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To: John who wrote (941101)	6/17/2016 7:30:50 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573691

And now you drag up "The Bell Curve". As if on cue. You are just busting with racist literature. What is next, "Mein Kampf"? The problem is that the data doesn't show that across all categories. For example, mass killer and serial killers tend to be white and male. Some, like Orlando, are not. But they are the minority. So you can shout "ALL categories!!1!" as much as you want, but it isn't true. The data you are talking about is from the Uniform Crime Report, or UCR. It is compiled by the FBI and tracks 28 categories currently. Now the UCR is based on arrests, which has a bias against minorities. It is a well-known fact that minorities get arrested at a higher rate than whites for the same crime. There are a number of reasons for that, not all because of racial bias. For example, "broken windows" policies tend to be enforced in poor areas, when tend to have a higher percentage of minorities, than in wealthier areas, which tend to be whiter. Even with that in mind, more whites get arrested for crimes than blacks. By a lot. Which makes sense, there are more whites than blacks. Now it very well may be that in many categories blacks are over-represented as to the percentage of the population. But, when you control for economic level, those difference vanish. This has been known for decades. The FBI has noted for decades that the single best predictor for criminal activity is economics. Not only does crime become more prevalent the poorer people are, crime also fluctuates in step with the economy. fbi.gov Granted, things are not uniform. Blacks have a higher rate of robbery than whites. Whites tend to excel at property crimes, especially vandalism. Whites also seem to be a lot better at sex crimes(except for prostitution and rape). And DUI and other drug related offenses. So yeah, the data in your favored sources is cherry picked. Looking at the actual data reveals a very different story. In short John, you are full of shit. And a reprehensible alleged human being.