Posted on 01/24/2014 9:24:46 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
Omaha. I didn't even know there were any black people in Omaha.
(And at this rate....)
“Thirty black people including 27 people in Omaha were killed in homicides in Nebraska in 2011.”
That is a weekend in Chicago.
“OMAHA.....hut...hut!”
“Thirty black people including 27 people in Omaha were killed in homicides in Nebraska in 2011.
That is a weekend in Chicago.”
Yeah, but I think they are talking per capita, since there are only a total of 40 black people in Omaha, that makes the black murder rate fairly substantial”
though, if that rate keeps up, the problem should self correct.
There aren’t many—which is why the per capita works out so badly on only 27 homicides. A black population of 80,000 accounts for nearly half of the homicides in a state of about 1.5 million people.
Exactly. The article is written on the basis of percentages, not total numbers. A change from one to two is a 100% increase, for example.
Was wondering how long it would take for the first Peyton Manning reference.
I know of a black man from Omaha--Malcolm Little.
The little 5 year old girl who died, her name was Payton Benson, but her mother’s last name is Manning. Sad irony, huh?
Remember, Omaha is the source of the odd and repulsive video that was all the headlines a couple weeks ago, with the toddler being taught gang lingo, etc. There is a breeding ground.
LOL. I noticed that as well.
Omaha? OMAHA?????
Ah-HA! So THAT’s why Peyton Manning says, ‘”Omaha” all the time’? He is obviously a RACIST! ;-)
“though, if that rate keeps up, the problem should self correct.”
Excellent Point.
This is a classic instance of how very low actual numbers can make percentages look misleading. I remember back when the left used to say that hetrosexual transmission of aids was the “fastest growing” number of those with aids. It was done in an attempt to take away the gay stigma of aids. When you looked at the raw numbers it reavealed that the number of aids patients who got the disease supposedly from hetrosexual sex these cases has risen from .25% of the total aids cases to .5%. So yes, the total number had doubled (fastest growing) the the actual numbers were a miniscule number of cases compared to homosexual transmission of aids.
Really? Wow. I do remember. A couple of FR threads.
Us FReepers are pretty hard core against the State stepping in with their child protective service goons.
But in this case - it was justified.
I didn’t even know Josh Sugartit was still around.
Since Little Payton Benson was killed four (4) years AFTER the statistics used in the story, I can only wonder what he writer is trying to say.
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