I think de Blasio’s hiring of Bratton sends a strong message that Stop and Frisk is back in business in New York. Oh, they may call it something else entirely or just tweak it. But, Bratton is the father of Stop and Frisk and de Blasio is sending a strong message to the criminal element in New York that this new so-called progressive mayor is not gonna be soft on crime!
Daily Mail reports Bill de Blasio has picked the former New York police commissioner who cleaned up the city in the 1990s to lead the department once again.
William Bratton, 66, rose to national fame under Mayor Rudy Giuliani for his 'zero tolerance' approach to policing and his 'broken windows' strategy of targeting small infractions as a way to combat more serious crimes and lower murder rates. He also pioneered CompStat, the data-driven system of tracking crimes that is now used by nearly every major police force in the nation.Critics have already chimed in, saying that Bratton is a bad choice if the mayor-elect wants to move away from tactics like stop-and-frisk and improve NYPD relations with the city's black and Hispanic communities.City Councilman Charles Barron called Bratton's appointment 'unconscionable' and said he was the man who invented stop-and-frisk and other strategies that disproportionately target minorities.
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