My point is mass shootings are a reflection of a growing cultural problem. Anger, hostility, and hate.Knife attack in the prairie region of Canada was historic. Mass shooting attacks in US Schools is endemic.Like that stabbing in Saskatchewan with 10 dead and 18 injured.With recent stabbings it is looking like the availability of knives may need to be restricted.
1 suspect in mass stabbing in Canada found dead, the other is still missing
Maybe Canada needs to ban those assault knives ...
But major Tasteless Points for trying to take a tragedy and score some pathetic rib off of it.
Then what caused the rural murder rate to go similar amounts?The homicide rate for black males soared after May 2020. No BLM footprint? Okay.Yes, it did.Did it?So crime increased where #BLM has no footprint because...?Well, no. The cities that summoned the wrath of BLM suffered a lot worse. I mean,So demeaning of cops and local authorities happened around the same magnitude everywhere
Early 2021 Minneapolis Crime Stats Show 250% Increase In Gunshot Victims
It's still early in the year, but statistics show that crime is trending up in the city of Minneapolis.www.cbsnews.com
But, hey! No, there's no spike in crime. It's just a flesh wound.
Message from Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee | News | City of Boise
www.cityofboise.org
Crime in Boise has been on a downward trend for years and is among the lowest in the nation. Boise remains an incredibly safe city and we have made crime rates for comparable cities available here.
Even with an increase in population, the property crime rate in Boise is going down and the violent crime rate has stayed at a low level.
Murder Rates Soar in Rural America
The extreme violence long associated with cities has reached America’s smallest communitieswww.wsj.com
Drugs. If you look at White County, AR, the one discussed in the WSJ article, the murder rate had been climbing since 2010.Then what caused the rural murder rate to go similar amounts?
She said the uptick in violence “seems to be drug-related.”
“Not necessarily drug-related but drugs are involved and we believed the offender to either have been intoxicated or impaired with drugs,” McCoy said. “We don’t have drug deals gone bad.”
She said because of the nature of the homicides she doesn’t believe they “have anything to do with COVID.”
So, drugs and #BLM. Man, that is funny how these two seemed to have the exact same affect, at the same time.Drugs. If you look at White County, AR, the one discussed in the WSJ article, the murder rate had been climbing since 2010.Then what caused the rural murder rate to go similar amounts?
12 homicides in White County in 2020 include four worked by sheriff's office
There have been a total of 12 homicides in White County in 2020 with one day remaining, according to White County Deputy Coroner BJ Rouse.www.thedailycitizen.com
She said the uptick in violence “seems to be drug-related.”
“Not necessarily drug-related but drugs are involved and we believed the offender to either have been intoxicated or impaired with drugs,” McCoy said. “We don’t have drug deals gone bad.”
She said because of the nature of the homicides she doesn’t believe they “have anything to do with COVID.”
Whut? What would be your explanation for the spike in black male homicides since May 2020? The murder spike is unique to this demographic. What was it about that time - though remembering two years ago is kind of hard - that made young black males more, er, enthusiastic about engaging in violent crime and murder? What could it have been? It's a mystery.So, drugs and #BLM. Man, that is funny how these two seemed to have the exact same affect, at the same time.Drugs. If you look at White County, AR, the one discussed in the WSJ article, the murder rate had been climbing since 2010.Then what caused the rural murder rate to go similar amounts?
12 homicides in White County in 2020 include four worked by sheriff's office
There have been a total of 12 homicides in White County in 2020 with one day remaining, according to White County Deputy Coroner BJ Rouse.www.thedailycitizen.com
She said the uptick in violence “seems to be drug-related.”
“Not necessarily drug-related but drugs are involved and we believed the offender to either have been intoxicated or impaired with drugs,” McCoy said. “We don’t have drug deals gone bad.”
She said because of the nature of the homicides she doesn’t believe they “have anything to do with COVID.”
...and how they went out into Rural America to murder people.Whut? What would be your explanation for the spike in black male homicides since May 2020? The murder spike is unique to this demographic. What was it about that time - though remembering two years ago is kind of hard - that made young black males more, er, enthusiastic about engaging in violent crime and murder? What could it have been? It's a mystery.So, drugs and #BLM. Man, that is funny how these two seemed to have the exact same affect, at the same time.Drugs. If you look at White County, AR, the one discussed in the WSJ article, the murder rate had been climbing since 2010.Then what caused the rural murder rate to go similar amounts?
12 homicides in White County in 2020 include four worked by sheriff's office
There have been a total of 12 homicides in White County in 2020 with one day remaining, according to White County Deputy Coroner BJ Rouse.www.thedailycitizen.com
She said the uptick in violence “seems to be drug-related.”
“Not necessarily drug-related but drugs are involved and we believed the offender to either have been intoxicated or impaired with drugs,” McCoy said. “We don’t have drug deals gone bad.”
She said because of the nature of the homicides she doesn’t believe they “have anything to do with COVID.”
