Editors Note: As shocking as the shootings in Sandy Hook were the reality is that most gun violence in the US is directed against black victims, mostly in urban areas and mostly gang-related. I don’t see any Vigils held in Ridgewood for tougher gun laws, when black children get killed and of course no uproar in the main stream media . Its also a stark reminder of how bigoted most of media is particularly in New Jersey were both the Star Ledger and the Bergen Record remain mum on the subject .
Larry Elder radio show talk host
The face of gun violence is not Sandy Hook. It is Chicago
January 17,2013
Larry Elder
In 2012, President Barack Obama’s adopted hometown had 506 murders, including more than 60 children. Philadelphia, a city that local television newscasters frequently call ‘Killadelphia,” saw 331 killed last year. In Detroit, 386 people were murdered.
Since 1966, there have been 90 school shootings in the U.S., with 231 fatalities. Yes, Sandy Hook shocked us. But the odds of a child being killed at a school shooting are longer than the odds of being struck by lightning.
Of the 11,000 to 12,000 gun murders each year, more than half involve both black killers and black victims, mostly in urban areas and mostly gang-related. The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
so right PJ despite many murders in Newark, Camden, Trenton ,the Oranges and Paterson as well as today in Kearny , its takes a bunch on whites kids to get shot in the suburbs to get people excited about kids getting killed … bigots all of you !!!
I the the race talk is not required here the mass shooting inconn. brought out the rage in people not because of the color of the victims, but rather the innocene and age of those that were shot.
There were three teenagers shot in Newark execution style in a school yard the media and politicians were all over it. Crime stats indicate black youth between 18 and 25 are more likely to be murdered by another black male than any other race of human being. If 2 people involved in the rackets whether or not they’re black, white or any other ehtnic group murder each other it’s wrong to expect society to react the same as when a school full of innoocent children are murdered.