many also lashed out angrily against the real estate mogul, calling Trump a racist and questioning the veracity of the stats.You'll want to read the entire article.
Indeed, an initial search to confirm the numbers couldn’t turn up a “Crime Statistic Bureau” in San Francisco.
However, the percentages do, in some ways, align with Department of Justice (DOJ) findings from several years ago. A DOJ study released in 2011 reported that 93 percent of black homicides were committed by other blacks between 1980 and 2008.
In 2014, that figure was roughly 90 percent in 2014, according to the latest DOJ numbers.
The category tweeted out by Trump that doesn't jive with DOJ statistics is “Whites Killed by Whites,” which Trump’s tweet indicated was 16 percent.
According to the department’s 2011 report, 84 percent of white homicides were committed by whites between 1980 and 2008. That number was 82 percent in 2014.
Monday, November 23, 2015
The Hill Admits Trump's Black Murder Statistics Are Essentially Correct. DOJ study released in 2011 reported that 93 percent of black homicides were committed by other blacks between 1980 and 2008.
The Hill reports: