If you don’t think they commit most all the murders and violent crime, check the stats in the article as they pertain to NYC. Between black and hispanics, 75-85% and higher of all serious felonies are committed. I am not voting for Bloomberg ever but his comments were right on target. Hiding our heads in the PC sands only makes the situation worse.
If you have a bit of time check out the stats from NYC crime reports for up to last year, here they are, exactly what Bloomberg was saying, until he decided to run for President:
“You’ve got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed.” - Michael Bloomberg 2015 speech to the Aspen Institute
The ones I've seen quoted, I would describe as racially accurate statements.
ML/NJ
Regardless of how one views the crime statistics,
regardless...
remarks by any D candidate associating blacks by race... with crime...
is gonna pretty much doom that candidate in the party, period
(and I don’t think that the D voters would have ever accepted Bloomberg and his gross arrogance, anyway, but that’s another issue)
This is what PC is. Hiding the truth and pretending. It’s dangerous.
I think the fact check here is probably correct but the kinds of murders that can be prevented with more police on the street are more in minority neighborhoods. I don’t have the stats but I believe most white on white murders are people known to each other (family/significant others) vs random street crime.
He was at the Aspen Institute to DEFEND “stop and frisk” policies, which are almost universally considered “racist” by the Democrat base. Of course, he will claim he has been reborn, sees the light, evolved, etc.
How is this any different from all the Democrats calling for immigration and border control prior to Trump? None of them were held to their words.
All true - Lott doesn't make many mistakes. But as far as racial violence is concerned a person has to realize that black people are about 14% of the population and that most murderers of any race are men. That creates a situation where 7% of the population (black men) commit 31% of crimes.
Read the 31% wrong... cancel my last comment...
Faux News tries to rescue Bloomberg.
Without Biden, Bloomberg is the rats only hope for the African-American vote.
I think it was Heather MacDonald from the WSJ that had some very good articles on NYC crime, and “Stop Question and Frisk”.