The Inconvenient Truth About Race And Crime

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Since Barack Obama became POTUS, 3,464 people have been murdered in Chicago. 82% of the victims were black and 91% of the perpetrators were also black.

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Number of times Barack Obama has spoken about the Chicago murder epidemic & gang violence: 9

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Number of times Barack Obama has spoken about Newtown: 49

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Per the the Justice Department's National Gang Intelligence Center and the National Drug Intelligence Center via ABC News, gangs commit 80% of all crimes in America.

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Per the National Gang Center, 82% of gang members are black or Hispanic.

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Per law enforcement agencies and the National Gang Center: Law enforcement agencies report a great percentage per capita of Hispanic/Latino and African-American black gang members compared with other race / ethnicities.

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The evidence suggests that if there is police racial bias in arrests it is negligible. Victim and witness surveys show that police arrest violent criminals in close proportion to the rates at which criminals of different races commit violent crimes. 

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There are dramatic race differences in crime rates. Asians have the lowest rates, followed by whites, and then Hispanics. Blacks have notably high crime rates. This pattern holds true for virtually all crime categories and for virtually all age groups.

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In 2013, a black was six times more likely than a non-black to commit murder.

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In 2013, a black was 12 times more likely to murder someone of another race than to be murdered by someone of another race.

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In 2013, of the approximately 660,000 crimes of interracial violence that involved blacks and whites, blacks were the perpetrators 85 percent of the time. This meant a black person was 27 times more likely to attack a white person than vice versa. A Hispanic was eight times more likely to attack a white person than vice versa.

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In 2014 in New York City, a black was 31 times more likely than a white to be arrested for murder, and a Hispanic was 12.4 times more likely. For the crime of “shooting” — defined as firing a bullet that hits someone — a black was 98.4 times more likely than a white to be arrested, and a Hispanic was 23.6 times more likely.

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If New York City were all white, the murder rate would drop by 91 percent, the robbery rate by 81 percent, and the shootings rate by 97 percent.

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In an all-white Chicago, murder would decline 90 percent, rape by 81 percent, and robbery by 90 percent.

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In 2015, a black person was 2.45 times more likely than a white person to be shot and killed by the police. A Hispanic person was 1.21 times more likely. These figures are well within what would be expected given race differences in crime rates and likelihood to resist arrest.

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In 2015, police killings of blacks accounted for approximately 4 percent of homicides of blacks. Police killings of unarmed blacks accounted for approximately 0.6 percent of homicides of blacks. The overwhelming majority of black homicide victims (93 percent from 1980 to 2008) were killed by blacks.

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Both violent and non-violent crime has been declining in the United States since a high in 1993. 2015 saw a disturbing rise in murder in major American cities that some observers associated with “depolicing” in response to intense media and public scrutiny of police activity.

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Per the FBI, blacks commit murder at 6 times the rate of whites.

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In 2015, 987 people died in police-related shootings. Majority weren't 'unarmed'. 50% were white. 26% were black.

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In 2014, 6,095 blacks were murdered – more than all white & Hispanic homicide victims combined. Blacks make up only 13% of US population.

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91% of those 6,095 African-Americans murdered in 2014 were killed by other African-Americans.

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Per the FBI, from 2009-2012, 4,472 black men were killed by other black men on average annually.

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Per the FBI & CDC, 112 black men on avg were killed in justified & unjustified police shootings annually.

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Between 2009 and 2012, police-involved shootings accounted for 2.5% of the 4,472 annual murders of blacks.

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For every black man - justifiably or unjustifiably - killed by police, 40 black men are murdered by other black men.

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Per the FBI, 4,906 black people were murdered by other black people in 2010 and 2011.

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Per The Tuskegee Institute, 3,446 black people were lynched between 1882 and 1968.

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Black people killed 1,460 more black people in 2010 and 2011 than all blacks lynched between 1882 and 1968.

