Murder Among Black Male Youths on the Rise

Wow! This continues among young AA males.  Along with drug-trafficking related deaths, so many of them would rather die than be "dissed" over some sort of foolishness.  They don't have MALE role models to teach them what a "real"  man SHOULD ignore and what is truly worth dying for--like providing for and protecting the women and children of your group.  As the article says, this is not happening among AA women and white women, or only on a miniscule level. Maybe some of those young women are instead trying to get more education.  Yet, lately I've seen comments where black men are criticizing young bw for getting more education. SMH 

According to Julianne Malveaux, economist author and  president of Bennett College, "There has been an almost 800% increase of blacks in prison, and many of these inmates are incarcerated by virtue of their association with a felon. This is particularly true of black women."  Black women: Pull out all the stops to keep your daughters and other bw you care about away from bm who are felons.  This is yet another reason why you must FLEE from these black residential areas.  They are HUMAN TRAPS!

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By LARA JAKES, Associated Press Writer Lara Jakes, Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 29, 7:14 am ET

  – Murder rates on the rise?

WASHINGTON – The number of young black men and teenagers who either killed or were killed in shootings has risen at an alarming rate since 2000, a new study shows.

The study, to be released Monday by criminologists at Northeastern University in Boston, comes as FBI data is showing that murders have leveled off nationwide.

Not so for black teens, the youngest of whom saw dramatic increases in shooting deaths, the Northeastern report concluded.

Last year, for example, 426 black males between the ages of 14 and 17 were killed in gun crimes, the study shows. That marked a 40 percent increase from 2000.

Similarly, an estimated 964 in the same age group committed fatal shootings in 2007 — a 38 percent increase from seven years earlier. The number of offenders is estimated because not all crimes are reported, said Northeastern criminologist James Alan Fox, who co-authored the study.

"Although the overall rate of homicide in the United States remains relatively low, the landscape is quite different for countless Americans living, and some dying, in violence-infested neighborhoods," Fox said.

Seizing on President-elect Barack Obama's incoming administration as an opportunity for more funding, Fox added: "There is an urgency for reinvestment in children and families. In essence, we need a bailout for kids at risk."

Obama will be the nation's first black president.

The study partly blamed Bush administration grant cuts to local police and juvenile crime prevention programs for the surge in crimes by young black men and teens. Incoming Vice President Joe Biden has promised funding to put 50,000 new police officers on the street to help bring violent crime rates back to a decade-long annual decline that began in the mid-1990s, after then-President Bill Clinton provided local officials with money to hire 100,000 new cops.

Nationwide, the number of murders and violent crimes overall dropped last year after increasing in 2005 and 2006, according to annual data compiled by the FBI. Overall, however, murders have risen by about 8 percent between 2000 and 2007.

The FBI reported 10,067 arrests in murder and non-negligent manslaughter cases in 2007. Half of the people arrested — 5,078 — were black. Almost 10 percent of black people arrested for murder were under age 18, the FBI data show.

The number of young white men who committed gun-related homicides also rose over the same period, the Northeastern study showed, but not as dramatically. In 2007, an estimated 384 white males age 14 to 17 shot someone to death, up from 368 in 2000.

The numbers of homicides committed by women and teenage girls — whether black or white — were relatively few, the Northeastern study found.

Comments

[Lorraine]

I have first hand knowledge of what crime has done to our communities. As an officer of the court, I saw time and time again young black boys coming in accused of misdemeanors to various felonies. They are clueless but think they know everything. It gets to a point where you are just processing paperwork and on to the next case. Many mothers came into the facilities crying and begging for help for their near dbrbb(boys). Many were already for the adult jails as soon as they turned 18. They didn't have true hope, they just survived on a day to day basis. This is a parenting issue or lack there of. I don't care how many government programs you have, some people will still want to blame whites for all of their ills and circumstances when choices were made.

I was personally moved two years ago when 5 black male youths were killed while sitting in an SUV in California. That was 5 potential families who will never be. Statistics say that some of the boys were most likely already fathers, but that is beside the point. Except that their offspring will most like repeat the cycle unless the mother can get the help and intervention she needs.

I don't think politics has a thing to do with this. This is due to lack of a positive role model in the home. The poorest of the poor have been able to rise up when the parents (or mother) is determined to have better for her children. What will people say when Obama's administration doesn't yield the results they seek because of the continuing influx of black men and boys into prison. It doesn't matter who is in office, certain mind-sets and mentalities will come into play based on parenting and upbringing ---- or lack their of.

Crimes committed by girls are on the rise too. Black girls are filling up the juvenile facilities and prisons too. So there is truth to this article, some of the pieces are missing. The good thing is that some mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and other influential women are steering their girls clear of felons and bums.