The Color of Cornell's Crime: Unmasking the Face of Ithacompton

Feature Article by: Chris Menzel on September 18th, 2005 at 9:37 AM

"The reality is that race and other characteristics are related, including criminal behavior... The villains of the peace are the tiny percentage of the black community who prey on both blacks and whites and have made black synonymous with crime." -- Walter Williams, Ideas On Liberty, April 2001.

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The Dark Underbelly of Violent Crime

Crime Alert—August 19, 2005: The Ithaca Police Department is investigating a strong-armed robbery that occurred at approximately 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, in the Collegetown area.… The victim reported that his attackers were three to four males in their late teens or early 20s, and at least one of the attackers was wearing a long white T-shirt.

Crime Alert—August 29, 2005: The Ithaca Police Department is investigating a robbery/assault that occurred in the 300 block of College Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at approximately 1:30 a.m. The female student victim was walking with friends when she was assaulted by a group of females. The suspects reportedly punched the victim several times and tore her clothing… The victim reported that the group who assaulted her were several black females and one white female. The victim further described one of her attackers as being a heavy-set black female wearing glasses and having braids in her hair.

Crime Alert—August 30, 2005: The Ithaca Police Department is investigating a strong armed robbery that occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m., Aug. 29, near the intersection of Campus Road and Mary Ann Wood Drive, below West Avenue. The male victim was walking on Campus Road when he was approached by two male subjects. The victim reported that one subject asked him a question, then both physically assaulted him, taking the duffel bag he was carrying. The suspects were last seen running east on Campus Road. The victim described his attackers as being two black males, both approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and approximately 17 years of age.

Cornell University students were sent the preceding crime alerts as the end of August ushered in a crime wave high above Cayuga’s waters. In a September 6 article in the Daily Sun, Ithaca Police Department Lt. Tim Williams admitted “Typically we don’t see as many [crimes in Collegetown] in such a short period of time.” Williams’ advice to Cornell students was to use “common sense” and “always be cognizant of your surroundings, be aware of the people around you.”

What exactly are “common sense” precautions? What “people” should we be aware are around us? The unspoken answer to these questions (as well as the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the middle of the room) is this: watch out for gangs of black thugs.

And why was the race of the attackers given for the second and third assaults but not for the first? Did the last two crime alerts not receive their politically correct filtering? If students and citizens are to be protected, they should have all available information describing the attackers—especially what they look like.

The awful truth is that 90 percent of the approximate 1,700,000 interracial violent crimes reported each year involve black perpetrators and white victims. Using data obtained from the FBI and Bureau of Justice Statistics, The New Century Foundation produced a ground-breaking study, The Color of Crime, which revealed the great disparities in crime rates among the various races.

Other interesting findings of the study include:

1. Blacks are as much more dangerous than whites as men are more dangerous than women
2. Blacks commit violent crimes at four to eight times the white rate. Hispanics commit violent crimes at approximately three times the white rate, and Asians at one half to three quarters the white rate
3. There is more black-on-white than black-on-black violent crime
4. Hispanics are a hate crime victim category but not a perpetrator category. Hispanic offenders are classified as white, which inflates the white offense rate and gives the impression that Hispanics commit no hate crimes.

If all of these numbers are correct, then why don’t we hear more about black-on-white crime from the media? The answer is because it would be deemed politically incorrect and racist to point out a minority’s shortcomings (i.e. a 70% illegitimacy rate, grossly disproportionate assault, murder, rape, and armed robbery rates, etc). Who’s to blame the media though? Such a gross detail of violence would most definitely spark NAACP backlash or Jesse Jackson tongue-lashings.

It is also common-knowledge that, regardless of one’s race, greater precaution is taken when traveling through black neighborhoods than white neighborhoods. In the words of prominent black economist Walter Williams, “I carry two friends with me when I go into New York [city]. And my friends are... Smith & Wesson.” So what is stopping people from realizing this and calling a spade a spade? The answer is nothing except the hesitation to “perpetuate stereotypes” and the possibility of being termed a racist because of it.

In 1998, the horrific murder of a black man who was dragged to death behind a pickup truck shocked the nation. This violence was certainly out of hate and those men responsible were dealt with the most appropriate way: they were sentenced to death. This story was broadcast nationwide and many vigils held for the victim, James Byrd.

But how many national stories and vigils were held for the four whites who were brutally raped and murdered by blacks in Wichita in 2000? Why does nobody know about them? This is equally as bad as Byrd’s death yet it was not made national news. The reason is because the victims were white and the guilty parties were black. Had the prosecution gone national, as Byrd’s murderers’ trial did, then there would have been cries of racism, planting evidence, and white-hate at every street corner, at every news station, and from every Ithacite’s mouth.

It is a fact that blacks are more violent then whites. They also commit more “hate crimes”, despite what is commonly believed. The media propagates this behavior by rejoicing in reports of white-on-black violence and sweeping under the rug the rampant black-on-white violence. Everyone agrees that crime is a pressing issue, yet nobody will take the initiative to stop it.

Until the black community accepts that a problem exists and the media reports crime in an honest way, we will be left walking the streets being told by the authorities that tiny Asian girls and thuggish black males should be treated with equal suspicion. Just remember to be safe and carry your Smith & Wesson.

 

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