Just before Michael Bloomberg threw his billions into the ring for the Democratic presidential nomination, the former New York City mayor did what most political consultants probably told him he needed to do. He appeared at a black church in Brooklyn, where he apologized for the New York City Police Department’s use of a tactic popularly known as stop-and-frisk. “I can’t change history,” he told parishioners. “However, today I want you to know that I realize back then I was wrong, and I am sorry.” Afterward he called the...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 06, 2020 23:48 UTC