Are some races more prone to crime–and especially violence–than others?
It remains a hotly-debated topic. But while the origins of crime remain debatable, the races of its perpetrators and victims can be–and have been–statistically tabulated.
And those statistics haven’t changed much during the last 40 years.
Consider this:
In 1971, Robert Daley, a reporter for the New York Times, became a deputy police commissioner for the New York Police Department (NYPD).
In that capacity, he saw the NYPD from the highest levels to the lowest–from the ornate, awe-inspiring office of Police Commissioner Patrick Murphy to the gritty, sometimes blood-soaked streets of New York.
He spent one year on the job before resigning–later admitting that when he agreed to take the job, he got more than he bargained for.
It proved to be a tumultuous year in the NY’D’s history: Among those challenges Daley and his fellow NYPD members faced were the murders of several police officers, committed by members of the militant Black Liberation Army.
Two of those murdered officers were Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini. Jones was black, Piagentini white; both were partners. Both were shot in the back without a chance to defend themselves.
Writing about these murders in a bestselling 1973 book–Target Blue: An Inside’s View of the N.Y.P.D.–Daley noted:
- Jones and Piagentini were the sixth and seventh policemen–of ten–murdered in 1971.
- About 18 men were involved in these murders. All were black.
- The city’s politicians knew this–and so did Commissioner Murphy. None dared say so publicly.
“But the fact remained,” wrote Daley, “that approximately 65% of the city’s arrested murderers, muggers, armed robbers, proved to be black men; about 15% were of Hispanic origin; and about 20% were white [my italics].
The overall racial breakdown of the city was approximately:
- whites, 63%;
- blacks, 20%;
- Hispanics 17%.
Stated another way: Blacks, who made up 20% of the city’s population, were responsible for 65% of the city’s major crimes.
Or, as Daley himself put it: “So the dangerous precincts, any cop would tell you, were the black precincts.”
That was 40 years ago.
Now, consider the following statistics released by the NYPD for “Crime and Enforcement Activity in New York City” in 2012. Its introduction states:
“This report presents statistics on race/ethnicity compiled from the New York City Police Department’s records management system.”
Then follows this chart:
Misdemeanor Criminal Mischief
Victim, Suspect, Arrestee Race/Ethnicity
American Indians: Victims: 0.7% Suspects: 0.3% Arrestees: 0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islanders: Victims: 8.4% Suspects: 3.2% Arrestees: 3.9%
Blacks: Victims: 36.5% Suspects: 49.6% Arrestees: 36.5%
Whites: Victims: 28.9% Suspects: 17.0% Arrestees: 22.9%
Hispanics: Victims: 25.4% Suspects: 29.8% Arrestees: 36.4%
Total Victims: 40,985
Total Suspects: 11,356
Total Arrests: 7,825
Then come the guts of the report:
Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Victims:
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Black (60.1%)
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Hispanic (26.7%)
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White victims (8.7%)
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Asian/Pacific Islanders (4.2%)
Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Arrestees:
- Black (51.4%)
- Hispanic (36.7%)
- White (9.2%)
- Asian/Pacific Islander (2.6%)
Rape Victims:
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Black (37.9%)
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Hispanic (36.9%)
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White victims (19.2%)
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Asian/Pacific Islanders (5.4%)
Rape Arrestees:
- Black (48.6%)
- Hispanic (42.8%)
- White (5.0%)
- Asian/Pacific Islander (3.1%)
Other Felony Sex Crimes Victims:
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Black (40.7%)
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Hispanic (33.6%)
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White victims (19.6%)
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Asian/Pacific Islanders (5.9%)
Known Other Felony Sex Crime Arrestees:
- Black (42.3%)
