Name: Mayor Bloomberg Explains Why He Apologized For His 'Stop And Frisk' Policing Policy
Uploaded: 2020-03-09T23:10:26.000Z
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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.

HERE WE'RE WE'RE HERE TALKING WITH MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WHO

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ARE FUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE

ONE WEEK BEFORE YOU AWE NOUNCED YOUR CANDIDACY YOU GAVE A SPEECH

>> Stephen: WHAT MOTIVATED YOU IN THAT MOMENT OTHER THAN THE

FACT YOU WERE TRYING TO APPEAL TO A BROADER DEMOCRATIC

>> LOOK, I STARTED OUT WITH 650 MURDERS A YEAR IN THE CITY,

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO STOP THE CARNAGE.

NEAR THE END, I REALIZED WE WERE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND DOING

ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE WOMAN WHO'S MY ASSISTANT WHO SITS NEXT

TO ME, HAS A YOUNG SON, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

AND I TOOK A LOOK AND SAID LET'S TRY SOMETHING: STOP DOING THE

WE THOUGHT MURDERS WOULD GO UP, AND IT DIDN'T.

AND BEFORE I LEFT OFFICE, WE CUT 95% OF THEM OUT.

THEN I-- SOMEBODY SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"

AND IF YOU CAN'T APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LIVE WITH

SOMETIMES YOU JUST-- NOT EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT-- NOT

>> Stephen: WELL, WHILE YOU WERE MAYOR THERE WAS A LOT OF

IT WENT FROM 95,000 STOP AND FRISK WHEN YOU STARTED TO

AS A LEADER, WE WANT TON WHILE YOU'RE IN POWER YOU CHANGE YOUR

BUT THE MURDER RATE WENT FROM 650 DOWN TO 300.

IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF STOP AND FRISK BECAUSE WHEN YOU STOPPED

YOU DO TOO MUCH OF ONE THING YOU STOPPED DOING IT.

WE STARTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG KIDS, ONE OF

WHICH PRESIDENT OBAMA COPIED FOR THE NATION.

YOU HAVE TO DO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND TRY AND SEE WHAT

>> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE MAYOR OF NEW YORK, DID YOU EVER

HAVE TO DEAL WITH DONALD TRUMP WHO IS, YOU KNOW, BY HIS OWN

DESCRIPTION A PROMINENT NEW YORKER, CERTAINLY A FAMOUS GUY,

A "BOSTON HERALD," AS HE SAYS, IN NEW YORK?

HE BOUGHT THE RICE RIGHTS TO BUILD A CLUB HOUSE.

>> Stephen: I TRUSTED HIM WITH A SHARP OBJECT.

I ACTUALLY PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM ONCE AT A CHARITY TOURNAMENT.

>> NO, BECAUSE WE HAD FIVE BALLS IN THE AIR ANYWHERE.

BUT HE HAS A REPUTATION OF, SHALL WE SAY, NOT BEING

>> Stephen: OR WIVES-- >> WE TOOK THE SUBWAY TO--

( APPLAUSE ) HE-- HE DHOWEVER, THE ONE TIME I

TALKED TO HIM AFTER HE WAS ELECTED BUT BEFORE HE TOOK

OFFICE, HE GAVE ME HIS PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER.

>> Stephen: PLEASE TELL ME YOU STILL HAVE IT.

IF YOU'RE NOT CAMPAIGNING HEAVILY IN THE FIRST FOUR

>> WE'VE BEEN TO 20 STATES AND 40 CITIES.

I START GOING OUT TO THE WEST COAST ON THURSDAY MORNING.

>> Stephen: CALIFORNIA BEING SUPER TUESDAY THIS TIME.

>> CALIFORNIA, AND THEN THROUGH UTAH-- ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO

WASHINGTON, D.C. FIRST, AND THEN OUT THERE, GO THROUGH IDAHO, GO

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