[...] this first story under, It’s not Racism When We Do It.  H/T Flopping Aces Akron police say they aren’t ready to call it a hate crime or a gang initiation. But to Marty [...]

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The purported source of those minority crime statistics in the link Mook provided is a “Neil” Sheehan, Australian reporter. It seems his real name is Paul Sheehan, and nowhere does he footnote his sources, if in fact he wrote the piece at all. There’s no mention of it in his Wiki bio, which is curious considering how inflammatory it is. The error of using “Neil” is repeated in the various conservative websites I checked, which shows a lack of diligence on the part of those posting that, uh, “information”.

The real Neil Sheehan is an American reporter famous for his coverage of the Vietnam War.

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Law enforcement agencies reported 4,863 offenses within single-bias incidents that were motivated by the offender’s racial bias. Among those offenses, 67.5 percent resulted from an anti-black bias, and 20.5 percent were due to an anti-white bias.

That’s subjective nonsense based on the “feelings” and admissions of those arrested. You want a more honest look? Consider the grand canyon difference between white on black crime vs. black on white crime http://www.libreopinion.com/members/standarteslc/race05.html and the murder rate committed by blacks based on their percentage of the population versus the murder rate committed by whites using the same metrics.

“The black murder rate was 38.8 per 100,000. Based on their murder rate in 1986, Hispanics committed an estimated 2,242 murders in 1993. This is 10.7 per 100,000. 76 percent of the U.S. is White (European-American) and they committed only 29.5 percent of the murders. On the other hand, Black and Hispanic minorities combined constitute 21 percent of the population, yet they committed a staggering 68.7 percent of the murders in the U.S. during 1993. This means, on a per capita basis, a Black person is 12.3 times as likely to commit murder as a White person.

Since GaffaUK raised the issue, I want to make sure that the percentages quoted are in proper perspective

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Well let’s hope they catch those thugs and send them down. Too many people get away with this crap and go on to do even worse crimes.

I found some interesting stats

Law enforcement agencies reported 4,863 offenses within single-bias incidents that were motivated by the offender’s racial bias. Among those offenses, 67.5 percent resulted from an anti-black bias, and 20.5 percent were due to an anti-white bias.

FBI Hate Crime Stats 2004

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2004/section1.htm

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lets reverse this.. a black family coming home from a family outing to watch fireworks at the local stadium. A group of 50 white kids start saying “this is a white world”, beat the crap out of them (or attack them – which ever) and leave. Now is it really racial scare mongering, or obvious racism by apparent racists? Its not rocket science; just the left trying to call things on their own terms with their own definitions.

Exactly right. Liam said it better than I ever could. I’ll also add that if it was an assault by white racists against a black family, Al Sharpton et al. would have flown in for national press coverage which would have been repeated ad nauseum on every MSM channel for weeks on end. As it is now, this was a story was ignored by the MSM until Drudge forced their hand. Thank god for Drudge, because the MSM leftist filth clearly would have buried it otherwise.

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You know the drill, Bob!

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Old Trooper 46
Count to 4 and look up.

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Scott,

The story is now on Drudge.

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Buffalobob, yes and an alumni of the JFK School for Wayward Boys.

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It is very clear that they would have needed a SWAT TEAM to be there in about 2 seconds or they would have needed to have Apache Gunship Air Support to discourage the dozens of attackers as stated in the article.

I wonder how many of the punks were armed but did not throw down. I don’t discount that ever.

With those odds I may have ran away to fight another day. It is obvious to me that the Akron PD was not up to task or that neighbors did not call 911 when a mob that size gathered. My CCW Permit does not authorize me to carry automatic weapons or grenades.

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