Bloomberg: “I didn’t understand then the unintended pain it was causing”

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sent heavily armed police to break up Occupy Wall Street in the middle
of the night.<br><br>The protest offended his
sensibilities.<br><br>&quot;What they're trying
to do is take the jobs away from people working in this
city.&quot;<a
href="https://t.co/YWcAVbLFvA">https://t.co/YWcAVbLFvA</a></p>&mdash;
Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) <a
href="https://twitter.com/RossBarkan/status/1228310454818222080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote
class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Michael
Bloomberg is saying, in effect, that the 2008 financial crash was caused
because the banks weren’t permitted to discriminate against black and
brown people,” Warren said. <a
href="https://t.co/dalsonU3Cs">https://t.co/dalsonU3Cs</a></p>&mdash;
The Hill (@thehill) <a
href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1228259109876748289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote
class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There have been
40 sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits brought against Mike
Bloomberg by 64 women. Why is his long history of egregious sexism
getting a pass? My latest for <a
href="https://twitter.com/GQMagazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GQMagazine</a>
<a
href="https://t.co/q0gZCdvPVd">https://t.co/q0gZCdvPVd</a></p>&mdash;
Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) <a
href="https://twitter.com/LEBassett/status/1228071578472263680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ocasio-Cortez
Rips <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bloomberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bloomberg</a>
on Stop and Frisk: 'Just a Billionaire Trying to Cover Up
Authoritarian and Racist Policy' <a
href="https://t.co/kxBGyDjood">https://t.co/kxBGyDjood</a></p>&mdash;
Steven Hudson (@itsstevenhudson) <a
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14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One day driving
home from school, I was pulled over by the cops. Taken out of my car.
Handcuffed. Placed in the back of a police car. Then released without
explanation.<br><br>Bloomberg has not shown he understands
the pain he caused in our community -- at all. <a
href="https://t.co/iwt1H20NnP">https://t.co/iwt1H20NnP</a></p>&mdash;
Jamaal Bowman (@JamaalBowmanNY) <a
href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1227349600563941376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Bloomberg’s
remarks in the video are extremely disturbing. The racist stereotypes he
uses have no place today, and anyone running for the presidential
nomination should disavow them.<a
href="https://t.co/Zx58D6H8DN">https://t.co/Zx58D6H8DN</a></p>&mdash;
Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) <a
href="https://twitter.com/TomSteyer/status/1227319816014442497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Bloomberg
apologized for the first time on the campaign trail Thursday for
NYPD's &quot;stop and frisk&quot; policing tactic, which
he repeatedly defended while serving as mayor: &quot;I
didn't understand then the unintended pain it was
causing&quot; <a
href="https://t.co/jViztp9miR">https://t.co/jViztp9miR</a></p>&mdash;
CNN (@CNN) <a
href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1228311759704010752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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