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A study conducted by nonprofit research institute Just Facts found 24,493 people were murdered in 2021 based on death certificates. FBI data reported only estimates.
The FBI annual crime statistics for 2020 are now out, making their appearance in a new format called the Crime Data Explorer; I’ll be going over the murder stats. Table 1 of the Expanded Homicide Data lists a total of 17,754 murder victims, 7,029 of them white, 9,913 black, 497 other, and 315 unknown. Table 3 lists the murder offenders, totaling 20,982, 5,844 of them white, 8,142 black, 404 other, and 6,592 unknown, the large number of unknown offenders attributable to as yet unsolved cases. Table 6—the single victim / single offender table—is made up of 7,875 pairs of victims &helli...
The FBI’s latest annual report on hate crimes seemed to deliver more grim news about race relations in America, announcing ...