[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

So what's the likelihood someone is an armed gangbanger thug by race? Just curious.

According to FBI stats of arrests in 2012:

9,390,473 in total
6,502,919 White
2,640,067 Black
135,165 American Indian or Alaskan native
112, 322 Asian or Pacific Islander

• In 2012, 69.3 percent of all individuals arrested were white, 28.1 percent were black, and 2.6 percent were of other races.
• Of all juveniles (persons under the age of 18) arrested in 2012, 65.2 percent were white, 32.2 percent were black, and 2.5 percent were of other races.
• Of all adults arrested in 2012, 69.7 were white, 27.6 percent were black, and 2.7 percent were of other races.
• White individuals were arrested more often for violent crimes than individuals of any other race, accounting for 58.7 percent of those arrests.
• The percentages of black adults and white adults arrested for murder were similar, with 49.3 percent being black and 48.3 percent being white.
• Black juveniles accounted for 51.5 percent of all juveniles arrested for violent crimes. White juveniles accounted for 61.6 percent of all juveniles arrested for property crimes.
• Of the juveniles arrested for drug abuse violations, 74.0 percent were white.
• White juveniles accounted for 55.2 percent of juveniles arrested for aggravated assaults.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr...decoverviewpdf