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Charlie Kirk: “Black Americans make up 13% of the US population. They make…”

Featuring: Charlie Kirk, Conservative, Right-wing Populist | Conservative Political Activist and Media Personality | National

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Show me the evidence. Like people make stuff up all the time and there's a self confirming bias loop. Is there evidence of this? The evidence is very clear. Black Americans make up 13% of the US population. They make up between anywhere between 55 to 60% of the murders, the thefts and the carjackings. There is a disproportionate crime problem in America and I don't like it. It's just what the data is. And again, I would prefer not to talk about race all the time, but the data is the data. (45:15–45:25)

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Asserts that black Americans are disproportionately represented in crime statistics relative to their population percentage.

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