09-28-2014, 02:17 PM
The suspect in this case went to college, was a hospital technician in good-standing with his employer, and was the coach for a Christian youth football team whose pastor praised him. I don't think there's any correlation between dreadlocks and activity or character. As a Bob Marley fan (got his face on my chest right now), I'd say using dreadlocks to determine good blacks from bad blacks is a faulty premise.
Here are some facts:
-In 2013, by age 18, 30% of black males, 26% of Hispanic males, and 22% of white males have been arrested. By age 23, 49% of black males, 44% of Hispanic males, and 38% of white males have been arrested. It's an outrageously high percentage of the population for all races, IMO.
-According to the US Department of Justice, blacks accounted for 52.5% of homicide offenders from 1980 to 2008, with whites 45.3% and Native Americans and Asians 2.2%. The statistics have historically lumped Hispanics in with Blacks. If you separate them (as is now the practice) the black percentage drops to about 35% over that time span (still, the black percentage of prison population is higher than the black percentage of the country's population -- uncontested fact).
-Most murders are intraracial, with 84% of white homicide victims murdered by whites, and 93% of black victims murdered by blacks.
-On average, black males receive 10% longer sentences than white males according to the latest University of Michigan study.
There are always contributing factors to consider when looking at any statistic and whether it applies to a specific case. Stranger abductions/murders are quite rare (fortunately) and there's a lot of diversity when it comes to the perps and the victims.
Regardless of his race or hairstyle, right now there's not nearly enough information available for me, personally, to mentally convict Jesse Leroy Matthew or to assume that Hannah willingly went off with him. Police don't believe that Hannah knew Matthew before that night, but that's not a confirmed fact. There is also conflicting information about whether Hannah was in the bar with him at all. She is apparently not on the bar surveillance (according to the bar owner), but the police chief has said at least one witness claims to have seen her inside. There is also no video of her getting into Matthew's car, to the best of my knowledge. The chief has stated that police believe she got into his car. AFAIK, testing has not yet been completed on the items seized from his apartment.
Anyway, I'm curious to hear the evidence against Matthew and hope that Hannah is located soon.
Here are some facts:
-In 2013, by age 18, 30% of black males, 26% of Hispanic males, and 22% of white males have been arrested. By age 23, 49% of black males, 44% of Hispanic males, and 38% of white males have been arrested. It's an outrageously high percentage of the population for all races, IMO.
-According to the US Department of Justice, blacks accounted for 52.5% of homicide offenders from 1980 to 2008, with whites 45.3% and Native Americans and Asians 2.2%. The statistics have historically lumped Hispanics in with Blacks. If you separate them (as is now the practice) the black percentage drops to about 35% over that time span (still, the black percentage of prison population is higher than the black percentage of the country's population -- uncontested fact).
-Most murders are intraracial, with 84% of white homicide victims murdered by whites, and 93% of black victims murdered by blacks.
-On average, black males receive 10% longer sentences than white males according to the latest University of Michigan study.
There are always contributing factors to consider when looking at any statistic and whether it applies to a specific case. Stranger abductions/murders are quite rare (fortunately) and there's a lot of diversity when it comes to the perps and the victims.
Regardless of his race or hairstyle, right now there's not nearly enough information available for me, personally, to mentally convict Jesse Leroy Matthew or to assume that Hannah willingly went off with him. Police don't believe that Hannah knew Matthew before that night, but that's not a confirmed fact. There is also conflicting information about whether Hannah was in the bar with him at all. She is apparently not on the bar surveillance (according to the bar owner), but the police chief has said at least one witness claims to have seen her inside. There is also no video of her getting into Matthew's car, to the best of my knowledge. The chief has stated that police believe she got into his car. AFAIK, testing has not yet been completed on the items seized from his apartment.
Anyway, I'm curious to hear the evidence against Matthew and hope that Hannah is located soon.