
African-Americans comprised 13 percent of the United States' population in 2005 but were victims of about 49 percent of all homicides, the Bureau of Justice Statistics recently announced.
Of the estimated 16,400 murders committed nationwide in 2005, about 8,000 of them were Black. African-Americans also account for 15 percent of all non-fatal crimes like rape, sexual assault and robbery, with a number of about 805,000 crimes.
Most Black homicide victims were killed by a Black offender-93 percent-and about 77 percent involved a firearm. The victims were usually younger than White victims with about half being between ages 17 and 29, in comparison with 37 percent of white victims.
Nearly half of homicides against African-Americans took place in densely populated cities with at least 250,000 people.
This seems grossly unfair, but I haven't a clue how to racially norm this statistic out. Help please.....