If the Donald is going to be President of these United States, he’ll have to increase his knowledge of the countries crime data — you know separating the real reports from the fake.
Trump quickly retweeted an image Sunday that compared black-on-black murders to police killings.
“BLACKS KILLED BY POLICE ~~ 1%” and “BLACKS KILLED BY BLACKS ~~ 97%.”
"@SeanSean252: @WayneDupreeShow @Rockprincess818 @CheriJacobus pic.twitter.com/5GUwhhtvyN"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2015
According to CNN, the numbers Trump retweeted overstate the number of homicides committed by blacks.
CNN also reported that the “Crime Statistics Bureau – San Francisco” isn’t even a real agency.
According to real and accurate FBI statistics, of the 2,451 homicides of black people in 2014, 90% were committed by black people, while 8% of the offenders were white.
That sort of racial disparity isn’t uncommon: Of the 3,021 homicides of white people in 2014, 82% were committed by white people, while 15% of the offenders were black. The figures Trump retweeted inaccurately stated that 81% of white homicide victims are killed by blacks.
The Justice Department maintains a Bureau of Justice Statistics, though its figures don’t match those Trump retweeted. The FBI’s uniform crime statistics lag by a year — with 2014 numbers only recently becoming available — and no federal government agency has produced such figures for 2015.
The Trump campaign didn’t immediately return a request for comment, but he’s probably not bothered by it — the tweet is still up.