![\\"logo\\"](\\"/img/logo-dpa-factchecking.svg\\"/) *About ![\\"IFCN](\\"/img/ifcn-certificate.png\\"/) ![\\"EFCSN](\\"/img/efcsn- certificate.png\\"/) # Incorrect figures: in the United States, most white victims do not are not killed by black people 4.6.2020, 16:48 (CEST) A five-year-old Facebook post has resurfaced on social media. We claims that only one percent of black people murdered in the United States were killed by police, 2% by whites, and 97% of African Americans were killed. killed by other blacks. However, blacks would have killed 81% of the victims white. Another table, attached to the publication, gives raw figures interracial violence, omitting some important data ( and EVALUATION: In the table showing the statistics of “crimes committed in United States”, the figures are wrong. The moment of posting establishes a false link with the riots in the United States. Another image, with data correct on the crimes of 2018, is attached to the publication, but data is missing. THE FACTS: The graph with the presumed figures from the 2015 American statistics has was tweeted on November 22, 2015 by the presidential candidate at the time, Donald Trump, without any comments or remarks. The encrypted data is illustrated by a black man in a sort of combat costume, masked wearing a scarf and armed with a pistol. The following figures are indicated: “Black men killed by white men about 2% Black men killed by police about 1%White men killed by police, about 3%White men killed by whites approximately 16% Whites killed by blacks approximately 81% blacks are killed by black people at 97% » The “Crime Statistics Bureau – San Francisco” is cited as the source. In 2015, Trump's re-tweet received a lot of media attention Americans. Although Trump's Twitter timeline now contains entry and reactions to it, the controversial graphic was removed ( According to the platform’s research “ littlegreenfootballs.com,” the graphic was previously distributed by a supporter of the far-right “White Supremacists” with the account Twitter @CheesedBrit, which was deleted shortly afterwards ( and At the beginning of June 2020, after looting and demonstrations against the violence police against black people, the graph, dating from 2015, has again was shared on Facebook. The image data is wrong. There is no “Crime Statistics Office” in San Francisco. The figures for the year 2015 could not, by elsewhere, not be available in 2015. The administration of the city and the county of San Francisco provides extensive data on the work of the font, but none compare to the chart data ( According to the U.S. Census Bureau, three-quarters (76.5%) of 328 million U.S. citizens are white, 13.4% are African-American ( According to the FBI, the federal police, exactly 13,455 murders were committed in the United States in 2015. According to these figures, black people committed approximately 36% of all murders in 2015, white people 30%. 52% of murder victims were black, the proportion of whites was 43% ( According to FBI figures, 81% of murder victims with a color of white skin were killed by a white perpetrator. 89% of black victims (African-American women) were killed by black offenders. The numbers mentioned in the Facebook post are therefore false. The numbers are reversed, especially with regard to the murders of whites by blacks. Another table uses verified 2018 data from the “Bureau of Justice Statistics” of the United States. The figures put forward concerning the number of violence by blacks against whites is correct (547,948) or by whites on Blacks (59,778). But this table omits a large part: the attacks of Whites against Whites (2,222,025) and attacks by Blacks against Blacks. Because, as this statistical report says: “The perpetrator of the offense was the same race or ethnicity as the victim in 70% of incidents violent incidents involving black victims, 62% of violent incidents involving white victims, 45% of those involving Hispanic victims, and 24% of those involving Asian victims. » ( The publication on Facebook obviously aims to establish a link between the current protests and unrest in the United States and the figures for murders. In reality, however, the protests are mainly directed against the racist treatment of the African-American population by the American police and against all forms of racial discrimination. There are no official figures on “excessive violence” committed by police officers, because there is no single national system of reporting and therefore no national database. The FBI is working to set up such a system for reporting violence police, but does not yet have complete reliable data ( The Fatal Encounters website, which collects information from various public sources, is considered a reliable source for police actions with a fatal outcome. According to the site's figures, since 2000, 13,337 white people were killed by police, most of them by weapons. During the same period, there were 7,612 African-American victims. American ( Considering the large part white" and the relatively small "black" part of the population, this means that the probability of being killed by police officers is significantly greater higher for a black person than for a white person. These conclusions are confirmed by other studies. A study carried out by scientists from Atlanta and New York, published in 2016 and based on figures from 2009 to 2012, indicates that the proportion of blacks in the number fatal incidents with police is “disproportionately high”. 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A fiveyearold Facebook post has resurfaced on social media It is claimed that only one percent of black people murdered in the United States were killed by police 2 percent by white people and 97 percent of African Americans were killed by other black people However blacks are said to have killed 81 of white victims Another table attached to the publication gives raw figures for interracial violence omitting some important data