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In only responding to the claim that the stats are wrong because of police oversampling blacks. With homicide, no one can make that case.

If lack of money causes homicides, we should expect to see all poor rural areas have high homicide rates, too. Maybe that's true.

Another factor seems to be sex. Males commit so much more violence, so perhaps that's the only thing to focus on.



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