The race stats are in the story which also mentions Denver's gang problem. Gang related homicides make up 23 of the 50, so nearly half like Funky said. I don't know how they made that determination because "snitches get stiches" and such.
By race (from the story)...
28 (56%) Black
12 (24%) Hispanic
10 (20%) White
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Denver
Population of Denver: ~650K
65% White
31% Hispanic (overlapping)
11% Black
Rates, derived by population, per 100,000...
2.367 White
5.955 Hispanic
39.161 Black
Hispanic rate is 2.5x higher than White (overlapping population numbers increase the denominator, lowering this rate)
Black rate is 16.5x higher than White, 6.5x higher than Hispanic.
My numbers could be off and so could my sources. So assume some error that probably doesn't change the overall discrepancies.
If people (Liberals, politicians, Demanding Mothers, etc...) were genuinely concerned about violence (gun or otherwise) this would be examined. My personal belief is that this has to do with culture and values than race. But that examination is often called "racist" as well because the culture identifies along racial boundaries (which is actually racist but seldom is that mentioned).
Saddest thing in this story is a couple of the names on the list...
So we can't talk about this because "racist?"Quote:
Javion Johnson, 1
Karla Garcia, 1
