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MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 10:52 PM Oct 2017

Why We Never Talk About Black-on-Black Crime: An Answer to White Americas Most Pressing Question

Michael Harriot
Today 10:00am

You’ve heard it before. It is the most frequent response to any accusation of police brutality. It is the repeated sleight of hand used to distract and drown out the voices of Black Lives Matter. It is an oft-used “alt-right” refrain and a sincere query from curious white questioners. It is the weapon of choice for the black practitioners of respectability politics and the favorite follow-up for people who frame their arguments with the preamble, “Not all white people ... ”

Why don’t black people ever talk about black-on-black crime?

Instead of rejecting the entire notion as a method of deflection and privilege, we will attempt to formally dismiss the conversation forever by laying out the facts about why white America never hears us talk about black-on-black crime.

It’s not a thing.

https://www.theroot.com/why-we-never-talk-about-black-on-black-crime-an-answer-1819092337
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Why We Never Talk About Black-on-Black Crime: An Answer to White Americas Most Pressing Question (Original Post) MrScorpio Oct 2017 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author jaysunb Oct 2017 #1
K & R TexasProgresive Oct 2017 #2
Surprised at this assertion in the article: philly_bob Oct 2017 #3
It's a link to the FBI JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #4
Click the link for the source... MrScorpio Oct 2017 #5
Checked the linked document. Couldn't find fact cited. philly_bob Oct 2017 #6

Response to MrScorpio (Original post)

philly_bob

(2,419 posts)
3. Surprised at this assertion in the article:
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 11:50 AM
Oct 2017
It is a fact (at least for 2016 and 2015) that a black man was less likely to commit a violent crime of any kind than a police officer was to kill an unarmed person.


No source given.

JustAnotherGen

(31,688 posts)
4. It's a link to the FBI
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 04:52 AM
Oct 2017

Go to the article, right before (it is a fact) is a phrase in green font and it will take you directly to an FBI chart, their web site with their stats.

philly_bob

(2,419 posts)
6. Checked the linked document. Couldn't find fact cited.
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 04:14 PM
Oct 2017

It's a November 2014 report from the DOJ's Department of Justice Statistics, entitled "Household Poverty And Nonfatal Violent Victimization, 2008–2012."

The article cites that report when it says "It is a fact (at least for 2016 and 2015) that a black man was less likely to commit a violent crime of any kind than a police officer was to kill an unarmed person."

I was not able to find a reference to that statistic, either in the report's highlights, the press release, or a quick reading of the text. Also, there seems to be a problem with dates. The OP makes the assertion for 2016 and 2015, but the report covers 2008-2012.

Confused.

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