‘Leroy Bloomberg’ parody Twitter account spoofs NYC mayor’s stop-and-frisk position

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New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has aggressively defended the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices, despite considerable public backlash and even a court ruling which found the policy racially biased.

The NYC Republican has even gone so far as to say the minorities are stopped “too little,” and whites “too much.”

In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Bloomberg appeared to at least empathize with his opponents when he said, ““If I had a son who was stopped, I might feel differently about it.”

This seemingly off-the-cuff remarks has also drawn its fair share of criticism and its inspired a parody of Bloomberg, a fake Twitter account held by his “son,” an Afro-sporting lookalike named “Leroy.”

Whoever has been running the account has unleashed several snarky posts pointing out what they consider the absurdity and hypocrisy of the mayor’s stance, such as:

As Bloomberg and NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly continue to face pushback about their position, Democratic candidate for mayor Bill de Blasio has surged in the polls, largely due to his outspoken opposition to stop-and-frisk.

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