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Thread #137953   Message #3284668
Posted By: Richard Bridge
04-Jan-12 - 09:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Stephen Lawrence Murder (1993)
Subject: RE: BS: Stephen Lawrence Murder (1993)
Keith says "I am saying that black youths die almost daily with little media attention or campaigning, while these very rare crimes are massive stories."

I'd value sources for that. A short rummage on the internet does not reveal "almost daily" murders of black youth - the closest I turned up was a bit out of date and 104 black murder and GBH victims a few years back in London.

It's frequently stated that victims are more likely to be black than white, and sometimes that this is the result of black on black violence, but since the UK murder rate hovers at about 600 per year I'm having a bit of trouble matching Keith's figures.

I'm even less clear what "these very rare crimes" are by way of definition.

But I'm almost wholly confused when Keith says ""Sam" might have a point about the emphasis placed on race crime". Sam actually said "carpet slipper treatment concerning race". What it is that Keith is almost agreeing with?