Donald Trump’s notorious Twitter presence landed him in a little hot water with segments of the internet commentariat Sunday with a tweet about black-on-black crime.
“@SeanSean252: @WayneDupreeShow @Rockprincess818 @CheriJacobus https://t.co/5GUwhhtvyN“
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2015
Trump appears to have been arguing that the new national focus on criminal justice reform is perhaps misguided, as most slain African-Americans are killed by other African-Americans, not police officers.
Trump’s argument and the graphic he shared immediately drew the ire of some thinkers.
Some argued that Trump was pandering to sentiment that was already prevalent within the Republican base.
Additionally, some took exception to the veracity of the claims in Trump’s graphic, arguing particularly that the “whites killed by whites” number of 16 percent is actually far too low — that most white people murdered in the U.S. are killed by other whites, in numbers lower, but more similar to the black-on-black rate.
