Word: guiliani
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...YORK—I hate what’s happened to New York. Well, no. I love what’s happened—what’s happening—in New York: The Yankees are winning, Guiliani is losing, crime is down and tourism is up. What I hate is how New York has been co-opted. The biggest, baddest city has met his match, his master, in the form of Hollywood. The masters of spin have put New York on a diet, squeezed him into a size-four dress, airbrushed the dark spots and tied...
...wake of the Diallo and Louima rulings and the Dorismond shooting, New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani needs to see his supposed success as a failure. His perceived accomplishments in improving the "quality of life" in New York are, in reality, abuses of police discretion and the perpetuation of a racial double standard in law enforcement...
...whites, Guiliani's improved "quality of life" may be manifested in the form of cleaner streets, fewer "broken windows" and a marked decline in subway turnstile jumpers. For blacks and latinos, it means--at best--routine harassment and frisks with decreased Fourth Amendment rights. At worst, it means 41 shots by four heavily armed policemen for the crime of being black and carrying a wallet...
...blame for Diallo? The four white police officers, who shot a man holding a wallet; the system of accountability, put in place by former New York Police Commissioner William Bratton, puts intense pressure on officers to bring down crime at any price; wannabe-Senator Rudy Guiliani; and most importantly, the Supreme Court. While some feel there is not much of a policy difference between George W. Bush and Al Gore '69, there is a significant difference on this issue. With as many as three seats on the Supreme Court likely to come open in the next four years, the future...