http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/21/giuliani-racist-remarks-called-out-by-lebowitz-maher-video/
Poor Rudy Giuliani. He can’t seem to open his mouth without sticking his foot in it.
First, Giuliani stupidly declares Barack Obama “doesn’t love America,” just because our president isn’t some bible-thumping, jingoistic, war-mongering white guy. Then, the Big Apple’s former mayor almost immediately managed to somehow cram his other foot into his already alarmingly over-stuffed mouth by claiming what he said wasn’t racist, because Obama’s mother was white.
NYPD civil rights abuses during Giuliani’s tenure.
Did New York’s finest really shoot a black man in the back every five minutes under Giuliani’s watch? No, that’s clearly an exaggeration. Nonetheless, Giuliani has an appalling record when it comes to his dealings with the black community — and people of color in general.
For starters, Giuliani gave his then-Commissioner Bill Bratton a free-reign in deploying the overly aggressive law-enforcement, racial profiling and “crime prevention” tactics that have created today’s overly militarized police and climate of antagonism between police and communities of color. During Giuliani’s tenure, NYPD committed a series of horrifying murders and civil rights abuses, as listed in the New York Times:
April 29, 1994: An NYPD anti-drug patrol tried to arrest 22-year-old Ernest Sayon while he was standing outside of a housing complex in Staten Island, handcuffed him and pushed him to the ground, and suffocated him in the process. The grand jury declined to file criminal charges against the three officers, saying their use of force was reasonable.
Sept. 27, 1994: 13-year-old Nicholas Heyward was playing cops and robbers in a housing complex when NYPD Officer Brian George thought Heyward had a real rifle and shot him dead. Brooklyn’s district attorney chose not to put the case before a grand jury because the “real culprit” was that very real-looking toy gun.
Dec. 22 1994: 29-year-old Anthony Baez choked to death in the Bronx by NYPD officer Francis X. Livoti. In 1998 Livoti was convicted, and two fellow cops were found guilty of lying on the witness stand in his behalf.
Feb. 4 1999: Four plainsclothes cops pumped 41 gunshots into 22-year-old Amadou Diallo, a black man who was later found to be unarmed. They “mistook” him for a rapist who was later convicted. NYPD paid $3 million in damages to Diallo’s parents and the officers Street Crimes Unit was disbanded.
March 16, 2000: When 26-year-old Patrick Dorismond refused to tell undercover officer Anthony Vasquez how he could buy marijuana, a struggle ensued and Vasquez shot Dorismond dead. Police then discredited Dorismond by releasing his sealed juvenile record to reporters, claiming he had no right to privacy because he was dead. Like Darren Wilson, Vasquez never got indicted.
Oh, and let’s not forget public outrage and protests over NYPD’s abuse of Abner Louima — who was sodomized with a broom handle by NYPD Officer Justin Volpe in Brooklyn on August 8, 1997. Volpe pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Other officers were convicted for trying to cover up the incident.with a record like his and still getting some play you have to wonder how NY'ers ever voted him in and then agreed to Oprah's erroneous dubbing of America's mayor. why wasn't this stuff put out there more during his first 15 minutes? wonder if he had just shut up would he still be heralded as America's mayor instead of mean spirited guy who looks like Mr. Burns on the Simpsons and just as devious?
