PA ranks 2nd in black homicide victims
Today, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) released its annual list of the states with the highest black homicide victimization rates and Pennsylvania ranks second this year, after dropping down to third last year.
PA ranks 2nd in black homicide victims
It's a list no state wants to make but it's a list on which Pennsylvania always ranks high.
Today, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) released its annual list of the states with the highest black homicide victimization rates and Pennsylvania ranks second this year, after dropping down to third last year.
The VPC uses the most recent FBI data to compile its statistics, and that's always two years behind, so this year's numbers come from 2010 data.
In 2010, there were 419 black homicide victims in Pennsylvania, making the black homicide rate 26.87 murders per 100,000 black people, according to the VPC.
Pennsylvania ranked only behind Missouri, which had 255 black citizens murdered in 2010 but, due to population, had a homicide victimization rate of 33.86 per 100,000.
The average age of a black homicide victim in Pennsylvania in 2010 was 29 years old and men overwhelmingly outnumbered women by 377 to 42, according to the study.
Guns were behind 84 percent of the killings and 86 percent of the victims were killed by someone they knew, the VPC said.
Nationally, the black homicide victimization rate was 16.32 per 100,000 compared to an overall national homicide rate of 4.43 per 100,000, the VPC said.
This year, New Jersey ranked 14th, Delaware 19th and New York 21st.
The real question is why? That's what no one wants to talk about because no one wants to be called racist for pointing out the obvious.— edith bunker- PA has a high black population but what the author didn't clarify was how much of that percentage is black on black crime?— PhillyTaz
- And the way to prevent such violence is to punish law-abiding gun owners. Good plan, Democrats!— Barbouze
- Bush's fault. — DeltaV
- I would bet most of these killings happen in those 0 Romney vote neighborhoods. Just a guess though ....— 420Phillie
- And who are the culprits?— barcadefire
- Looking forward to the outrage of the African American Community, led by Mayor Nutter, DA Seth Williams, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Council President Darrell Clarke and the Black Clergy. What? No Outrage? Apathetic Genocide!— tlee
- Wait until Jesse and Sharpton find out about this. There will be outrage and they will want to find who is committing these crimes against the black population.— dontavoidtheobvious
- Maybe it's not the guns. Maybe it's the blacks?— SouthPhillyRolls
- those murders were all intra racial. that means blacks killing other blacks.stupid (HTML deleted)— the lopez!
- When you have a culture that glorifies the keepin' it real, thug lifestyle, this is what happens. At some point, one generation of black people is going to have to stop it from moving on.— LouDiamondPhillipsheadScrewdriver
- And you people wonder why we all have full gun safes up here in da noffeasst!! Just in case there's a little spill-over from da hood. Gin control is very important- you want to hit what you are aiming at!!— skyfart256
- Yeah !.................. And The "North-Central" is Brimmin wit targets too , especially The Towanda Boys Club , and Choir .
— oldsog67 - The 4 County area where I live now has only had 34 deaths of Blacks in 20 years , and the average Black population is about 15% , or The National average , So Maybe somebody is Taking Too Many Illegal Drugs in The Major 3 Cities , and not citizens who live , and work off The "Reservation" ?
I Would suggest Aside from banning White People , That if You do Not want to be a Victim of Gun , or ANY Type of Violent Crime ,...................Wear a Chicken Costume !
It May look Funny , but Will keep you safe , but Most important You will help deter Crime , providing no one tries to Deep Fry ya .
Now Go Watch "CSPAN today , and see it all First Hand !— oldsog67 - Are you sure guns "were behind" 84% those killings? What per centage came from broken families?— tr88
