Aug10
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nearly half of the nation’s murder victims in 2005 were black, and the number of black men slain is on the rise.
Black people represented an estimated 13 percent of the U.S. population in 2005, the latest data available, but were the victims of 49 percent of all murders and 15 percent of rapes, assaults and other non-fatal violent crimes nationwide, according to the Justice Department.
Most of the black murder victims — 93 percent — were killed by other black people, the study found. About 85 percent of white victims were slain by other white people. (more…)
