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[–] green_man ago 

Something is wrong with these numbers, it claims blacks only commit ~21% of violent crime.

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[–] ephesians5_11 [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Murder is not included with these numbers (from the BJS in this table, they're only including rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and simple assault). See this post for the rest of the story. Note also that I'm not using rates here, as I did here (exact same numbers, but population is accounted for).

If you add in the murders, you get the 52% we're all familiar with (i.e. 13 = 50).

EDIT: I think to get the full 52%, you have to add in murders and non-violent crimes

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[–] FreeeBird ago 

That does seem low even considering its almost double the population percentages.