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January 5, 2009 03:16:15
Posted By Dr. Willie Myles
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Last year, for example, 426 black males between the ages of 14 and 17 were killed in gun crimes, the study shows. That marked a 40 percent increase from 2000.
'We need a bailout for kids at risk' Similarly, an estimated 964 in the same age group committed fatal shootings in 2007, a 38 percent increase from seven years earlier. The number of offenders is estimated because not all crimes are reported, said Northeastern criminologist James Alan Fox, who co-authored the study.
"Although the overall rate of homicide in the United States remains relatively low, the landscape is quite different for countless Americans living, and some dying, in violence-infested neighborhoods," Fox said.
It is time for Black people to stop talking, and having meeting on the issues. This statistic is not a suprise to me. When prevention and parent education is not the priority, this is the result. What does it take for the Black community to take the responsibility for our children into our own hands?
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