20 years after riots, LA residents say race relations feel better, economy still hurts

The Washington Post / The Associated Press ^ | April 25, 2012

[Zhang Fei]

My favorite irony and example of stupidity came from the idiot who complained — after taking part in the incineration of the mostly Asian-owned businesses — that there wasn’t anywhere to shop, no laundrymats, no liquor stores, nothing.

A lot of these short bus riders are under the impression that the retail trade has margins in excess of fifty cents per dollar spent, when the real amount is in the low single digits. Which is why so many of the retailers did not bother to rebuild. Those who had adequate insurance essentially got bought out by the insurance company. Those without adequate insurance did not have the capital to rebuild. I'm betting large numbers got cleaned out because of inadequate insurance because they never thought anything like the riots would ever occur in the US of A.

[dragnet2]

To be honest, I don’t need any demographic data, to understand what has occurred in the U.S. in the past 40 years.

[Zhang Fei]

To be honest, I don’t need any demographic data, to understand what has occurred in the U.S. in the past 40 years.

The way I look at it, intuition is little more than superstition until supported by hard data.

[dragnet2]

One not need ‘hard data’ to understand what they see all around them.

Don’t believe me? Call just about any fatcorp/government office, and be prepared to press 1 for English.

[SoCal Pubbie]

According to a recent TV news report, Denny suffered permanent brain damage and has difficulty speaking and walking.

[Zhang Fei]

According to a recent TV news report, Denny suffered permanent brain damage and has difficulty speaking and walking.

I'm guessing the WaPo slimeball who wrote this piece made minimal efforts to contact Denny, given that such contact would have made his hero, Watson, look like the heel he is.

[FreedomPoster]

Texas also got the majority of the Katrina refugees from NOLA, which certainly didn’t help their crime rate.

[dragnet2]

Much like Los Angeles as a whole, the neighborhood’s Latino population has grown while the black population has declined.

Most of the blacks headed east bound, to the CA inland empire, Texas, Georgia, Illinois etc.

One of the reasons why crime in LA has been dropping dramatically since 1992.

They took the midnight train to Georgia so to speak.

The 1990 census shows CA with a 7.4% black population, compared to 5.6% in 2010. In that time frame, TX has gone from 11.9% to 11.8%

Are you suggesting the black pop in TX has dropped by a tiny fraction?

[dragnet2]

Texas also got the majority of the Katrina refugees

I heard.

[dragnet2]

In that time frame, TX has gone from 11.9% to 11.8%

Are you suggesting the black pop in TX has dropped by a tiny fraction?

And if so, your conclusion is what?

Fact is, Texas has about double the black population of California, and one of the big factors why crime is so high in Texas.

No?

[Zhang Fei]

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Are you suggesting the black pop in TX has dropped by a tiny fraction?

And if so, your conclusion is what?

Fact is, Texas has about double the black population of California, and one of the big factors why crime is so high in Texas.

No?

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Yes and no. From 1990 to 2010, all ethnicities have had population increases. The background is that Hispanics in TX have increased massively as a % of TX’s population, due to TX being a border state, and a major destination for Central and South American illegals. Blacks in TX have remained constant as a % of the population while Anglos have plunged in % terms (from 61% in 1990 to 45% in 2010) because of black in-migration from states like CA. Nonetheless, per capita crime in CA is about the same as per capita crime in TX, probably because incarceration rates are far higher in TX.

What I was pointing out is that at the peak of the cocaine wars in 1992, TX (800 violent crime incidents per 100K people) had a lower crime rate than CA (1100 similar incidents), but this kind of went south with the migration to TX of blacks from CA and other states, including LA. TX used to be safer than CA back when TX had 11.9% to CA’s 7.4% black population. Now that it’s 11.8% to 5.6%, TX is about neck and neck (450 violent incidents per 100K people) compared to CA (440 similar incidents).

[Zhang Fei]

My guess is that the black influx into the state (along with that of the Latin American illegals) also helped to crater test scores - something that Texas Democrats never tire of bringing up whenever Rick Perry’s name is mentioned.

[dragnet2]

TX is about neck and neck (450 violent incidents per 100K people) compared to CA (440 similar incidents).

Hmmm. Lets look at two big cities.

Chart shown is a statistical comparison of the crime rates per 100,000 people. Based on the final 2006 FBI Crime Statistics.

Latest 2006 Crimes per 100,000 People:

	Dallas, TX	Los Angeles, CA	National
Murder:	15	12.4	7
Forcible Rape:	53.28	27.3	32.2
Robbery:	553.9	370	205.8
Aggravated Assault:	584.2	377.2	336.5
Burglary:	1734.7	524.8	813.2
Larceny Theft:	4006.4	1539.2	2601.7
Vehicle Theft:	1116	654.4	501.5

[Zhang Fei]

Those are big city figures where the ratio of blacks in CA vs blacks in TX is much more lopsided. Dallas is 25% black vs LA’s 10%. Statewide crime stats are about the same for CA and TX, as I pointed out in my links earlier in the thread.

[Zhang Fei]

That would be the links at this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2876585/posts?page=13#13

[dragnet2]

Statewide crime stats are about the same for CA and TX, as I pointed out in my links earlier in the thread.

Could I see the specific link for that?

[dragnet2]

Oh, I see...

No matter how ya chop it up, Texas has higher crime rates per capita, than CA.

[dragnet2]

Statewide crime stats are about the same for CA and TX, as I pointed out in my links earlier in the thread.

BTW, I looked at your links, which are difficult to read as they do not show comparisons on one page.

Switching back and forth, looking at the crime stats you provided, crimes such as burglary and auto theft etc., are *substantially higher in Texas than CA.

[FreedomPoster]

While I don’t have any sources, I know I have read that white students in TX are about the same as white students in WI or MN. So much for the Rick Perry nonsense from the Dems.

[Zhang Fei]

According to a recent TV news report, Denny suffered permanent brain damage and has difficulty speaking and walking.

A sad story about how excessive concern for one's fellow man - not running over rioters - can have serious life-altering consequences. The lack of real remorse from the black perps is simply staggering. They view their victims much as a lion views a zebra.