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Bloomberg's reign, there were 7300 fewer murders happening during that time than in the previous 11 years. also commissioner kelly pointed out that -- i just read this in the post yesterday that nypd looks like the people here, of every race, shape, size, color, you name it. he also said that minorities are really who are going to be hurt a lot by the rescinding of this. take a listen. >> the losers in this if this case is allowed to stand are people who live in minority communities. 97% of the shooting victims in new york city last year were people of color. the 11 years, full years of mayor ...

It is pervasive in policing policies like stop and frisk, and in this case, neighborhood watch," talking about the trayvon martin case. "regardless of the collateral damage done to the majority of innocents, it's like burning down a house to rid it of mice." >> no, absolutely, we are sensitive to this. nobody wants to be stopped. at the very least, you're giving up your time. but we need some balance here. the stark reality is that violence is happening disproportionately in minority communities, and that, unfortunately, is in big cities throughout america. we have record low numbers of murder...

>> reporter: they found nothing on him, no guns or drugs. new york's mayor and commissioner say they have to stop people like that to save lives and reduce crime. they plan to repeal the ruling. >> we go where the reports of crimes are. those, unfortunately, happen to be poor neighborhoods and minority neighborhoods. >> 7363 murders in new york city compared to the prior years of the mayor taking office. those lives saved were overwhelmingly lives of young men of color. >> reporter: a judge said police reasoning didn't add up. they stopped 4.4 million people from 2004 to mid-2012. 87% of them ...

Law enforcement. it's fundamental to law enforcement because you have to have the ability to inquire, to ask questions. that's what you pay the police officers to do. >> steve: sure. the other thing is, it works. you wrote an op ed in the "wall street journal" yesterday where you talked about essentially that in the last 11 years, 7363 lives have been saved in some measure by stop and frisk. >> well, again, i think it's overblown. it's part of the practices and strategies that we use to keep the city safe. but what we tried to show in that article was the dramatic reduction in murders. 11 year...