Homicide is mostly intra-racial....and how they went out into Rural America to murder people.Whut? What would be your explanation for the spike in black male homicides since May 2020? The murder spike is unique to this demographic. What was it about that time - though remembering two years ago is kind of hard - that made young black males more, er, enthusiastic about engaging in violent crime and murder? What could it have been? It's a mystery.So, drugs and #BLM. Man, that is funny how these two seemed to have the exact same affect, at the same time.Drugs. If you look at White County, AR, the one discussed in the WSJ article, the murder rate had been climbing since 2010.Then what caused the rural murder rate to go similar amounts?
12 homicides in White County in 2020 include four worked by sheriff's office
There have been a total of 12 homicides in White County in 2020 with one day remaining, according to White County Deputy Coroner BJ Rouse.www.thedailycitizen.com
She said the uptick in violence “seems to be drug-related.”
“Not necessarily drug-related but drugs are involved and we believed the offender to either have been intoxicated or impaired with drugs,” McCoy said. “We don’t have drug deals gone bad.”
She said because of the nature of the homicides she doesn’t believe they “have anything to do with COVID.”
This appears to be an excerpt from an article by Liz Lapoint. Empirical analysis is not her forte. That's why she missed the fact that angry white males are under-represented on a per capita basis, while angry black males are over-represented. You can check that out by downloading a spreadsheet itemising mass shootings in the USA between 1966 and 2021 and providing comprehensive details from this site. One thing she is accidentally right about: Mass shooters are almost exclusively male.While serial killers have been around for a long time - consider Jack the Ripper - mass shootings are much more recent.
Mass shooters with a personal grievance, motivated to avenge some real or imagined wrongdoing by people they know, come in all races, colors, and ethnicities. But the very public shootings of strangers gathered for some shared purpose, like grocery shopping, movie watching, dancing in a nightclub, or getting an education, seem to mainly be executed by entitled, aggrieved, angry white males. Again, white privilege plays a role.
Conservative white people have been photographed open-carrying AR-15s and other sorts of enormous firearms while picking up donuts and coffee at the cafe, standing in line at the pharmacy, and perusing the bread aisle looking for hot dog buns on sale. The reasons they do this are varied, but what matters is that they feel safe doing so. They know their whiteness means people will give them the benefit of the doubt, despite knowing the men who shoot up the public schools, movie theaters, concert venues, and sidewalks of pedestrians are white. Their blatant displays serve to normalize seeing armed white people, making it even easier for mass shooters to enter public places without ringing alarm bells.
Black people too often can’t even shop for a pellet gun, play with a toy gun, or store their legally owned and licensed firearm in their car’s glove compartment without being seen as a dangerous threat and killed.
One does not. The median age of mass shooters is 33 years. There is no statistically significant change of it between 1961 and 2021.One might notice that the high age of the serial killer coincided with the sexual liberation of the 60s through 80s.
Could it have anything to do with a number of very public executions of black men by the police in various parts of the country? Might such rampant racism and homicidal behavior by the police trigger black men to rise up in protest, sometimes with violence?What was it about that time - though remembering two years ago is kind of hard - that made young black males more, er, enthusiastic about engaging in violent crime and murder? What could it have been? It's a mystery.
It is a mystery!Could it have anything to do with a number of very public executions of black men by the police in various parts of the country? Might such rampant racism and homicidal behavior by the police trigger black men to rise up in protest, sometimes with violence?What was it about that time - though remembering two years ago is kind of hard - that made young black males more, er, enthusiastic about engaging in violent crime and murder? What could it have been? It's a mystery.
COVIDWhut? What would be your explanation for the spike in black male homicides since May 2020?
That makes no sense whatsoever. There were 19 police shootings of unarmed black men in 2020. In many of these instances, there was a confrontation before the shooting. But how, at all, does that equate to the nearly 2,000+ excess black homicides in 2020? You don't like cops so you shoot up your hood?Could it have anything to do with a number of very public executions of black men by the police in various parts of the country? Might such rampant racism and homicidal behavior by the police trigger black men to rise up in protest, sometimes with violence?What was it about that time - though remembering two years ago is kind of hard - that made young black males more, er, enthusiastic about engaging in violent crime and murder? What could it have been? It's a mystery.
I don't know. Mass shootings are mainly a white/hispanic thing. Kill as many as you can before being killed or offing yourself. Black guys seem to shoot wildly and many of their victims are just collateral to the main target.Like all mass shootings, that can be any one of us getting killed but some peoples first instinct is to wonder what the race or political affiliation of the shooter is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Like the shooter gives a fuck about your race or political affiliation most of the time.
Well, in those 2,000+ cases, there was no disagreement that there was a crime committed. That'd be the difference. Also, how is this on-topic?That makes no sense whatsoever. There were 19 police shootings of unarmed black men in 2020. In many of these instances, there was a confrontation before the shooting. But how, at all, does that equate to the nearly 2,000+ excess black homicides in 2020?Could it have anything to do with a number of very public executions of black men by the police in various parts of the country? Might such rampant racism and homicidal behavior by the police trigger black men to rise up in protest, sometimes with violence?What was it about that time - though remembering two years ago is kind of hard - that made young black males more, er, enthusiastic about engaging in violent crime and murder? What could it have been? It's a mystery.
Well, there's a non-sequitur.Well, in those 2,000+ cases, there was no disagreement that there was a crime committed.
I dunno.Also, how is this on-topic?