- Hispanic (39.8%)
- White (12.6%)
- Asian /Pacific Islander (5.1%)
Robbery Victims:
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Hispanic (36.1%)
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Black (31.9%)
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White victims (18.3%)
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Asian/Pacific Islanders (12.8%)
Robbery Arrestees:
- Black (62.1%)
- Hispanic (29.0%)
- White (6.2%)
- Asian/Pacific Islander (2.5%)
Felonious Assault Victims:
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Black (47.8%)
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Hispanic (33.6%)
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White (12.4%)
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Asian/Pacific Islanders (5.5%)
Felonious Assault Arrestees:
- Black (52.3%)
- Hispanic (33.6%)
- White (9.4%)
- Asian/Pacific Islanders (4.5%)
Grand Larceny Victims:
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White (42.4%)
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Black (25.0%)
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Hispanic (20.1%)
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Asian/Pacific Islanders (11.8%)
Grand Larceny Arrestees:
- Black (52.0%)
- Hispanic (28.5%)
- White (14.6%)
- Asian/Pacific Islanders (4.8%)
Shooting Victims:
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Black (74.1%)
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Hispanic (22.2%)
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White (2.8%)
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Asian/Pacific Islanders (0.8%)
Shooting Arrestees:
- Black (75.0%)
- Hispanic (22.0%)
- White (2.4%)
- Asian/Pacific Islander (0.6%)
Drug Felony Arrest Population:
- Black (45.3%)
- Hispanic (40.0%)
- White (12.7%)
- Asian Pacific Islanders (1.9%)
The Drug Misdemeanor Arrest Population
- Black (49.9%)
- Hispanic (34.5%)
- White (13.3%)
- Asian Pacific Islanders (2.1%)
The Felony Stolen Property Arrest Population:
- Black (52.5%)
- Hispanic (28.9%)
- White (14.5%)
- Asian/Pacific Islanders (4.0%)
The Misdemeanor Stolen Property Arrest Population:
- Black (47.1%)
- Hispanic (30.2%)
- White (16.9%)
- Asian/Pacific Islanders (5.4%)
Violent Crime Suspects:
- Black (66.0%)
- Hispanic (26.1%)
- White (5.8%)
- Asian/Pacific Islanders (1.9%)
Reported Crime Complaint Juvenile Victims:
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Black (43.5%)
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Hispanic (38.7%)
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White (11.6%)
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Asian/Pacific Islander (5.8%)
Juvenile Crime Complaint Arrestees:
- Black (58.6%)
- Hispanic (32.6%)
- White (5.8%)
- Asian/Pacific Islander (2.8%)
Appendix B of the report offers a breakdown of New York City’s racial makeup:
Total Numbers Percentage of the City’s Population
- White 2,722,904 (33.3%)
- Black 1,861,295 (22.8%)
- Hispanic 2,336,076 (28.6)
- Asian/Pacific Islanders 1,030,914 (12.6%)
Thus, while Blacks make up 22.8% of New York City’s population, they comprise
- 51.4% of its murder and non-negligent manslaughter arrests;
- 48.6% of its rape arrests;
- 42.3% of its known other felony sex crime arrests;
- 62.1% of its robbery arrests;
- 52.3% of its felonious assault arrests;
- 52.0% of its grand larceny arrests;
- 75.0% of its shooting arrests;
- 45.3% of its drug felony arrests;
- 49.9% of its drug misdemeanor arrests;
- 52.5% of its felony stolen property arrests;
- 47.1% of its misdemeanor stolen property arrests;
- 66.0% of its violent crime suspects;
- 58.6% of its juvenile crime complaint arrests.
While Hispanics make up 28.6% of the city’s population, they account for:
- 36.7% of its murder and non-negligent manslaughter arrests;
- 42.8% of its rape arrests;
- 39.8% for its known other felony sex crime arrests;
- 29.0% of its robbery arrests;
- 33.6% of its felonious assault arrests;
- 28.5% of its grand larceny arrests;
- 22.0% of its shooting arrests;
- 40.0% of its drug felony arrests;
- 34.5% of its drug misdemeanor arrests;
- 28.9% of its felony stolen property arrests;
- 30.2% of its misdemeanor stolen property arrests;
- 26.1% of its violent crime suspects;
- 26.1% of its juvenile crime complaint arrests.
