The Forgotten Victims of Crime in America – Black Kids!
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Their Lives Mattered: The Forgotten Victims of Crime in America.
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Their Lives Mattered: The Forgotten Victims of Crime in America
“Who are the victims of defunding and demoralizing the police? Former BLM activist Xaviaer DuRousseau exposes the heartbreaking reality of inner-city children caught in the crossfire of violent crime as a result of de-policing policies and district attorneys who let repeat offenders back on the street. Xaviaer interviews grieving parents thought leaders, and organizations fighting for the safety of America’s most vulnerable communities. PragerU’s short documentary challenges the media narrative and reveals a tragic truth: American children are being murdered, and their names are forgotten.”
DEFUNDING AND DEMORALISING THE POLICE HAS RESULTED IN MORE DEATHS OF BLACK AND POOR KIDS
Gun deaths are much more common among black children and teens
“In the U.S., some groups of children and teens are far more likely than others to die by gunfire. Boys, for example, accounted for 83% of all gun deaths among children and teens in 2021. Girls accounted for 17%.
For all three age groups, homicide was the leading type of gun death in 2021.
Racial and ethnic differences in gun deaths among kids are stark. In 2021, 46% of all gun deaths among children and teens involved Black victims, even though only 14% of the U.S. under-18 population that year was Black. Much smaller shares of gun deaths among children and teens in 2021 involved White (32%), Hispanic (17%) and Asian (1%) victims.
Looked at another way, Black children and teens were roughly five times as likely as their White counterparts to die from gunfire in 2021. There were 11.8 gun deaths per 100,000 Black children and teens that year, compared with 2.3 gun deaths per 100,000 White children and teens. The gun death rate among Hispanic children and teens was also 2.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2021, while it was lower among Asian children and teens (0.9 per 100,000).
There are also major racial and ethnic differences in the types of gun deaths involving children and teens. In 2021, a large majority of gun deaths involving Black children and teens (84%) were homicides, while 9% were suicides. Among White children and teens, by contrast, the majority of gun deaths (66%) were suicides, while a much smaller share (24%) were homicides.”
LET’S STOP THE NONSENSE
Watching this video was heartbreaking. Politicians, while living in gated and secured homes, demoralize the police and stupidly defund some police departments. Poor black and brown kids are being murdered. NOT by the police but by their OWN race. These politicians do not care about black or any other life.
We need more police in our most dangerous cities. Those who deny this are welcome to move their families into these communities.
We also need to fund and support Charter Schools. Learn what works and implement these desperately needed changes in our public schools. And most importantly, if you cannot are will not support, nurture and love a child, STOP bringing them into this world to be neglected and abused. You are feeding the pipeline from School to The Morgue/Prison—Enough of this stupidity.
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St Jude Hospital: The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion, or a family’s ability to pay.https://www.stjude.org/
Wounded Warrior Project: An American charity and veterans service organization that offers a variety of programs, services and events for wounded veterans of the military https://wilsoncountynokillanimalshelter.mywcn.com/
Folds of Honor: Providing life-changing scholarships to the spouses and children of America’s fallen or disabled military. And now, our mission expands to the families of America’s first responders. On our watch, those who protect our freedoms and our families will know they are not forgotten. https://foldsofhonor.org
Wilson’s No-Kill Animal Shelter: A N0-Kill shelter that is a top-rated non-profit. They compassionately care for all their animals. https://wcnkas.org
Tunnel To Towers: Since 9/11, we have been helping America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. We are also committed to eradicating veteran homelessness and helping America to Never Forget September 11, 2001. https://dogood.t2t.org/give/320847/#!/donation/checkout
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