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Originally Posted by nailer

Back in the early 80s the Atlantic Monthly had an article that argued African-American males were being written off by society. The article made a very good case, especially from the political/governance perspective presented. That the BLM movement exists lays proof to the article's premise.

A 2011 DOJ study of homicide statistics indicated that:

- Blacks were disproportionately represented as both homicide
victims and offenders. Th e victimization rate for blacks (27.8
per 100,000) was 6 times higher than the rate for whites (4.5 per
100,000). The offending rate for blacks (34.4 per 100,000) was almost
8 times higher than the rate for whites (4.5 per 100,000).

- black children under age 5 have remained substantially higher
than rates for white children or children of other races.

- Of all children under age 5 murdered from 1980 through 2008—
63% were killed by a parent—33% were killed by their fathers
and 30% were killed by their mothers.

- From 1980 to 2008, black victims were over-represented in homicides involving drugs, with 62.1% of all drug-related homicides involving black
victims.

- While two-thirds of drug-related homicides were committed by
black offenders (65.6%), black offenders were less likely to be
involved in sex-related killings (43.4%), workplace homicides,
(25.8%) or homicides of elders age 65 or older (41.9%) compared
to their overall involvement as homicide offenders (52.5%).

Most murders were intraracial:

From 1980 through 2008—
- 84% of white victims were killed by whites ( gure 19).
- 93% of black victims were killed by blacks.

Stranger homicides were more likely to cross racial lines than homicides involving friends or acquaintances:

For homicides committed by—
- a stranger to the victim, 26.7% were interracial
- a friend or acquaintance of the victim, 9.7% were interracial

In 2008, black males age 18 to 24 years-old had the highest homicide victimization rate (91.1 homicides per 100,000). That rate was more than double the rate for black males age 25 or older (38.4 homicides per 100,000) and almost triple the rate for black males age 14 to 17 (31.4 homicides per 100,000).

Why the BLM folks aren't focused on reducing these types of crimes, I don't know. I guess because there's no one around with a cell phone recording video when most of these crimes are occurring?