In 2014, about 82 percent of murders involving white victims were committed by other white people, while only 14 percent were committed by black people, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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As Southall was removed on Saturday, Trump recounted how Bernie Sanders, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, responded to “Black Lives Matter” activists who came onstage during an event earlier this year.
Another attendee shouted “all lives matter” as the protester was escorted out of the rally by police.
CNN: Trump’s Tweet Contained “False, Erroneous, Sort Of Made Up Crime Statistics” From “An Agency That Simply Doesn’t Exist”.
The Trump staff member, however, said it was important to understand why people get kicked out of rallies during the presidential election.
“From my perspective, I’m sick and exhausted of the Black Lives Matter thing”, Kiger complained. “I punched back. You know don’t do the turn-the-other-cheek (expletive)”. I got kicked in the chest.
On Sunday, Donald Trump, who now holds a double-digit lead among GOP candidates, tweeted out fake murder stats that says 81 percent of whites are murdered by blacks and that blacks killed by police make up only 1 percent.
Trump was asked to weigh in on his supporters’ actions on Fox & Friends Sunday morning. But Trump wasn’t exactly discouraging his supporters.
Trump tried to continue on with his speech as the beating occurred, then remarked, “Get ’em the hell out of here”. “People were calling me monkey (and saying) black lives don’t matter”.
According to CNN, Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks claims, “The campaign does not condone this behavior”.
But Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said on Twitter that Trump “has memory issues or willfully distorts the truth, either of which should be concerning for the Republican Party”.
From the podium, Trump ordered “Get him out of here”.
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“I would be a little cautious with Mercutio Southall”, Edwards added. The man struggled much of the way and walked out of the auditorium waving his middle finger at the crowd and stage. Does Trump know that his campaign may be modeling a frightful example? It certainly fans racial fears in whites by associating blacks with paramilitary powers.
