Topic: Aspen Institute

Michael Bloomberg's 2015 comments at the Aspen Institute surfaced, showing him defending stop-and-frisk by stating that 95% of murder suspects and victims fit a specific minority description. While Donald Trump supported the policy during 2016 debates as a tool to reduce crime, Bloomberg's leaked audio explicitly advocated for "throwing kids against the wall" to find weapons.

Podcaster Benjamin Dixon unearthed the 2015 Aspen Institute audio of Michael Bloomberg after mainstream newsrooms failed to report on it for five years. The Bloomberg campaign reportedly requested that the original video not be released, but Dixon isolated the audio to demonstrate the candidate's direct statements on racial profiling.