Black man notices who commits all the homicides in 49 black/43percentwhite St. Louis. We call this pattern recognition.
This black man, who happens to be the Public Safety Director of St. Louis, called upon black people in this city to tackle the crime problem… since they are basically the only people responsible for violent crime there.
In 2017, all but one of suspects in homicides was black.
All but one…
So yes, saying black people areresponsible for all the violent crime in St. Louis is an entirely true statement.
But now this black man is the villain for daring to publicly state what official police statistics clearly demonstrate.[Who is responsible for ‘black- on-black’ crime in St. Louis? MLK Day remarks prompt sharp response, St. Louis Public Radio, 1-18-18]:
St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards made remarks about crime in St. Louis that prompted a sharp response from civil rights law firmArchCity Defenders.
Edwards told a crowd at a Martin Luther King Day event that black-on-black crime was a problem African-American residents need to tackle.
The following day, as part of a thread of 11 tweets, ArchCity Defenders posted “newly appointed Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards chose to publicly demonize black St. Louisans by employing overly-simplistic racial rhetoric that has long been used to preserve the status quo.”
When St. Louis Public Radio asked Edwards about the response, he said he didn’t believe his statement garnered pushback, but rather “was celebrated.” He said his understanding of the issue comes from years of experience.
“For 25 years, I sat as a circuit judge and I’ve tried cases, and my heart has been broken with respect to victims and defendants alike,” he said.
Edwards, who became public safety director in November, said the issue of black-on-black crime concerns him and listed areas that might help improve crime in the city, including better educational systems, housing and employment.......
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Poster Comment:
This is from last year but somebody just sent it to me and it's priceless.