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Related: About this forumBloomberg Vetoes Two City Council Bills Aimed At Increasing NYPD Oversight
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As promised, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vetoed two City Council bills aimed at increasing oversight of the New York City Police Department.
One of those bills would create an inspector general for the police department, while the other would have made it easier for people to sue the department for discrimination.
Both measures passed the City Council last month by a margin large enough for an override.
In his veto messages, Bloomberg said that the NYPD is already subject to more oversight than any other police force in the country.
Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/185993/bloomberg-vetoes-two-city-council-bills-aimed-at-increasing-nypd-oversight
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)But only boycott Florida please.......
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)He and Holder have spoken a bit about profiling, but they seem to fully support and actively promote the nation's leading practitioner of racial profiling. The charade gets old, the cake and eat it too posturing. I just don't respect people who say one thing and do the opposite. Self serving and self indulgent.