The former New York mayor has shamelessly promoted himself as a key member of the Donald Trump administration first as a potential attorney general, then openly touting himself to become secretary of state. The largely white New York City police force was angry with the city’s first black mayor, David Dinkins. “Giuliani represents the old: an archaic system that systematically devalues black life.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mayor Rudolph Giuliani gestures at a New York city hall news conference in 1996. The credit for the financial investment in increased New York City police manpower goes to Dinkins, Giuliani’s predecessor, and to the New York governor, Mario Cuomo, Zimring said. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rudy Giuliani leaves the Trump Tower after meetings with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2016 16:32 UTC