True, black men, especially young ones, stand a much greater chance of being murdered than white males. But almost all murders involve a victim and a killer of the same race. Yes, instances of black-white murder — as, for example, when James Byrd, a black man of Jasper, Texas, was dragged to his death by three white men — do exist. But nationally, according to the Department of Justice, 53 percent of known homicide suspects in 2010 were identified as black — although blacks comprise only 13 percent of the population. And in murders involving a single black victim and a single offender, 90 percent of the time it is a black perpetrator who murders the black victim. Similarly, 83 percent of whites are murdered by other whites.
What happened in Sanford, Fla. — a white person killing a black person — is extremely infrequent, occurring in 8 percent of black homicides. In saying “blacks are under attack,” Jackson paints a picture of whites targeting and hunting down black males.
Look at the 2010 stats for New York City. While blacks comprise about 25 percent of the city’s population, blacks accounted for two-thirds of murder victims. For black homicide suspects arrested, 85 percent of their victims were also black.
The leading causes of death for all young men ages 15 to 29, according to a 2006 Kaiser Family Foundation study, regardless of race or ethnicity, are unintentional injury (e.g., car accident, firearm or drowning), suicide and homicide. Not for young black men. The No. 1 cause of death in this demographic is murder. The homicide death rate for young (ages 15 to 24) African American men (85 per 100,000 persons) is three times the rate for young Hispanic men (30 per 100,000 population), the population group with the next highest homicide mortality rate. The rates for young Asian and young white males are 9.8 and 5 per 100,000, respectively.
In one recent Chicago weekend, 49 people were shot, 10 fatally, including a 6-year-old black girl. Did President Obama issue a statement? Black-on-black crime, like black-on-white crime, does not fit the liberal media’s narrative of the continuing problem of white racism.
How selective is the outrage about interracial crime — when the bad guy is black?
Ken Tillery, in 2002, walked down a Jasper, Texas, road. Three men offered him a ride. But the men kidnapped Tillery, driving him to a remote location. John Perazzo of FrontPageMagazine.com describes what happened: “When the terrified Tillery jumped out of the vehicle and tried to flee, the kidnappers caught up with him, beat him and finally ran over him — dragging him to his death beneath their car’s undercarriage.”
Same town, a few years after the James Byrd murder, a black-white murder in the same fashion — by dragging a man to his death — but no story! Why? Well, Tillery was white, and the three suspects were all black. The irony alone would, one would think, guarantee lots of coverage. But how much coverage did the case get? An online search of 557 newspapers found that 22 covered the story.
Juan Williams:
Proves to me that Blacks are racisits. Not only Jesse but also those who don’t speak out against him and others.
No, Jesse, the incident in question does not prove ‘blacks are under attack’.
What it does prove is that an incident can be so blown out of proportion once race is involved, and you and your buddy Sharpton are the ones using that fuel for the fire.
Tell me, Jesse; How did you feel when you found out the man who killed Trayvon was not only of hispanic heritage, but also a registered democrat voter?
Your attempts to pin this on the “white” man are transparent and easy to see for those who use reason and logic. As such, you are nothing more than an agitator who uses race to incite action furthering your agenda. The fallout from this, including the violence and possible/probable deaths are squarely on yours and Sharpton’s shoulders.
About 2 years ago I was having dinner with a very nice Black lady, her daughter and her boy friend and my wife. Every 10 minutes or so the daughter, who was about 24 would say..”I’m a Gangsta”. Well I guess she got her wish, she’s in prison now and her boy friend left her. Jesse would be so proud that a ‘black’ made it.
JESSE HAS NOT FINISH HIS SENTENCE, IT DISCREDIT EVERY WORDS HE SAID AND WILL SAY,
HE SHOULD HAVE SAID, CRIMINALS ARE UNDER ATTACK BY ALL, BLACKS WHO GET ROB, AND WHITE WHO GET ROB, AND LATINO WHO GET ROB AND OTHER WHICH EMIGRATED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF AMERICA, AND ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THOSE CRIMINALS HAVING A PASS FROM THOSE IN POWER, BECAUSE THE BIG PART ARE BLACKS,
JESSE SHOULD TELL THEM THAT CRIME DOESN’T PAY, NEVER DO, AND KILL MANY, FROM THE VICTIMS WHO GET A CHANCE TO PUNISH THEM.
JESSE SHOULD EDUCATE THE YOUNG AND NEVER AGREE WITH CRIME OF ANY KIND,
IT IS HIGH TIME TO DO IT. so to have more black back on the right path of law abiding citizens,