Posted on 03/06/2016 12:58:22 PM PST by Kaslin
The Hoosier State may have some prominent sports franchises and the Indy 500, but it also has been declared as the state with the highest rate of black homicides. Of course, the gun control movement was quick to blame weak gun laws (via KPNX):
Indiana has the highest rate of black homicide victims in the country, according to a study conducted by the national nonprofit Violence Policy Center.Center has skewed data before, like their egregious study on so-called concealed carry killers, which lumped those with CCWs who were convicted of crimes, with those whose trials were pending. Thats not the same thing and was rightfully called out by the Crime Prevention Centers John Lott as a shameful move to inflate the numbers. Like law enforcement, concealed carry holders are incredibly law-abiding; you have to be in order to obtain the permit itself. In some states, data on concealed carry holders abusing their license is often not reported anymore because it occurs so infrequently.
The study uses FBI homicide data to rank states according to their black homicide victimization rates. According to the study, there were 213 black homicide victims in Indiana in 2013, or 34.15 victims per 100,000 people.
That is double the national black homicide victimization rate and eight times the overall homicide rate nationwide, according to the center. Last year, the study found Indianapolis had the sixth-highest rate of black homicide victims in the country based on 2012 data.
The states with the second and third highest rates were Missouri and Michigan, respectively.
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Paul Helmke, director of the Civic Leaders Center at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, called the study "something that as a state we should be embarrassed by."
"Generally, I think it shows that we probably have too many gangs and too many drugs and too many guns in this state," Helmke said.
The study found that of the cases where a weapon could be identified, 90 percent of victims were shot and killed with a gun.
Helmke, the former president and CEO of the Brady Center and Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said weak gun laws might have an impact on such numbers.
It went down about the same time the 'Gunwalker' op was blown open down south.
Rutter: Indy crime wave rising on Gary thug exodus
The Gary thugs are fleeing increased Assets being thrown at drug and violent crimes in the NWI, and coming to Indianapolis, where they think they are safer, and can get lost in the crowd.
It is blacks killing blacks... and everyone else. The majority of those murders are either NE or E Indy (42nd and Post) with some stragglers near Washington or Michigan Aves on the W side.
Don’s Guns is infamous for straw purchases but lately the little maggots are spreading out and burglarizing gun shops in Anderson and other smaller towns.
It’s very difficult to keep reading after you mention Violence Policy Center.
When we travel to Virginiat we purposely head south from the Twin Cities to avoid Madison/Chicago/Gary. It’s really simple, what do we want for scenery, wall to wall liberals killing each other off, or the corn fields of Iowa?
It adds a couple hours to the trip, but very relaxing.
“...there were 213 black homicide victims in Indiana in 2013, or 34.15 victims per 100,000 people.”
Lets do some math. There are 6.6 million people in Indiana. That’s 66 one hundred thousands.
213/66=3.23, or a rate of 3.23/100,000, not the 34.15/100,000 the article states.
This leads me to believe that it’s 34.15/100,000 of the BLACK population.
The TOTAL murders in Indiana in 2012 were 307. Therefore, about 70% of the murders were committed by less than 10% of the population.
This is clarified in a different article in the Star. “The national black homicide rate in 2012 was 18.03 victims per 100,000 people, while the overall national homicide rate was 4.50 victims per 100,000 people, according to the study.”
Shocked they're not going to Chicago, it's only 30 minutes away as opposed to two hours to Indy.
When Snoopy was infatuated with Miss Helen Sweetstory's books, one of the titles mentioned was The Six Bunny-Wunnies and their layover in Anderson, Indiana.
Maybe their "layover" was to rob a gun shopt.
The black crime rate in the northwest corner, Chicago metropolitan area is ridiculous and the wave is spreading to Indianapolis
Be careful of statistics....I believe that this is deaths per 100,000 population. Indiana only has about 6.6 million people.
If so, I'd say Indiana has found a harmonic balance we should all aim for.
Yep, Indiana has 92 counties, yet 3 of them are the biggest lib infested shit holes in the whole state. Marion County(Indianapolis), Lake County(Chicago suburb) and Monroe County(Bloomington - IU). These three counties are not a representation of the state, but we get whitewashed because of all the liberal pukes.
Somehow this is the fault of my white Polish grandparents.
Never heard of it.
Exactly, that is what it is, and they cannot deny it,
Well, I guess it has to be someone’s fault
Indianapolis was bad last year for murders.
Not that much violence in the kokomo area. Less outside of kokomo.
Worry not...while Kokomo i a little rougher than it should be (union G.M. influence) is is really pretty nice and the surrounding area (I live in Logansport) 20 or so miles away....all is well in this area except for the late methamphetamine and other drug outbreaks.....don't do them, don't be in touch with them....this area is entirely safe...great police protection...sleep tight.
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