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Nearly half US murder victims are black: report
Breitbart ^ | 8/9/07 | AFP

Posted on 08/09/2007 6:23:53 PM PDT by ricks_place

African-Americans are victims of nearly half the murders committed in the United States despite making up only 13 percent of the population, a report published Thursday showed.

Around 8,000 of nearly 16,500 murder victims in 2005, or 49 percent, were black Americans, according to the report released by the statistics bureau of the Department of Justice.

Broken down by gender, 6,800 black men were murdered in 2005, making up more than half the nearly 13,000 male murder victims.

Black women made up 35 percent, or 1,200, of the nearly 3,500 female homicide victims.

Young black men aged between 17 and 29 bore a disproportionately high burden in the grim statistics, making up 51 percent of African-American murder victims.

The percentage of white male murder victims in the same age group was 37 percent.

More than half the murders of blacks took place in densely populated urban areas.

Firearms were involved 77 percent of the time in homicides involving black people and around 60 percent of the time in murders of whites.

Most murder victims -- 93 percent of blacks and 85 percent of whites -- were killed by someone of their own race.

Gang violence was involved in around five percent of homicides with black victims against seven percent for white victims.

In percentage terms, whites were twice as likely to be killed by a current or former partner than blacks -- 12 percent of whites were murdered by a life partner against six percent of blacks.

Blacks were also at greater risk of rape or sexual assault than any other ethnic group except American Indians, the report showed.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: africanamericans; americandecay; banglist; black; blackcrime; blackonblack; blackonblackmurders; blacks; murder; race; rape; victims
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To: ricks_place
A former cop of many years on the force has told me that in regards to sex crimes, the usual pattern is that if the perp is a white male, the crime was molesting boys. If the perp is a Latino male, the crime was molesting girls. If the perp is a black male, the crime was rape. If the perp was a Muslim, the SPCA was called in.

(just kidding on the last one)

(not really)

21 posted on 08/09/2007 6:50:43 PM PDT by Lizavetta ( Politicians: When they're speaking, they're lying - when they're not speaking, they're stealing.)
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To: kinoxi

Exactamento
susie


22 posted on 08/09/2007 6:51:48 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: muawiyah
I really don't understand why Gonzales wants to continue to pile calumny on black men by keeping the real numbers secret.

Because Gonzales is Hispanic, and revealing the real numbers would reveal what a huge number of Hispanic thugs we have in this country? Just a guess . . .

23 posted on 08/09/2007 6:52:00 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: jjw
For 2005:

Black Murderers = 8,000 * 0.93 + 8,500 * 0.15 = 8,715
White Murderers = 8,500 * 0.85 + 8,000 * 0.07 = 7,785

This is assuming each murderer only killed one victim which isn’t likely meaning there are really fewer murderers than there are victims which can’t be computed from this information provided. “White” and “black” aren’t really defined either...

Given the above assumption, 52.82% of all murders in 2005 were committed by blacks even though they represent 13% of the population.

Assuming 300,000,000 people in the US, 1 out of every 4,475 blacks in the US murdered somebody in 2005. 1 out of every 33,526 whites in the US murdered somebody in 2005. Therefore a black person is 7.492 times more likely to murder someone than a white. Assuming I did my math right and the information in the article is correct...

24 posted on 08/09/2007 6:54:29 PM PDT by DB
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To: PGalt

And a generic cordiality to you, too.


25 posted on 08/09/2007 6:56:00 PM PDT by gcruse (Let's strike Iran while it's hot.)
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To: Clemenza
Naw, I live in Fairfax County VA. We have the death penalty, 5 years + for commiting a crime and having a gun around when you do it, and a very diverse community of folks from everywhere in the world who really don't want to put up with the kind of nonsense they experienced "back home".

I think we have one of the lowest crime rates in America as a result.

DC, though, is just across the river ~ 5 miles from my house. Now they got some crime Fur Shur.

What you seem to have missed is that Hispanic (and black) criminals are classed as black, while Hispanic (and white) criminals are classed as white.

