Trump’s claim that the number of officer deaths in 2016 increased 56 percent from 2015
Posted on AllSides February 9th, 2017
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OPINION
Trump’s grim statistic seemed too remarkable to be correct, but it was — earning him the prized Geppetto Checkmark. “The number of officers shot and killed in the line of duty last year increased by 56 percent from the year before.”— President Trump, remarks to the Major Cities Chiefs Association, Feb. 8, 2017
This claim jumped out at us for two reasons: Trump has a tendency to exaggerate criminal justice statistics and previously cited an incorrect statistic about police fatalities. During Trump’s July 2016 acceptance speech at the Republican National...
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