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Michael Bloomberg apologizes for ‘stop-and-frisk’ police practice that disproportionately impacted people of color

(John Locher | AP file photo) Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks in February at a news conference at a gun control advocacy event in Las Vegas. Bloomberg on Sunday reversed his longstanding support of the controversial “stop-and-frisk” police strategy, a policy he embraced as New York’s mayor even though it disproportionately impacted people of color.