Discussion of crime in America
Posted on 06/13/2026 3:49:05 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Recent high-profile sentencing controversies involving young black perpetrators of murder have stirred reflexive activist voices, predictably mobilized around narratives like “systemic racism.” They argue that historical injustices, residual biases, and broader societal inequities should temper justice for individual offenders. Even if we grant, for the sake of argument, that such disparities exist and exert some lingering influence, this line of reasoning collapses under scrutiny of both the data on violent offenses and the foundational logic of individual justice. Excusing or mitigating murder on racial grounds is not compassionate; it is corrosive to the rule of law and, crucially, lethal to the very communities it claims to protect.
The Data on Violent Offending: Patterns That Demand Accountability
Official government statistics paint a consistent picture that cannot be wished away by appeals to history. The Bureau of Justice Statistics’s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which relies on victim reports rather than potentially biased arrest data, has long documented stark interracial disparities in violent crime. Analyses of recent BJS reports, including patterns from Criminal Victimization, 2024, align with prior years showing black-on-white violent offending rates per capita vastly exceeding the reverse—on the order of 45–50 times higher in some calculations of non-homicide violent crimes, after population adjustment (see Table 13).
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data on homicides tells a similar story. In recent years for which offender race is known, black American males (roughly 13–14% of the population) account for approximately 50–55% of murder offenders. Black homicide victimization rates are also disproportionately high, around 21.3 per 100,000 in recent BJS figures, meaning the overwhelming majority of these tragedies are intra-racial.
These aren't artifacts of “over-policing” or “selective enforcement.” Victimization surveys and clearance data for the most serious crimes show robust behavioral disparities.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Defunding the police will fix this /s.
Discussion of crime in America
This is not merely a law enforcement issue, it is a war issue.
“ black American males (roughly 13–14% of the population) account for approximately 50–55% of murder offenders”
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That 13-14% figure includes females also. So cut that percentage about half.
6.5% to 7% includes juveniles and old men. Those committing crime, including murder are likely 3% to 4% of the population that are responsible for 50% of murders.
You got the statistics wrong, 14 % is the total black population, black male population is about 6%, it is much worse.
it also needs an age range ...
The race hustler entitlement people are effectively saying “White Lives DON’T Matter”. They look at Europe and see how cowed and fearful the non-Muslims are and figure they’re losing out on a better deal.
And more social workers.
Yep. Half of half of roughly 13–14% of the population and it may be even less since most of it is concentrated in the age 15 to 30 demographic.
We are not "them".
This is readily obvious. And it is “racist” to notice or incarcerate the offenders.
15-35 year old, black males commit half the murders. They’re about 2% of the population.
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