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“I "inherited the police practice of stop-and-frisk" and "by the time I left office, I cut it back by 95 percent.”
Michael Bloomberg Claim dated 11 Feb 2020.
The New York Times rated thisThis is misleading.

In short

Michael Bloomberg made this claim around 11 February 2020. The New York Times (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 February 2020. Its rating was “This is misleading.”.

Michael Bloomberg has 12 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 3 true.

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