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Charlie Kirk: “Only 50% of murders in Chicago get solved and they're almost…”

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

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But I'll say something provocative. If we actually solved all the murders in Chicago. The black portion of murders would go up, not down. You know, Only 50% of murders in Chicago get solved and they're almost all in black densely neighborhood gang violence. So those don't even get reported in the crime statistics. So if we, if we solved every murder in Chicago, it would go up from 60% of the murders are black to like 75% of the murders are black. (46:18–46:24)

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Asserts that only half of Chicago's murders are solved, predominantly occurring in black neighborhoods.

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