Black Lives Matter

Police Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Michael Brown. Based on the evidence it is clear that Wilson shot Brown in self defense. Brown had already robbed a convenience store, he had already attacked Wilson once trying to steal his gun. The evidence indicates that Brown charged at Wilson and Wilson shot him dead. There is no indictment because Wilson was completely justified in using force. That doesn’t matter to the progressive community organizers in Ferguson who are currently inciting the mob to burn the city to the ground. President Obama hasn’t helped the situation much at all, admonishing the country to try to understand the rioters. It’s difficult to understand why people would be rioting over a police officer shooting a criminal who was attacking him.

One of the signs that struck me read “black lives matter.” This is absolutely a true statement, which is why it’s so bewildering that the black community rallies around people like Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin. Brown was a criminal who attacked a cop, Martin picked the wrong guy to attack. These people aren’t worth rallying behind. Race is almost never a factor in murder. FBI statistics make clear, if you’re going to be murdered there is an overwhelming chance that you’ll be murdered by someone of your own race. In the case of blacks, 93% of blacks are murdered by other blacks. Per capita, blacks have the highest murder rate. Rather than rally around criminals, the black community and indeed America would be better off focusing on ways to reduce black on black crime. Black lives do matter and if the country can reduce the black murder rate hundreds if not thousands of lives can be saved each year.

Around 300,000 black babies are aborted each year. In 2012, New York City alone accounted for over 31,000 black abortions. Since Roe v. Wade was decided, over 13 million black babies have been killed. Black lives do matter, including the unborn. Planned Parenthood outlets and other abortion clinics are disproportionately located in black neighborhoods. If these protesters actually care about saving black lives, the biggest impact they can have is opposing abortion and encouraging mothers not to kill their babies. Instead, Ferguson is being burned to the ground over a criminal while a holocaust is taking place at the local abortion clinic. Make no mistake, the abortion holocaust affects all races in America. However, it disproportionately hits the black community.

The progressives whipping up race hatred in Ferguson don’t really care about black community. They’re only interested in making political points and organizing people by stirring up racial prejudice. Thousands of black lives will be lost in Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Detroit and other progressive cities, all at the hands of other blacks. To focus on one act of police use of force, a justifiable act no less, and declare the cops are out to get blacks is so ludicrous it’s amazing anyone can say it with a straight face. Not only do these people say it with a straight face, the whip up the mob to burn down their own city. Of course, that’s assuming the mob in Ferguson is actually from the community. It would surprise no one if we later discover that nearly everyone arrested is from outside metro St. Louis. The progressive community organizers are putting on a threatening show, for them it really doesn’t matter whether it’s authentic or not.

Obama and Eric Holder have said we need to have a honest discussion about race. These two may actually be right about something, we do need to have an honest discussion. To be honest though, the conversation won’t go in the direction they might desire. Those two want to pretend like it’s the 60’s where tyrannical white police departments target the black community. In 2014 that’s about as dishonest a conversation as we can have. If we want an honest discussion about race, we need to start with the appalling black on black crime statistics which create the need for a large police presence in black neighborhoods. If we can do something to lower the black on black crime in this country, local communities can pull back on their police presence. Until we can be honest about the problems facing the black community, we can expect more mothers at the cemetery burying their murdered sons. No one wants such a scene but until we start having honest conversations it’s going to continue in massive numbers.

The progressives whipping up race hatred in Ferguson don’t really care about black community.

That's true. And the Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. of Just Us, the race-grievance industry, and most employees of the MSM don't give a whit about white lives (except their own of course).

The FBI and other sources of homicide by law enforcement figures below include the majority of all police departments.

Whites are the most likely to die while being arrested.

The Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. Just Us and the race-grievance industry will of course exploit all shootings to the max vis-a-vis race more than any concern for the poor victim.

The ARD data show that whites are more likely to die while being arrested (and IMO there is no doubt that some of those deaths were the intention of the police).

But the main point is I bet that policemen don't care about race compared to protecting themselves from being killed or maimed.

And along with aborted black lives how come progressives don't say anything about Ms Carey the unarmed, young black woman chased, surrounded and gunned down by federal agents in D.C.? Where's the Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. of Just Us, the race-grievance industry and MSM employees caring about her and her baby?

"From 2003 through 2009, a total of 4,813 deaths were reported to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) program."