There are enough hispanic criminals in this country that by backing them out of these numbers and reporting them as hispanic, it's going to change the black and white numbers dramatically.

BTW, hispanics are rapidly catching up with blacks when it comes to imprisonment. You'll find that most of the numbers on imprisonment are 3 to 5 years out of date.

We had a thread here several months back that discussed the fact that hispanic gangs seem to be targeting non gang blacks for crimes of violence for the purpose of intimidating blacks into abandoning their neighborhoods. The hispanic gangs then take over and usher in their compatriots whom they then rob on a regular and recurring basis.

26 posted on 08/09/2007 6:57:17 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: ricks_place
 



Some interesting clips   Show world

27 posted on 08/09/2007 7:01:59 PM PDT by grjr21
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To: GovernmentShrinker

Naw! You think? He wouldn’t do that would he? Certainly Chucky Schumer would have complained about it by now. Or is he in on the secret too.


28 posted on 08/09/2007 7:02:31 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: ricks_place

Much of this can be laid on the steps of Johnsons Great Society.

Kids raised by kids with no fathers in the picture.


29 posted on 08/09/2007 7:04:22 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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To: ricks_place

What percentage of murders are carried out by blacks? About half?


30 posted on 08/09/2007 7:07:28 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: expatpat

Read #24.


31 posted on 08/09/2007 7:11:22 PM PDT by DB
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To: ricks_place

I bet the author would be happy if they were white.


32 posted on 08/09/2007 7:11:50 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (Dems will impeach Bush in 2008; mark my words.)
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To: DB

Yes, thanks, and good work. It seems my guess was pretty close.


33 posted on 08/09/2007 7:15:20 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: DB
Your conclusion is wrong. That's because the data does not properly represent what we know commonsensically to be "black" or "white" people in this country.

The hispanics have to be separately identified first.

34 posted on 08/09/2007 7:21:36 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: DB
Your conclusion is wrong. That's because the data does not properly represent what we know commonsensically to be "black" or "white" people in this country.

The hispanics have to be separately identified first.

35 posted on 08/09/2007 7:21:41 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
>>What you seem to have missed is that
Hispanic (and black) criminals are classed as black, while
Hispanic (and white) criminals are classed as white.<<

Huh?

36 posted on 08/09/2007 7:22:46 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( "Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.")
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To: B4Ranch

Yes, hispanics are ALSO classified as “white” or “black”. They are not separately reported. Instead, white hispanic criminals are categorized as “white” in this data. That obscures their contribution to America’s murders.


37 posted on 08/09/2007 7:24:33 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: ricks_place

Good points but I prefer to remain color blind. I think (after raising the bar for conviction) that rapists should be crucified or impaled. Done properly, death takes about 3 days. Done consistently, rapes will drop by about 80% in six months. The rate would be higher for other crimes meriting death like child molestation, murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, etc. I’m willing to throw in DUI also.

I’m not writing this for comic effect. The never ending suffering and expense we tolerate in the name of being “compassionate” is sickening.


38 posted on 08/09/2007 7:25:22 PM PDT by bluetone006 (Peace - or I guess war if given no other option)
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To: expatpat
...What percentage of murders are carried out by blacks? About half? ...

A 13% minority, black men account for 45% of homicides. There is a segment of black men that are criminal and severely disturbed out of proportion to the general population. Address this and the US will be a much safer society for decent people.

US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2005

Percent distribution of single-offender Homicides based on race of victims and perceived race of offender

Victim's Race Victim Count %Total Count White Offender Black Offender Other Offender
White only 5,720 53.7% 44.6% 8.8% 0.3%
Black only 4,838 45.4% 3.2% 42.2% 0.0%
Other 102 0.9% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5%

39 posted on 08/09/2007 7:31:27 PM PDT by ricks_place
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To: kinoxi

And what’s percentage of murder is done by blacks and what about hispanics, whites, and other misc minorities?


40 posted on 08/09/2007 7:34:19 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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