Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized on Sunday to a largely African-American church, saying he was wrong to support the “stop and frisk” police practice that ensnared a disproportionate number of black and Latino people in the city, which saw its peak in 2011. It came as Bloomberg weighs a run for president.
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