On a day like any other in Seattle

If statistics were available from the Seattle Police Department, I would be able to ascertain the accuracy of my estimate that 80% of the violent crime (primarily assault but also murder, rape, etc.) in this city is committed by African-Americans, who constitute only 12% of the population.

"Suspects Wanted For Spree of 10 Robberies In Less Than A Week

The string of 10 cases began just after 9 AM on July 31^st, when a group of six male suspects cornered a teen in an alley behind the Beacon Hill library. One of the suspects lifted up his shirt, implying he had a gun, and stole the teen’s backpack, phone and bankcards.

Early the next morning, at 1:40 AM on August 1st, a car full of men a drove up to a woman near 56^th and Latona and demanded her purse. When the victims refused and kept walking, the suspects got out of the car, pulled a gun on the victim and stole her purse before fleeing.

That night, around 11 pm, the suspects pulled a knife on a delivery driver in Holly Park and stole four pizzas. A half hour later, the suspects struck again in West Seattle, where they surrounded a man in the 5500 block of 16^th Avenue SW, shoved him to the ground, rifled through his pockets and stole his iPhone at gunpoint.

Again, around 3:30 AM on August 2^nd, the same suspects grabbed a 28-year-old man near Harvard Avenue and E. Thomas Street, put him in a headlock and stole the man’s iPhone and wallet.

Almost exactly twenty-four hours later, two suspects—accompanied by a lookout— approached two men near 11^th Avenue and E Pine Street, across the street from Cal Anderson Park. The suspects pulled a gun on the men, demanded their wallets and phones and then ordered them to walk away.

Half an hour later, around 4 AM, two of the suspects climbed into a victim’s car outside a Central District hookah bar, drew guns, and forced the victim to drive to Renton, where they pistol-whipped the man and stole his wallet before fleeing."

reblogged from:
http://westseattleblog.com/2013/08/west-seattle-crime-watch-street-robbery-updates-car-vandalism

(See also:  http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2013/08/07/suspects-wanted-for-committing-10-robberies-in-less-than-a-week/)

You will not see mention of these robberies in The Stranger (or other mainstream media in Seattle) unless the race of the perpetrators has been censored and expunged.

The suspects in all 10 of the cases are black males between 18 and 25 years old.

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We are bombarded with stories of how African-Americans have a higher rate of cancer or obesity, or how they are more likely to be in prison.   Or higher rates of poverty.  Or much lower rates of home ownership compared to other groups.

But mention of overwhelmingly higher rates of violent crime is taboo, whether in The New York Times or on MSNBC.