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2024-09-23 18:21:21 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The poster is positioning a stat “at face value” instead of using the stats how Charlie Kirk is presenting his claim which is per capita. If you look at the per capita stats Kirk is correct, crimes committed by: •Whites - 337 per 100,000 •Blacks - 1,826 per 100,000 https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.jsp https://www.statista.com/statistics/818001/rate-of-imprisonment-in-the-us-by-race-and-gender/

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• The poster is positioning a stat “at face value” instead of using the stats how Charlie Kirk is presenting his claim which is per capita. If you look at the per capita stats Kirk is correct, crimes committed by: •Whites - 337 per 100,000 •Blacks - 1,826 per 100,000 https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.jsp https://www.statista.com/statistics/818001/rate-of-imprisonment-in-the-us-by-race-and-gender/