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VIDEO HERE:Our Racist-in-Chief
Watch more from Catherine Herridge's interview with President Trump on the "CBS Evening News" at 6:30 p.m. ET, and on "CBS This Morning" from 7 to 9 a.m. ET.
Washington In an interview with CBS News on Tuesday, President Trump said the killing of George Floyd was "terrible" but appeared to bristle when asked why Black Americans are "still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country."
"So are White people. So are White people. What a terrible question to ask. So are White people," Mr. Trump told CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge at the White House. "More White people, by the way. More White people."
Police departments are not required to report comprehensive data on police killings, but researchers have compiled statistics showing Black Americans are more likely to die at the hands of law enforcement than White people. One study published in 2018 found that Black men are roughly 3.5 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement than White men. Another study released in 2019 found that one in 1,000 Black men in the U.S. can expect to die at the hands of police over the course of their lifetimes.
A study by Harvard researchers published in late June found that the number of White people killed by the police between 2013 and 2017 was higher than any other demographic. But White people constitute a larger portion of the population than Black people, and the study also showed that Black people were three times more likely to be killed by law enforcement officers than White Americans.
"So are White people. So are White people. What a terrible question to ask. So are White people," Mr. Trump told CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge at the White House. "More White people, by the way. More White people."
Police departments are not required to report comprehensive data on police killings, but researchers have compiled statistics showing Black Americans are more likely to die at the hands of law enforcement than White people. One study published in 2018 found that Black men are roughly 3.5 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement than White men. Another study released in 2019 found that one in 1,000 Black men in the U.S. can expect to die at the hands of police over the course of their lifetimes.
A study by Harvard researchers published in late June found that the number of White people killed by the police between 2013 and 2017 was higher than any other demographic. But White people constitute a larger portion of the population than Black people, and the study also showed that Black people were three times more likely to be killed by law enforcement officers than White Americans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-black-americans-killed-police-white-too/
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Asked why Black Americans are killed by police, Trump responds, "So are White people" VIDEO (Original Post)
spanone
Jul 2020
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ProfessorGAC
(64,990 posts)1. Such A Racist Idiot
There really is something wrong with him.
RKP5637
(67,102 posts)2. Yes, a narcissistic sociopathic sadist and a racist ... for starters. n/t
NCDem47
(2,248 posts)3. Don't you know?
Trump and "his" people are the aggrieved.
Such...
an...
ASS!
His only instinct is to defend white people. Telling. Sooooooo telling.
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)4. Nice interview...more great material for ads from our side!
Keep talking dumb ass.
pwb
(11,259 posts)5. He just talks out of his ass every time he is given a chance
to act respectfully. He can't do it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)6. So he thinks it's OK for the police to be killing black people
as long as they're killing white people too? Even leaving aside the false equivalency - ignoring the fact that black people get killed by police at 3.5 times the rate of white people - why does he seem to think it's OK for the police to be killing people?
spanone
(135,816 posts)7. the video is at the link.....he's sweaty, disgusting 'more white people'
says more white people are being killed.
dchill
(38,468 posts)8. "There are dead people on both sides."
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,900 posts)9. Being his usual assholish self