Posted on 08/07/2026 3:18:25 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
This video, presented by *Ken LaCorte*, examines the high murder rate among *Black Americans* in the United States, analyzing the data, historical trends, and potential factors contributing to these statistics.
### **Key Takeaways from the Video:**
* **The Data (0:52 - 2:43):** *Black Americans* make up roughly 13% of the U.S. population but account for over half of all murder victims and perpetrators. This disparity has persisted for decades, though the violence is highly concentrated in specific neighborhoods rather than being distributed across the entire population.
* **Historical Trends (2:43 - 10:25):** Murder rates in the U.S. fluctuate significantly over time. The video highlights a massive spike in violence during the 1970s and 80s—often linked to the rise of drug markets—followed by a decline in the 90s, and a recent resurgence following 2020. The video argues that shifting policies regarding police presence and sentencing play a role in these cycles.
* **Weaker Explanations (10:25 - 14:59):** The host contends that common arguments—such as *poverty* alone, *gun availability*, *genetics*, or *contemporary racism*—do not fully explain the racial gap, citing inconsistencies in the data and cross-cultural comparisons.
* **Factors That Hold Up (14:59 - 21:53):** The host suggests that a combination of factors is more influential:
* **Family Structure:** Significant focus is placed on the rise of out-of-wedlock births and the impact of fatherlessness on crime rates.
* **Economic Shifts:** The loss of industrial jobs in cities that once allowed men without college degrees to support families.
* **Culture:** The concept of a "street code" or subculture of violence, deeply rooted in historical institutional exclusion and long-standing distrust of the legal system.
* **Clearance Rates:** The declining ability of police to solve homicides, which disproportionately affects *Black* communities.
The video concludes by emphasizing that while historical context is vital, there is no single, simple explanation for the statistics.
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Worth watching.
BFL
The bell curve.
It be what it be.
“...highly concentrated in specific neighborhoods...”
We know what those specific neighborhoods are made up of besides black folks. The word is democrat. Democrats NEVER solve problems, they only make things worse (especially in the ghettos. But yet they keep voting to stay on the democrat plantation.
dey aint gonna like da shade bein cast deir way, yo.
long-standing distrust of the legal system.”
And of each other yet they flock together
Birds of a feather
Avoid it at all costs
A standout stat:
***Black Americans* make up roughly 13% of the U.S. population
but account for over half of all murder victims........and perpetrators.
This disparity has persisted for decades, though the violence is highly concentrated
in specific neighborhoods rather than being distributed across the entire population.
The ‘Rats have successfully kept blacks at 13% of the population since I have been alive. White people aren’t breeding and are being replaced, but not by the blacks, thanks to the Democrats (I am not thanking them).
Remove religion and replace, “The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste”, with “Just hold the gun sideways” - and this is the result.
Nice job ‘Rats!
Very well said.
It’s young black men committing half the murders. I wouldn’t say 13%. Probably 4% committing half the murders.
Going to take a stab at sonething without any stats to back me up, but the 13% accounting for over 50% is much worse than that even appears.
My guess is that most of the perps and victims are black men which I believe make up around 6% of the population.
So the stat should read more like 6% of the population make up 50% of perps and victims, and of that 6% would guess the actual number of perps is closer to 1% with multiple crimes on their resumes
Going further out on the limb would also guess that murder stats are fudged to make them appear better than they are along with a judicial and political system that allows these repeat offenders to kill again
No Dad
Nice deconstruction.
John Lott’s done some research on this (Crimeresearch.org)
The FBI’s UCR data show - consistently - blacks commit nearly 70% of ALL violent crime in the US. At least when data can be trusted - that is, NOT when democrats are running the DOJ.
Blacks only make up about 14% of the US population, and black MALES about half that, so roughly 7% of the US population commits 70% of all violent crime (I haven’t seen numbers on percentages related to sex but am guessing maybe 3% female out of the same population).
Breaking it down further the ages of criminals in the male demographic - 15 to 35 - is again a much smaller fraction than that guesstimate of 7%, so maybe 3 to 4% of the entire US population is causing 70% of all violent crime; even more considering ALL crime.
Solution? A variant of Mark Twain’s “put ‘em in a barrel at 13” treatment. Send all non-academic-oriented or otherwise socially adjusted black males into work/labor camps at puberty until they’re 40. If they’re still not suited for polite society, Soylent Green.
It’s young black men committing half the murders.
The headlines seem to bear you out.
When I was in college, 50 years ago, I heard blacks represented 13% of the U.S. population then and I do not believe it. I suspect the number today is 17-18%, if not higher. Either that or Blacks are killing off each other at a rate that offsets their birthrate. I can’t accept that.
The Ghetto Grip looks cool, though.
Style points are important in the hood.
in America:
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Well, I expect that it may save some lives, as the gun is not sighted for that...
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