Murder and Race

Folks in the greater St. Louis, MO, area are upset by the separate killings recently of two black youths by two white cops. Riots and demonstrations go on at this writing.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has data about murder and race in the U.S., you can view their website for yourself. My reading of it finds the following for the most recent year on record, 2012:

Whites murdered - 3128, whites killed by other whites - 2614.
Blacks murdered - 2648, blacks killed by other blacks - 2412.
Whites killed by blacks - 431.
Blacks killed by whites - 193. 

Meanwhile, the U.S. population is roughly 319 million, of which whites are roughly 80% and blacks are about 13%. Meanwhile blacks suffer roughly 46% of the nation's murders, over 90% of them committed by fellow blacks.

Overwhelmingly, we are at-risk from others of our own race, not from people of other races. And black people are particularly at-risk from other blacks.