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RACE AND CRIME: PART TWO (END)
In Law, Law Enforcement, Politics, Social commentary on June 20, 2013 at 12:00 am“How effective is a police officer with a blindfold on?”
That’s the question posed by an ad sponsored by the Captains Endowment Association of the New York Police Department (NYPD).
The ad will appear in the June 20th edition of the New York Post, as well as on Twitter and Facebook. And it will appear in response to an upcoming bill proposed by Democrats on the New York City Council.
This latest foray into Political Correctness “will ban cops from identifying a suspect’s age, gender, color or disability,” Roy Richter, president of the Association, told the Post.
“When we have wanted suspects and patterns of crimes, those are very important descriptive terms to let officers know who to look for.”
Under this bill, police could describe a suspect only in terms of the color of his/her clothing–or risk being sued for profiling.
And, according to the Post, the bill is on a fast track–it’s being sent straight to the floor for a vote versus going through the “normal committee process.”
Ad of the NYPD Captains Endowment Association
The timing of the proposed bill may have been prompted by the release of the NYPD’s report on “Crime and Enforcement Activity in New York City” for 2012.
It outlines the racial makeup of the city’s crime population–both that of its victims and its perpetrators. And it reveals that crime is centered overwhelmingly in minority-group neighborhoods
During the first six months of 2012, 96% of shooting victims were blacks or Hispanics–and in 97% of all cases, the shooters were other blacks or Hispanics.
Blacks and Hispanics comprise 89% of murder victims–and 86% of murder suspects. Of felony assault victims, 81% are non-whites, as are 88% of the suspects.
Thus, while Blacks make up 22.8% of New York City’s population, they comprise
While Hispanics make up 28.6% of the city’s population, they account for:
Blacks, Hispanics and their liberal allies have long claimed that the startling numbers of blacks and Hispanics arrested, convicted and incarcerated only prove that racist white cops, prosecutors and judges have rigged the system against them.
But this ignores a fundamental–and ugly–truth: The vast majority of victims of black and Hispanic criminals are other blacks and Hispanics.
But pretending that crime doesn’t flourish in black and Hispanic neighborhoods hasn’t stopped the police from making arrests there.
So now members of the City Council have decided to prevent such arrests by making it impossible for police to identify non-white suspects.
Fortunately, several prominent black figures have dared to speak bluntly to the crisis of lawlessness within their community.
One of these is Jesse Jackson. Speaking at a meeting of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) in Chicago on November 27, 1993, Jackson famously said:
“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery.
“Then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved. After all we have been through. Just to think we can’t walk down our own streets–how humiliating.”
Jesse Jackson
During a 1998 interview on the PBS investigative series, Frontline, Jackson attacked the “criminal chic” style of dress that has become popular among young black men:
“Well, what does that style [wearing baggy britches or $200 Nike stringless tennis shoes] come from? It comes from jail.
“That’s recycled jail culture, where they cannot wear belts because they may hang themselves or hurt themselves or hurt someone. Or they can’t have strings in their tennis shoes.
“So when you find youth having jail culture recycled into them, it is almost as if you’re eating your own vomit. It’s a kind of recycled sickness.”
Another prominent black who has dared to confront the realities of black criminality is comedian Bill Cosby.
Bill Cosby
Addressing the 20th National Action Network conference in April, 2011, Cosby didn’t mince words before his largely black audience:
“Tell me where Jesus would allow drug dealing on the corner? Tell me where Jesus would allow people to shoot guns for no reason, missing and then hitting a child who is paralyzed for life?
“And we don’t do anything but have a funeral. But let a cop shoot [a black man], and you set his car on fire and burn up the police stations.”
Until there is a sharp decline in the crime-rates for blacks and Hispanics, it will be common sense, not racism, that leads white parents to warn their children: Stay out of predominently black and Hispanic neighborhoods.
And for those parents to follow their own advice.
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