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Related: About this forumBloomberg Talks Justice Reform in Mississippi, Apologizes for 'Stop and Frisk'
Billionaire and Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg arrived in downtown Jackson yesterday to discuss criminal-justice reform during a closed-door roundtable with Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba and local community leaders.
Following the private meeting, the former New York City mayor revealed to members of the press that he is running on a criminal-justice reform platform. He promised to cut the United States prison population in half by 2024, eliminate juvenile incarceration for non-violent offenses, invest in alternatives to incarceration initiatives, and fund local violence-interruption efforts across the country.
Criminal justice reform is particularly urgent in the State of Mississippi, which has the third highest incarceration rate in the country and the largest black population, a demographic that the U.S. justice system continues to disproportionately criminalize.
Since announcing his campaign for the presidency on Nov. 24, Bloomberg has responded to criticisms for his role in ramping up the controversial "stop-and-frisk" street-policing program when he was mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013. The program, which allows officers to stop, question and search people without a warrant on the grounds of suspicious activity, disproportionately targeted African American and Latino men between the ages of 18 to 24 under Bloomberg's tenure. Most of them were innocent, but were nevertheless initiated into the criminal-justice system as a result of contact with police.
Read more: https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/dec/04/bloomberg-talks-justice-reform-mississippi-apologi/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ritapria
(1,812 posts)What kind of campaign is this ?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)where he waited until he actually needed the African American votes before bothering to apologize, will be accepted by many Democrats, especially African Americans. His campaign hopes were over before his campaign began. The last thing the Democratic Party needs, is a racist enabling, tone-deaf, "poor people should pay more taxes" billionaire as their nominee. Don't go away mad, Bloomberg, just go away.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden