Murders

Most articles on murder rates try to play down gang killings because it reflects poorly on minorities. The data shows that only 13% of these killings were gang related yet 8,600 Blacks were killed by almost all Black assailants. If they are not killing each other because of gang wars why are they killing each other. No one is particularly interested in finding out because is politically unpopular to even use the phrase Black on Black crime. The increase in murders disproportionately effect minorities. From 2019 to 2020, homicides in nine U.S. cities rose by 722, according to police data. More than 85% of the increase took place in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, where homicide rates were already higher than White and Asian neighborhoods.