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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoYeah, I remember him instituting blatantly unconstitutional policies like “stop and frisk”. I’m still not sure how he got away with it or how people didn’t realize he was a fascist.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoHe got lucky in that a lot of the reasons for the nationwide decrease in crime happened during his administration. You also had enough people in NYC happy that the city was becoming more orderly.
Yeah, I remember him instituting blatantly unconstitutional policies like “stop and frisk”. I’m still not sure how he got away with it or how people didn’t realize he was a fascist.
He got lucky in that a lot of the reasons for the nationwide decrease in crime happened during his administration.
You also had enough people in NYC happy that the city was becoming more orderly.