[Steely Tom]

Well, in fairness, the information that accompanies that graph indicates that the number of black men who are convicted of at least one felony during their lifetime is 34%, but that the number of black men who murder someone during their lifetime is less than 5%.

So the vast majority of black men who are convicted of a felony never murder anyone, although I grant you that both those numbers are far, far higher than the comparable statistics for other ethnic groups in the United States.

Stated another way, the murdering is done by a small percentage of those involved with the justice system during their lifetime.

I could be interpreting those statistics wrongly, I admit.

[Red Badger]

No, you are correct.

The graph indicates that things were on a downhill slide, which means they were getting better, then suddenly something happened to cause it to go back up.................