Bloomberg Keeps Insisting He Slashed Stop-and-Frisk by 95 Percent. Not so Fast.
Brian Cahn/Zuma Early on Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, the notorious policing policy known as stop-and-frisk once again came back to bite former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. And, once again, the billionaire candidate took responsibility for cutting the policing program by 95 percent. But it’s not true. As my colleague Nathalie Baptiste reported of…
Elizabeth Warren Has No Intention of Letting Up on Michael Bloomberg
John Locher / Associated Press If you thought Elizabeth Warren was going to take a deep breath and change the subject after last night’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas…well, no. Before a packed room of volunteers at her North Las Vegas field office on Thursday, she picked up where she left off by ripping into…
The Easy Part Is Over for Michael Bloomberg
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg at the Democratic presidential primary debate Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada.John Locher/Associated Press Michael Bloomberg’s campaign for president has been an attempt to reinvent the presidential primary process entirely. The billionaire former three-term mayor of New York City jumped into a race that was already…
Michael Bloomberg’s Stop-and-Frisk Answer Was Absurd
John Locher/AP Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, made his debate-stage debut Wednesday night, and the other candidates were ready to pounce. From the outset, Bloomberg’s rivals attacked his criminal justice policies. Under Bloomberg, the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy targeted people of color in the city and led…
Mike “Stop and Frisk” Bloomberg Just Launched His Criminal Justice Plan
Michael Bloomberg talks to supporters on February 4 in Detroit. Carlos Osorio/AP Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg released his plan today to tackle racial bias in the criminal justice system and lower the prison population. “Our criminal justice system is broken and unjust,” Bloomberg said in a statement summarizing his proposals. “As president I’ll…
Gun Rights Activists Disrupt Bloomberg Campaign Event
Michael Bloomberg speaks to gun control advocates at a rally in Aurora, Colo. in December.Thomas Peipert/AP Most of the action in the presidential race is in New Hampshire right now, but campaign surrogates for Michael Bloomberg spent the weekend traveling throughout Virginia to highlight his record on gun violence prevention. And gun rights activists were…