[Cindy]

Yep.
Smacks of pc or shoddy reporting or both.

Even if the suspects wore ski masks, someone
could have described that or a coat or the slang
with accents or whatever.

Nada. Zip. Zero.

Hmmmm....

[TheMole]

I think I get your drift. Let's see ... East New York ... time for a Google search.

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EAST NEW YORK

Neighborhood Health Profile

Demographics

Compared to New York City as a whole, in East New York…

• The percentage of the population that is African-American is substantially higher

(50% vs. 25%), the percentage that is white is substantially lower (2% vs. 34%), the

percentage that is Asian is substantially lower (3% vs. 10%), and the percentage

that is Hispanic is somewhat higher (39% vs. 27%)

• The age adjusted death rate is somewhat higher (823 vs. 737/100,000)

• The infant mortality rate is substantially higher (8.9 vs. 6.7/1,000 live births)

• The percent of births to women less than 20 years old is substantially higher (15%

vs. 8.6%) and the percent of low birth weight babies is somewhat higher (9.3% vs.

8.3%)

• The percent of persons living in poverty is substantially higher (31% vs. 19%)

• The percent of adults 25 years and older without a high school diploma (48% vs.

32%) is somewhat higher

• The percent of the population less than 25 years old is somewhat higher (45% vs.

34%)