This post has been updated.
Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a chart with inaccurate crime statistics about the number of black people who committed murder and the number of white victims killed by black people.
“@SeanSean252: @WayneDupreeShow @Rockprincess818 @CheriJacobus pic.twitter.com/5GUwhhtvyN“
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2015
The Crime Statistics Bureau in San Francisco does not appear to exist, and the FBI has not yet released murder statistics for 2015. And the numbers included in the tweet highlighted by Trump do not reflect the numbers reported by the FBI in 2014.
The FBI reported in 2014 that 82 percent of murders with white victims were carried out by white people, while just under 15 percent were carried out by black people, according to the Huffington Post. And almost 90 percent of murders with black victims were committed by black individuals, while 7 percent were committed by white individuals.
According to Little Green Footballs, the graphic retweeted by Trump appears to have originated with a neo-Nazi Twitter account.
Trump’s retweet follows his comments on Sunday that a Black Lives Matter protester violently removed from a Trump rally on Saturday perhaps “should’ve been roughed up” since his actions were “disgusting.”
Pretty sure he’s flashing a gang sign there. Anyone ACTUALLY see his birth certificate?
I want to see the court documents from when his family legally changed their name from Drumpf to Trump, if they ever legally did.
Also, the source of the information is a white supremacist. I’m on my iPhone and can’t provide the link, but that information is at Little Green Footballs.
Trump in his own little way is as nuts as Carson. Inspiring another Roof massacre for a couple of bigot points is one more step on the path.
The Donald has gone so far off the cliff that I keep thinking (hoping!) that this is merely a publicity stunt and at the last second he’ll turn to his supporters and say, “You people are so fucking stupid!”