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Originally Posted by steeljack
So far this year we have had 71 in Oakland alone (I live about ten miles south) the 2007 tally was 127 , over the bridge in San Francisco the tally is 53 to date this year and 96 for 2007, in over 85% of the cases the dead were all young black or hispanic males, gang members, low education, poor employment records and coincidentally most were from either single parent or broken families with no father figures in their lives .
Don't know if stats in the UK reflect a similar situation or if its not PC to comment on them .  |
Don't really have to comment ... the stats talk for themselves ... I did read somewhere that homicide is the leading (or second leading) cause of death among black males. Same thing happens in the GTA ... the only thing that draws any comment is when some innocent, usually white, bystander gets caught in the crossfire ... might be worth mentioning that when you cram a bunch of humanity into a small area the crap hits the fan in a big way ... and in the parts of the cities that are home to poor immigrants or minorities it is even worse ... like if you go to TO, avoid Jane and Finch area .... I think there is a line in a Billy Joel song, that goes something like "I walked thro' Bedford-Stuy alone": not a wise thing to do even on a good day
And I wouldn't want to slow down at an intersection in some parts of Detroit .... but just across the water in Windsor, ON, which has a low number of immigrants and few minorities, the murder rate is low .... screw pcism, the stats do the talking.