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In 2012...White males comprised 38% of population & committed 4,582 murders. Black males were 6.6% of population & committed 5,531 murders.

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Per the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1980 and 2008, black people committed 52% of all homicides despite being only 13% of population.

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Per the Bureau of Justice Statistics, blacks were charged with 62% of robberies, 57% of murders, and 45% of assaults in the 75 biggest counties in the United States, despite only comprising approximately 15% of the population in those areas.

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In 2013, of the approximately 660,000 crimes of interracial violence that involved blacks and whites, blacks were the perpetrators 85 percent of the time. This meant a black person was 27 times more likely to attack a white person than vice versa. A Hispanic was eight times more likely to attack a white person than vice versa.

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In 1993, the last full year of the Assault Weapons Ban, 390 people were murdered with rifles, including 'assault weapons'.

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In 2014, with no Assault Weapons Ban, 248 people were murdered with rifles, including 'assault weapons'.

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Per the FBI, in 2014, 5,562 homicides were committed with handguns; 1,567 with knives or other cutting instruments; 660 with hands, feet, fists, etc; 435 with blunt instruments; 262 with shotguns; and, 248 with rifles of which a subset is ‘assault weapons’.

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Per The National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 'according to the latest available data, those who use guns in violent crimes rarely purchase them directly from licensed dealers; most guns used in crime have been stolen or transferred between individuals after the original purchase.'

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Per the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 93% of ALL firearms used in criminal acts are OBTAINED ILLEGALLY, i.e., obtained through theft or purchased on the street. 

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Per the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 7% of guns used in the commission of criminal acts have been subjected to background checks.

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Per the Survey of State Prison Inmates, fewer than 2% of the guns inmates used in the commission of their crimes were obtained from a flea market or gun show. 

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Per the Survey of State Prison Inmates, 12% of the guns inmates used in the commission of their crimes were obtained from a retail store or pawnshop. 

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Per the Survey of State Prison Inmates, 80% of the guns inmates used in the commission of their crimes were obtained from a street buy, an illegal source, friends or family, according to the Survey of State Prison Inmates. 

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Per the Congressional Research Service, 72.5% of ALL gun-related homicides in 2011 were committed with handguns.

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Per the FBI, police officers are 18.5 times more likely to be murdered by a black male than a black male is to be killed (first-degree murder, second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter and legally-justified use of force) by a police officer.

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Per the FBI, 40% of cop killers are black men, who make up 6.6% of the American population.

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Per the FBI, DOJ, CDC data, black & Hispanic police officers are 3.3 times more likely to shoot suspects than white cops.

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Per the FBI, it would take police officers 23.6 years to kill as many black people as black people killed other black people in the year 2012 alone. Of the 2,648 black victims of homicide in 2012, 2,412 were killed by other blacks. In the same year, 112 black men were killed by police officers, justifiably and unjustifiably.

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12% of white victims of homicide die as a result of the police. 12% of Hispanic victims of homicide die as a result of the police. Only 4% of black victims of homicide die at the hands of police officers. Clearly, if the police are 'hunting down' Americans, it's primary prey aren't black people. If there is any hunting going on, the 'Cecil the Lions' of these big-game killing cops are white people or Latinos.

I am far from indifferent to the plight of African-Americans. The point is that white people aren't always to blame nor are they the only people that need to change.

PS: If you believe that racism is the reason behind racial disparities in sentencing (like crack v powder cocaine) and that drug laws are entirely based upon white supremacy, then please read how the Left, Democrats, the Congressional Black Caucus, black community activists and even the New York Times demanded the 'War on Drugs' (a failed war, upon which I have previously written in a piece at PHUP entitled, 'This War On Drugs Is Lost'), longer prison terms, disparities in sentencing, more prison cells, more proactive policing, and more cops in my post, Liberals' Major Role In The Drug War, Sentencing Disparities, Black Incarceration, And The Impetus For It All.