US murders concentrated in 5 percent of counties

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

soooooo crazy to think there is anything to learn from the past government policy or that any individual (or whole family) is affected by government policies. insane actually. 

so families can not be affected by govt policy.. ?  

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

11 minutes ago, IAMX said:

It's crazy how much the left lives in the past to try and make contemporary arguments, without regard to drastic changes that invalidate their comparisons. 

 

"KKK"

"Hitler"

"Slavery"

"Jim Crow"

 

But you would agree that past systemic racism is at least a  contributing factor , However the destruction of the nuclear family is by far the single greatest predictor 

Edited April 28, 2017 by Nature Boy Flair

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

so families can not be affected by govt policy.. ?  

i gave you two examples of where i believe it does.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

But you would agree that past systemic racism is at least a  contributing factor , However the destruction of the nuclear family is by far the single greatest predicator 

honestly, it isn't about the nuclear family but the amount of family support a single parent has. this is true across both white and black kids. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Just now, smilesammich said:

honestly, it isn't about the nuclear family but the amount of family support a single parent has. this is true across both white and black kids. 

Agree 100% but it hits the black community much harder 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

3 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

i gave you two examples of where i believe it does.

I forgot what I  was educating you about already 

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

I forgot what I  was educating you about already 

i've noticed that happens when i'm shutting ya down  i'm gonna start calling you lbj.

[CaliCat 3,957]

5 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

and the highest percent of  Black minorities live in... Red States for 1000 Alex

 

Red states. Majority of black persons in poverty. 

 

Gives pause. Could there be a relationship between the two? 

 

 

[IAMX 3,055]

Just now, CaliCat said:

 

Red states. Majority of black persons in poverty. 

 

Gives pause. Could there be a relationship between the two? 

 

 

There is not a single state where the majority of blacks are in poverty:

 

http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-raceethnicity/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel={"colId":"Black","sort":"desc"}

 

https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-17.pdf

 

But sure, make things up. 

[smilesammich 10,727]

reading comprehension is fundamental there, iamx!

[broppy 204]

5 hours ago, smilesammich said:

should probably compare population size as well...

OMG! You must be the only other person that noticed (or cared to actually read the paper, maybe?). The so-called "study" says nothing about murder rate. It's only counting the total number of murders in each county. It's hardly surprising that there's a lot more murders in counties with a lot more people (like most of southern California).

If you're looking at actual murder (or homicide) rates, things get a lot scarier down here when Louisiana is the number one state, Orleans Parish is the number two "county", and New Orleans is the number four city on the latest tables I can find. And this is "Sportsman's Paradise" - we've got an awful lot of guns too...

[IAMX 3,055]

3 minutes ago, broppy said:

OMG! You must be the only other person that noticed (or cared to actually read the paper, maybe?). The so-called "study" says nothing about murder rate. It's only counting the total number of murders in each county. It's hardly surprising that there's a lot more murders in counties with a lot more people (like most of southern California).

If you're looking at actual murder (or homicide) rates, things get a lot scarier down here when Louisiana is the number one state, Orleans Parish is the number two "county", and New Orleans is the number four city on the latest tables I can find. And this is "Sportsman's Paradise" - we've got an awful lot of guns too...

Are these sportsmen the ones committing those murders? Or are they just a convenient scapegoat? 

Edited April 28, 2017 by IAMX

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

4 minutes ago, broppy said:

OMG! You must be the only other person that noticed (or cared to actually read the paper, maybe?). The so-called "study" says nothing about murder rate. It's only counting the total number of murders in each county. It's hardly surprising that there's a lot more murders in counties with a lot more people (like most of southern California).

If you're looking at actual murder (or homicide) rates, things get a lot scarier down here when Louisiana is the number one state, Orleans Parish is the number two "county", and New Orleans is the number four city on the latest tables I can find. And this is "Sportsman's Paradise" - we've got an awful lot of guns too...

. The homicides also tend to be concentrated to relatively small pockets of those counties, the report said.

[IAMX 3,055]

I don't like the use of homicides as well.. because that term, while including murders, also tends to include people killing someone else in self defense, or even killing someone else driving a car while drunk. I'm under the impression that for those of us left who are logical, murders would be the thing that would be far more concerning when discussing the issue of dangerous areas.

Edited April 28, 2017 by IAMX

[smilesammich 10,727]

13 minutes ago, broppy said:

OMG! You must be the only other person that noticed (or cared to actually read the paper, maybe?). The so-called "study" says nothing about murder rate. It's only counting the total number of murders in each county. It's hardly surprising that there's a lot more murders in counties with a lot more people (like most of southern California).

If you're looking at actual murder (or homicide) rates, things get a lot scarier down here when Louisiana is the number one state, Orleans Parish is the number two "county", and New Orleans is the number four city on the latest tables I can find. And this is "Sportsman's Paradise" - we've got an awful lot of guns too...

oh dear lawd, you done triggered some folks..