To the Editor:Re “Bloomberg Says He Now Regrets ‘Stop and Frisk’” (front page, Nov. 18):Understandable as a political strategy, but not credible as a heartfelt apology. It’s too late and too facile, especially coming at a time when it serves Michael R. Bloomberg’s electoral interests. Especially when he defended the tactic for years in the face of undeniable evidence that it was racist and illegal. It suggests an apparent insensitivity to how stop-and-frisk was reminiscent of the South African passbook laws during apartheid. Under those laws, it was compulsory for all black people over 16 to carry a passbook when in a white neighborhood.

Source: New York Times November 18, 2019 20:37 UTC