Leftists and social justice warriors charge that what blacks have to fear most is being shot and killed by police, but the numbers don't add up.
Criminal activity imposes huge costs on black residents in low-income neighborhoods of cities such as Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and many others.
Thousands of black Americans were murdered in 2019. Over 90% of the time, the perpetrator was also black.
Leftists and social justice warriors charge that what blacks have to fear most is being shot and killed by police, but the numbers don’t add up.
For several years, The Washington Post has been documenting police shootings in America. Last year, 933 people were shot and killed by police. Twenty-three percent (212) of people shot and killed were black; 35% (331) were white; 16% (155) were Hispanic, and 201 were of other or unknown races. The high homicide rate within the black community doesn’t begin to tell the full tragedy.
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