Of these, about 6 in 10 deaths (2,931) were classified as homicide by law enforcement personnel, and 4 in 10 (1,882) were attributed to other manners of death.

Table 1 Number of reported arrest-related deaths, by manner of death, 2003-2009

Manner of death	2003-2009	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
All manners	4,813	627	673	689	721	745	629	729
Homicide —by law enforcement	2,931	376	375	377	447	455	404	497
by other persons	27	3	4	4	2	7	3	4
Suicide	541	60	84	82	67	78	76	94
Intoxication	525	83	83	90	76	89	54	50
Accidental injury	272	53	41	47	39	35	28	29
Natural causes	244	26	46	32	34	42	33	31
Unknown	273	26	40	57	56	39	31	24

Note: Due to variation in reporting, caution should be used in comparing counts from year to year. See Methodology for information on missing data by state for each year. Counts may differ from previous publication due to additional information.

Table 5 Number of reported arrest-related deaths, by manner of death and demographic characteristics, 2003-2009

Demographic characteristics	All manners	Homicide	Suicide	Intoxication	Accident	Natural causes	Unknown
Total	4,813	2,958	541	525	272	244	273
Sex
Male	4,594	2,851	517	490	259	218	259
Female	218	107	24	35	13	26	13
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Race/Hispanic origin
White, non-Hispanic	2,026	1,233	327	178	95	110	83
Black, non-Hispanic	1,529	937	80	217	111	85	99
Hispanic	949	599	110	109	55	29	47
Other*	150	107	12	17	4	4	6
Unknown	159	82	12	4	7	16	38
Age
17 or younger	127	99	6	5	13	0	4
18-24	909	685	80	53	54	10	27
25-34	1,391	893	140	177	65	41	75
35-44	1,238	658	159	190	78	66	87
45-54	752	390	105	84	45	75	53
55 or older	317	188	44	11	12	52	10
Unknown	79	45	7	5	5	0	17

*Includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders, and persons of two or more races.

To me this shows that it is not a racial thing. It happens to all races. These figures however do not show those thought "murdered" by police. I have not yet located data for recent years. Why can't I find data for recent years? I do not know.. maybe the Dept of Just Us and Race-Grievance Industry don't want it known that whites are the most likely to die being arrested.

And for those who rightfully point out that white our number blacks by at least 6-to-1 I ask to ponder these numbers

RE: The ARD program data that I posted above (first table), it is true that blacks represent about 12% of the national population and that suggests that the figures "prove" discrimination; to wit, there are way too many blacks compared to white majority.

Good point. The same thing ought to apply to the following homicide and other crime data it seems to me.

Expanded Homicide Data
Table 6 data for multiple years.

FBI Homicides Statistics

Year of Stats	Race of Victims	Total	White Offenders	Black Offenders	Unknown & other
2012	White	3,128	2,614	431	83
	Black	2,648	193	2,412	43
2011	White	3,172	2,630	448	94
	Black	2,695	193	2,447	55
2010	White	3,327	2,777	447	103
	Black	2,720	218	2,459	43
2009	White	3,518	2,963	454	101
	Black	2,867	209	2,604	54
2008	White	3,643	3,036	504	103
	Black	3,024	230	2,722	72
2007	White	3,587	2,918	566	103
	Black	3,221	245	2,905	71
2006	White	3,709	3,026	573	110
	Black	3,303	208	3,034	61
2005	White	3,785	3,150	516	119
	Black	3,289	230	2,984	75
2004	White	3,727	3,123	522	85
	Black	3,067	228	2,784	55
1995	White	4,954	4,124	699	131
	Black	4,764	281	4,422	61

I did not find data for the years 1996 through 2003

www.fbi.gov About Us CJIS UCR Crime in the U.S. Here's the links to most of the FBI tables I referenced above.

choose Continue to Crime in the United States, 2009
choose Homicides
choose Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

Here's 2008

Here's 2007

choose Homicides
choose Expanded Homicide Data Tables / Table 5

Here's 2006

choose Expanded Homicide Data
choose Expanded Homicide Table 5

Here's 2005

choose Expanded Homicide Data
choose Expanded Homicide Data Table 5

It is long past the time when facts should be made public to expose the lies and misrepresentations of the Obama-Holder demagogues and the race-grievance industry.

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