clearly racist before all the clear evidence came in; when he cracked down on low-level crime during his tenure as New York City mayor, which meant arresting an unnecessarily large number of people of color.
His policy was later determined to be racially-biased.That’s why he’s the perfect dogmatist to lead Trump’s current efforts to disenfranchise Black voters.
The dogma fits his deranged bulldog persona. He’s always tried to convey an image of toughness melded with bluster — sound familiar?