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Originally Posted by thathottnurse
Anyone know the stats on black on black violence in Ferguson before the shooting? Like how many black civilians were killed by other black civilans last year in Ferguson, MO? I'd like to know that statistic if anyone can pull it up. I'm not very savvy at locating info like that. Thanks in advance.  |
Happy to help!! Ferguson is in St Louis County and is part of the St Louis metropolitan area.
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/10/...hite-officers/
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The shooting death of Michael Brown has unleashed a torrent of pent-up hostility against local police.
But a University of Missouri – St. Louis researcher says emotions aside, the number of black youth who have been fatally shot by white police officers has been fairly low in recent years.
Criminology professor David Klinger told KMOX’s Charlie Brennan that he conducted a thorough, decade-long study that showed there were 1,265 murders over that time, with 90 percent of the victims being black. And 90 percent of those black victims were killed by other blacks.
“While I understand the people are concerned about the use of deadly force by the police, by far – about 50 to 1 – more blacks in St. Louis are killed by other blacks as compared to white police officers,” Klinger says.
Over that same period, Klinger says 31 blacks were killed by police officers – 21 by white police officers.
“The sad fact is, we had well over a thousand black-on-black homicides in the city of St. Louis during that same decade,” he says.
This is unbelievable. Micheal Browns Parents testify before UN.
