One Brooklyn
November 17, 2019
“I appreciated my sitdown with Mayor Bloomberg this morning before he made his apology about his administration’s overuse of stop and frisk, abuses I testified against in the Floyd v. City of New York trial. It’s important we learn from our past and move toward a more just future. 22 years of policing taught me we can keep this city safe without leaving people in disgrace. I’ve fought my whole life for that safety and to reform from within. Today, we reaffirm that stop and frisk is a lawful policing tool that was improperly abused in communities of color. An apology can never erase the humiliation and trauma that hundreds of thousands endured from abuses of stop and frisk. What it can do is provide a spark for greater healing along the long arc of history bending toward justice. Mayor Bloomberg’s apology moves in that direction, and I have further encouraged him to commit himself and his organization to the restorative justice and community engagement work needed both here and across our country.”
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