The Newark mayor says if you are shot in the city, 'you have over an 80 percent chance that you've been arrested before an average of 10 times.'
Many shooting victims in Newark share a common trait -- a criminal history, according to Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
"The statistics are startling," Booker said on Oct. 13 on WBGO. "If you are shot in the city of Newark, you have over an 80 percent chance that you've been arrested before an average of 10 times."
PolitiFact New Jersey found that the mayor's statement is mostly correct, though it applies to victims who are shot and killed.
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