[anton]

There is an African American homicide rate and there is an American homicide rate. Unrelated to one another.

[Mr Rogers]

There is also an urban murder rate and a suburban/rural rate. Even in a city, the murders are usually concentrated is a very small area.

In Chicago, over the last 4-5 years, 70-90% of VICTIMS have criminal records. It bears no relation to what happens in rural counties.

[x1stcav]

Yeah, that’s what I was referring to when I cited ‘societal’ issues.

[Ancient Man]

“There is an African American homicide rate and there is an American homicide rate. Unrelated to one another.”

According to the FBI’s 2016 Uniform Crime Report for 2016, 60.1% of all homicides are committed by blacks. (12.6% of the population) Specifically, the vast majority of these are committed by black males aged 13-35, which is roughly 4% of the US population.

[umgud]

There is an African American homicide rate and there is an American homicide rate. Unrelated to one another.

There is a latino murder rate too, but they are lumped in with whites for counting purposes.

Remove the black and latino homicide rates and we wouldn't be having this conversation.