Comment on Why don't we hear more about the 2017 Las Vegas shooting? It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, we never found a motive, and it seems no one ever mentions it.

• Syn_Attck@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In an alternate universe where segregation never ended…

  He was a distraught aging black male with a history of depression, gambling, and firearms who wanted to hurt the world and kill himself.

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  • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    White men are the most dangerous segment of the population, which is clearly shown by violent crime statistics. There is a reason that rural census tracts (which are overwhelmingly white) are the most dangerous places to live.

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    • John_McMurray@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ? The fuck? The statistics don’t show anything like that and it’s not polite to discuss what they really show.

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    • Syn_Attck@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/revcoa18.pdf

      Based on data compiled by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, it found that while Black people make up 13% of the U.S. population, they were 33% of persons arrested for non-fatal violent crime (NVC), which includes rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and other assaults. Black people were 36% of those arrested for serious non-fatal violent crimes (SNVC), including rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

      Similarly, Hispanics make up 18% of the US population and were 21% of those arrested for serious non-fatal violent crimes. Whites, who are 60% of the population, were 46% of persons arrested for non-fatal violent crimes, and 39% of those arrested for serious non-fatal violent crimes.

      The designation “Black” and “white” often did not include those who are Hispanic. In 9% of single-offender incidents and 12% of multiple-offender incidents, the victim was unable to tell whether the offender was Hispanic.

      The study compared the UCR statistics with those from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Whereas the UCR relies on reports of criminal arrests submitted by law enforcement officials to the FBI, the 2018 NCVS was based on interviews from 151,055 U.S. households. Thus, the NCVS identifies crimes that are not reported to law enforcement. In the 2018 NCVS, Blacks accounted for 29% of violent crime perpetrators in 35% of the violent crimes reported to police. By comparison., the UCR statistics showed Blacks were 33% of all people arrested for violent crimes.

      In the NCVS, whites accounted for 52% of violent crime perpetrators and 48% in those reported to police. The UCR showed whites accounting for 46% of the people arrested for NVC.

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      • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Arrests and convictions are not a valid proxy for violent acts or crimes committed. If you knew absolutely anything about this area of study you’d be aware of that. Have fun with your willful ignorance.

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    • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That is not what I said, nor is it true. While males are 97.7% of the NIJ’s Index of Mass Shooters, only about 50% were white which is lower than their proportion of the total population. However, depression amongst that demographic is higher and growing, and mental illnesses correlate highly with those who harm others and themselves, so I’m just saying the Vegas Shooter ticked every box on the proverbial check list.

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      • dumpsterlid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        According to that link ~30% of the US population are white men but 52% of mass shootings are perpetrated by white men.

        How is this not evidence that white men are the most dangerous people in the US? Not in terms of being likely to commit a crime of desperation but rather to be an utter loser and decide to shoot a bunch of random people out of pure hate?

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• Lmaydev@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s no need to mention their race right? Unless it was a racially motivated attack, which I don’t remember coming up.

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  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because of statistics which indicate aging white males are more likely to:

    1. Own a gun SOURCE

    2. Have mental health concerns SOURCE

    3. Harm themselves SOURCE

    4. Harm others SOURCE

    Sorry to tell you, but demographics play a part in societal ails.

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