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Obama's favorite mayor and police commissioner

August 15, 2013

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Obama’s favorite mayor and police commissioner

The New York City Police Department made 4.4 million stops between January 2004 and June 2012. Over 80% of these 4.4 million stops were of blacks or Hispanics.

Mayor Bloomberg: police “‘disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little’”
 
Police Commissioner Kelley: “‘really, African-Americans are being under-stopped”
 
[From Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin’s decision ruling “stop-and-frisk” unconstitutional]