Murders

There were 21,500 murders in the US in 2020 an increase of 30% over 2019. The reason was that incarceration rates fell, manpower shank and anti police protest spread across the nation. Gun Violence Disproportionately and Overwhelmingly Hurts Communities of Color. African Americans as a whole were at least four times more likely to be killed by a gun than the overall population. In 2020, 12,179 Black Americans were killed with guns. While Blacks are 13% of the population they represent 56% of murder victims.