Billionaire nanny state megalomaniac and soda-confiscator Michael Bloomberg is in hot water today after leaked audio shows him making basically correct observations about violent crime. In the clip, Bloomberg says that “95 percent of murders and murder victims fit one M.O.” He points the finger at “male minorities 16 to 25,” a trend that he claims holds true in most major cities across the country.
He then explains that the goal should be to “get the guns out of the hands” of the people who commit the violent crime. The method he advocates is to “throw them up against the wall and frisk them,” otherwise known as stop and frisk. These are the tactics Bloomberg used as mayor of New York, where he succeeded in cutting crime, especially violent crime, significantly. He takes more credit for that than he deserves, as politicians tend to do, but it’s still a real achievement.
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