Communities Struggle to Break a Grim Cycle of Killing

[theworldismine13]

Communities Struggle to Break a Grim Cycle of Killing
Grim Cycle: Black Men Killing Black Men - WSJ.com

stoy is too long too quote, if you get the nonsubcriber page you can just google the title of the article and click on the top result, this works for all wsj articles that are subscriber only BTW

 

[Blackgate]

it is intended for the reader to assume that the majority of the homicides in the cities listed were 'black men killing black men'...

Overall, more than half the nation's homicide victims are African-American...

homicide trends of the past 30+ years clearly show whites being over 50% of the homicides in the united states...this doesnt disprove the writer's claim but questions its verity...

'I have not seen any federal legislation which would tackle the huge problem' of crime among black Americans...

that is because it would have to follow legislation of crime among white americans which is unlikely...the article is meant to give the reader an impression that black males [ages 16 and up] are dangerous and menacing...

 

[theworldismine13]

it is intended for the reader to assume that the majority of the homicides in the cities listed were 'black men killing black men'...
homicide trends of the past 30+ years clearly show whites being over 50% of the homicides in the united states...this doesnt disprove the writer's claim but questions its verity...that is because it would have to follow legislation of crime among white americans which is unlikely...the article is meant to give the reader an impression that black males [ages 16 and up] are dangerous and menacing...

im not sure what it is you are disputing, the article is meant to give the impression that black males are killing black males, which is correct, and the majority of the homicides in the cities are black men killing black men which is also correct