We, the comrades of Unit 1012: The
VFFDP, are not racist people and we care for murdered victims, regardless of
any race. We show this article to speak on the media hype on racism.
INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/chicago-75-murdered-are-black-71-murderers-are-black
Chicago: 75% of Murdered are Black, 71% of Murderers
are Black
The numbers are horrifying.
Devin Foley | November 18, 2015
After hearing about a woman attempting
to start a sex-strike
in Chicago, ultimately based on the Ancient Greek play Lysistrata, to end the gun
violence, we thought it would be good to dig into the numbers a little bit. We
wish we hadn't.
Simply put, Chicago has a massive
Black-on-Black murder problem. All of the data below comes from the Chicago
Police Department. You can access it here.
In 2011, the latest data officially
released by the Chicago Police, there were 433 homicides. Of these, just 128
(29%) had a corresponding prosecution.
83.4% of deaths were from shootings,
6.7% stabbings, and 6.5% assaults. Of the 362 firearm homicides, 351 (97%) were
from handguns. 77% of all homicide victims had a prior arrest history. Victims
were 90% male.
Victims by Age:
Victims by Race:
What stands out the most looking at
both charts and knowing that 90% of the victims are male is that a lot of
young, Black men are being killed in Chicago. No race comes even close to
overall deaths by homicide. Keep in mind that based on 2010 Census numbers,
only 33% of Chicago's population was classified as Black.
OFFENDERS
In 2011, there were 140 convicted
offenders for the 128 victims with an associated prosecution. There were more
offenders than victims because 10.7% of homicides had two offenders and 10.0%
had three or more offenders convicted. 87% of all offenders had a prior arrest
history. Offenders were 88% male.
Offenders by Age:
Offenders by Race:
The data on offenders also tells a
troubling story: Young, Black males are overwhelmingly committing most of the
murders. Based on the data on the victims, that means young, Black males are
primarily killing other young, Black males. What a terrible situation.
Now, we can and should debate about
the causes, but let us just say that it’s hard to believe that racism is the
root of it. Yes, some will argue that systemic racism traps Blacks in poverty,
but does that explain why Blacks would seem to target other Blacks with such
overwhelming violence and frequency compared to any other race? Furthermore on
the race issue, it’s interesting to note that the Hispanics seem to actually
murder more than they are murdered, while both Whites and Blacks are indeed
murdered more than they murder.
Looking at the troubling statistics,
is it reasonable to be reminded of Don Lemon's (a Black, CNN anchor) somewhat
famous and controversial comments during the George Zimmerman acquittal in
2013:
"'Black people,' Lemon said, 'if you really want to fix the problem, here's just five things that you should think about doing.'The No. 1 item on that list -- 'and probably the most important,' he said -- had to do with out-of-wedlock births.'Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should,' Lemon said. 'Especially without planning for one or getting married first. More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. And the studies show that lack of a male role model is an express train right to prison and the cycle continues.'"
What Lemon describes is a culture
problem. It's not that there isn't culture, it's whether or not it is the type
that truly promotes human flourishing. Watching videos like the one below, our
hearts go out to any mom or dad (hopefully, both) trying to raise a child right
in such carnage.
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