Ignoring the Demographics of Murder Is Dangerous

PAJAMAS MEDIA ^ | June 17, 2008 | Jack Dunphy

[A_Former_Democrat]

Liberals are in such denial. The reality is, they know the truth, but they can’t fathom having to admit it.

Section 8 housing is an absolute disaster. It ruins the neighborhoods, the commercial areas, and the schools. This notion that you can change people merely by changing their environment is one of the most basic of liberalism’s flaws (of which there are many).

[Rebelbase]

“This notion that you can change people merely by changing their environment is one of the most basic of liberalism’s flaws (of which there are many).”

My town leveled an old 60’s brick one story apartment type public housing project and replaced it with nice, trendy, architecturally appealing townhouses. The crime rate hasn’t changed a bit.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Unfortunately political correctness doesn’t allow us to discuss this problem accurately.

We’re not supposed to notice or care if certain groups of people perpetrate crime. We’re not supposed to talk about subject such as fatherless children getting in trouble with the law, or family upbringing, because then that hurts somebody’s feelings, and then it’s also pointed out that not everyone growing up in difficult circumstances turn out to be a criminal.

[diefree]

Paul LaRosa, a CBS producer, is keeping tabs on the reported murders in New York City. The scenario is the same, most murders are of Blacks and Hispanics.

http://tacomaconfidential.typepad.com/the_murder_book_2008/

[packrat35]

I live in Memphis just down the street from a housing project that was closed. The area improved immediately from what it was. Its still a ‘hood’ but nowhere near as bad.

Anyone with half a brain SHOULD have been able to figure out that the criminals weren’t going to stop. You just spread them around the city. Its better for me, but I know the problem didn’t end. Just like the New Orleans “Katrina” people spread all around the country!

[skeeter]

No number of facts or dead bodies will make a difference to the international socialists.

Its their utopian Potemkin Village, we just live (& die) in it.

[festus]

The findings of this study are patently obvious and have been for a long time. Its just that the truth must not be spoken for it gets in the way of leftist social engineering.

[hermgem]

Even Obama just announced that lack of responsible fathers in minority neighborhoods needs to change, as there are 70% of illegitimate birth and 20% to girls under 15.
No fathers is followed into lack of education, then comes gang involvement and aspirations to be the slickest drug dealer in the neighborhood.
We are on the way towards a permanent underclass with this fatherless society in minority neighborhoods, regardless of relocations.

[VOA]

bump

[ArmstedFragg]

...and most of them probably black on black or Hispanic on Hispanic crimes. One of the casualties of the left’s unwillingness to recognize reality is the safety of the very populations they claim to be helping.

[ghost of nixon]

“This notion that you can change people merely by changing their environment is one of the most basic of liberalism’s flaws

...you are correct, but I'm still in favor of changing their environment...to one surrounded by prison walls...

[Fireone]

“The scenario is the same, most murders are of Blacks and Hispanics.”

most murderers are blacks and hispanics.

[SampleMan]

Does anyone know where the raw FBI data can be viewed, or do they hide it?

[snippy_about_it]

I wonder if Obama also put blame on the women who get pregnant by these men? The blame is on both.

[healy61]

Wouldn’t you love to hear Ms. Betts say to Mr. Lipscomb, in a similarly irritated voice, “You aren’t the boss of me.”

Piehole, Lipscomb, shut your piehole.

[snippy_about_it]

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

scroll down the page

[Towed_Jumper]

“My town leveled an old 60’s brick one story apartment type public housing project and replaced it with nice, trendy, architecturally appealing townhouses. The crime rate hasn’t changed a bit.”

That's because there is a fundamental difference between being “poor” and being “low class” —moral values.

[mamelukesabre]

Solution: hire unemployed blacks to guard the border.

[Publius6961]

We American residents, have been dealing with this demographic Emperor's New Clothes phenomenon for generations now.
But the dots that even this article fails to connect is that we (through our government bureaucracies) are literally financing this criminal underclass, "Section 8" being the most common means.

So what's the problem?
I'm not sure...