Rep. Mace files bill to rename D.C. plaza for Charlie Kirk
Rep. Nancy Mace (R‑S.C.) said she is introducing a House bill to rename the Washington, D.C. area formerly designated “Black Lives Matter Plaza” after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, three months after his assassination at a Utah campus event. Mace acknowledged the bill may not get a floor vote but vowed to push it as part of efforts in Congress to memorialize Kirk; the D.C. site was initially named in 2020 and the designation was reversed by the city earlier this year.
📌 Key Facts
- Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Mace (R‑S.C.)
- Proposal: Rename the former Black Lives Matter Plaza area in Washington, D.C., as “Charlie Kirk Plaza” (name per intent to honor Kirk)
- Timing: Introduced roughly three months after Kirk’s killing; Utah prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the accused shooter
📊 Relevant Data
Black Americans are fatally shot by police at a rate of 6.1 per million of the population per year between 2015 and December 2024, which is higher than the rate for White Americans at 2.5 per million.
Rate of fatal police shootings U.S. 2015-2024, by ethnicity — Statista
Black people are 2.8 times more likely to be killed by police than White people in the U.S. from 2013 to 2025.
Mapping Police Violence — Mapping Police Violence
In 2020, the estimated number of arrests for violent crimes in the U.S. was 461,540, with White individuals accounting for 274,280 arrests and Black individuals overrepresented relative to population share.
Black Americans were 9.3 times as likely as Whites to be homicide victims in 2020.
One in Five: Disparities in Crime and Policing — The Sentencing Project
In 2023, the U.S. population racial breakdown was approximately 58% non-Hispanic White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 6% Asian.
U.S. Population Racial Breakdown (1990-2023) — Visual Capitalist
Between 2010 and 2020, the Black population in Washington, D.C., declined from 50.7% to 41.4%, while the White population increased from 38.5% to 39.6%.
Demographics of Washington, D.C. — Wikipedia