of"stop and frisk" policing, 87% of some 685,000 stops targeted black or Latino people, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union.Citing the"erosion of trust" his stance had created among ethnic minorities, Bloomberg said:"I can't change history."Bloomberg's words were met with a skeptical response as critics lambasted his reversal as vote pandering.

The 63-year-old former civil rights lawyer told NBC on Sunday he had considered announcing much earlier but held off when his wife of 35 years was diagnosed with uterine cancer."I think that's pretty important at a time when not just the party in some respects but the nation is deeply divided." "I'd like to see if those experiences and that aptitude and that skill set can be offered in service to our nation."

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