Rudy Giuliani Declares Himself The Savior Of Black People

I've already posted how former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani blamed teachers for police shooting black people, saying cops wouldn't need to kill black people if the teachers would just accept charter schools, vouchers and merit pay (no seriously - he said it.)

That wasn't the only ridiculous thing he's said recently.

There was also this:

“If you look at my eight years in office, I saved more black lives than any mayor in the history of the city,” Mr. Giuliani claimed.

 Just in case you're thinking maybe he misspoke, well, this is the second time he's said this:

'I probably saved more black lives in this city than any mayor in the history of New York City, with the possible exception of Mike Bloomberg, who was there for 12 years,' he said.  

That's some assertion by Saint Rudy of 9/11 - it goes quite well with blaming teachers for tragedies like the Eric Garner case.

If we'd just accept charters, vouchers and merit pay, Saint Rudy of 9/11 would be able to save even more black people from the evils of the teachers!

And Rudy Giuliani is like a Black Moses.

Makes sense, I guess, what with Isaac Hayes being dead and Rudy Giuliani being an asshole and all.

Happy Reformer Andrew Cuomo Plans Police, Grand Jury Reforms

Given how well his education reforms are working and how swimmingly his Moreland Commission on Public Corruption went, I'm very skeptical about this:

Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to push next year for a “comprehensive” set of changes to the grand jury process as well as police practices including the wearing of body cameras following a lack of indictment of a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.

Cuomo, interviewed on WCNY’s Capitol Pressroom on Thursday morning, called the lack of an indictment in the case “troubling and disturbing to say the least.”

“I think long term this is something we have to look at this session,” Cuomo said. “I think we need a comprehensive look.”

The governor indicated he plans to push for increased transparency in law enforcement, changes to how grand juries in the state operate and require police officers to wear body cameras as well as strengthen police training.

“I think we should address all of the above,” Cuomo said. “I think we should look at the whole system.”

Hey, Andy, maybe a commission?

Heck, worked really well with corruption, LIPA and Common Core...