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8. The headline is "false" only if you cherry pick data.

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 07:05 PM

Nov 2017

The statistics you are quoting are from a different time period which includes the later part of the Crack Wars.

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Black On Black Crime Rate Is Far Lower Than White On White Crime [View all] MrScorpio Oct 2017 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #2

Thus the OP title is incorrect and should be changed masmdu Oct 2017 #4

No it isn't. brer cat Nov 2017 #7

The ones that prove the headline is false? MichMan Oct 2017 #5

Yes, those... of course. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #6

The headline is "false" only if you cherry pick data. brer cat Nov 2017 #8

As different as black and white, as the saying goes... nt brer cat Nov 2017 #10

2015 according to the link. MichMan Nov 2017 #11

Read more carefully. brer cat Nov 2017 #12

*IN 2015*: white-on-white 10.8, black-on-black: 14.5 progree Nov 2017 #13

Obvious context can be a difficult thing for a bias to overcome. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #14