Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg said police should focus on minority neighbourhoods “because that’s where all the crime is”, according to audio from 2015 that has resurfaced.
The former New York City mayor also told a think-tank that male minorities perpetrate “the real crime”.
The billionaire last year apologised for backing stop-and frisk policing as he launched his White House campaign.
A new poll places Mr Bloomberg at third place in the crowded Democratic field. Stop-and-frisk is a practice where the police stop, question and search people on the street to try and find weapons and other illegal items.
In remarks to the Aspen Institute in Colorado on 5 February 2015, Mr Bloomberg is heard saying: “It’s controversial, but first thing is, all of your – 95% percent of your murders, murderers and murder victims, fit one M.O. [method of operation]
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