'Throw Them Against The Wall And Frisk Them': Bloomberg's 2015 Race Talk Stirs Debate
The remarks, shared widely on social media this week, have sparked discussion about the former New York City mayor's past support of stop-and-frisk policies, which targeted minority neighborhoods.
Updated at 11:52 a.m. ET
Michael Bloomberg is distancing himself from a 2015 speech in which the former New York City mayor defended aggressive police tactics in minority neighborhoods.
Audio of the talk began recirculating online, generating fresh debate over stop and frisk, one of Bloomberg's signature policies as mayor, forcing him to back away from the remarks.
Bloomberg, in a statement, noted how he had apologized for championing stop and frisk before
