LOS ANGELES -- Police say statistics show that racial hatred is not the reason behind the city's rising homicide rate. It's up 35% in this city, but they do not appear to be racially motivated
Through Monday, 93 people had been killed in
Recently, there has been a spate of high-profile shootings in the city where suspected Latino gang members have been charged with killing blacks.
Police say, however, that blacks are suspected in nearly two-thirds of this year's homicide cases with black victims. Police say that of the 57 Latinos killed this year, 87 percent of Latinos killed are believed to have been struck down by fellow Latinos. This flies in the face of rumors/myths that race wars have developed in Los Angeles.
But one black civic leader doesn't believe the numbers tell the whole story. John Hope Bryant, president of Operation HOPE, said that anyone who says race is not at factor in the recent violence.
Stats:
Gang Related Homicide Comparison:
Out of all the homicides, 38% were gang related, 62% were not
African-American offenders are 8 times more likely to kill another black person than a Latino
Latino offenders are twice as likely to kill another Latino than a black person
Critics say that anyone who suggests race "IS NOT" a factor is not in touch with what is happening on the streets and they say that the LAPD simply does not want to inflame racial tension.
Here is a similar study from UC Irvine. Click here
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