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Why looks like more of them. >> tucker: because of the definition.>> that may be true.f these are government numbers from sweden, not something i cooked up in my office backstage. but the overall crime rate, they said in 2016 -- 1.5 million more crimes. within the year before. those numbers are pretty clear. sweden stopped keeping crime stats based on national origin in 2,000 ones because they were embarrassing. but when they did keep them, they showed that-born men that were far more likely, fo...

Got those numbers from. >> tucker: the swedish nationalum council. >> the numbers we look at, i am a news reporter. if you look at the overall numbers and what has been going on in the long term, the numbers are definitely going down. it is decreasing, but one of the crimes that has been decreased the most the last year, that was rape. also, if you look at rape in a wide historical perspective, there are some times when goes a up because -- the definition of rape and sexual assault in sweden has...

Say i could get into it with you for the last two years, i have been steeped in this very much. ive seen statistics and reports. numbers, i would just point out that none of what i have seen packs up the claims thatnt mr. horowitz has made in the interview he had with you and i watched it twice, and i tried to listen for specific evidence or sources that he would say and ii did not hear that. perhaps i missed it. >> tucker: he gave statistics from the swedish national council -- >> im talking ab...

Said "thats true" or "what are the statistics?" or would they say, "how dare you say that?" >> right now, the situation ine sweden is that the crime rate is decreasing. there are some numbers that are raising, like gun violence for example. but as far as we know and whatr studies show so far is that it has to do with people coming in from the e.u., the european union. as far as what we know, it has nothing to do with the refugees coming in. it doesnt really have to do -- >> tucker: im not making...

Reported about it.e its not like -- nothing is going to happen to them. >> tucker: as a journalist, you cannot be in favor of that, can you?he people should be allowed to say what they think, shouldnt they? >> of course, people are reading about it in the media now, people are discussing it. it is all out. >> tucker: there is a book called mass challenge, and i think its one of the biggest selling books, a real library in stockholm refused to put this book on the racks because library books ough...

>> tucker: and i am glad he is freet tonight. but hes a cop that said the majority of the crimes i investigate are committed by immigrants. and he was investigated by your government for a crime. thats got to have a chilling effect to put it mildly on peoples willingness to say what they really think. no? >> people going to prison for talking about these issues, as far as i know, that has only been -- neo-nazis. >> tucker: probably people whose opinions i do not agree with but some people expres...

>> how often? >> three times a year. >> the increase in this crime is exponential? >> i think we are caught off guard. we didnt expect so much increase. >> do you think there is a deliberate attempt to cover up crimes? >> rather, we dont want to seem racist. >> tucker: the two cops latere denied meaning what they seem to mean, one called mr. horwitz a mad man. thank you for coming on. there were a number of pieces today calling into question the documentary. we showed on friday. the allegations ...