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The vast majority of the murders are from violent gangs. That has a much stronger correlation than skin color
by Petrova 5y ago
The vast majority of the murders are from violent gangs. That has a much stronger correlation than skin color
- NoImmatureAdHom 5y agoThis actually isn't true.[0] If you want to try to paint a picture of the modal murder in the U.S., it's "Young brown man argues with other young brown man about something silly, things escalate, someone pulls out a cheap pistol and shoots the other guy" Gang murders, while profitable fodder for mass media, are a clear minority. 0: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-13.xls https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
- NoImmatureAdHom 5y agoAnd, I should note, "violent gangs" are by definition going to be the gangs committing violence, so that's a circularity in your logic. And I would also wager that there is a very strong correlation between gang membership and skin color, so that's a problem too.