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Bloomberg Thinks Perp Walks Are Fine, Even For Short Fat Old Rich Powerful White Men
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Jen Chung
Published May 18, 2011
Modified May 18, 2011
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As the French complain that leading politician and IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being subject to barbaric American treatment because he has been photographed while in handcuffs, Mayor Bloomberg stood up for the tradition of perp walks. While in Albany to lobby for gay marriage, Bloomberg said, "I think it is humiliating, but you know if you don’t want to do the perp walk, don’t do the crime." Oh, snap!
The mayor continued, “I don’t have a lot of sympathy for that. Our judicial system works where the public can see the alleged perpetrators." Strauss-Kahn is accused of forcing a Times Square luxury hotel maid to perform oral sex on him; he was apprehended on an Air France plane that was 10 minutes from taking off. Bloomberg also pointed out, "He would be the kind of person who has a good chance of fleeing and France does not have an extradition treaty with the United States... The real sad thing is if someone is accused and does the perp walk and turns out not to be guilty, then society really ought to look in the mirror." Get Ben Stein ready!
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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