For years the Los Angeles Times maintained a Homicide Report covering every homicide in LA County .
Location
Date
Cause of death
Name
Age
Race
Was there any police involvement
Some surprises
5% of homicides involving black victims had any police involvement. Police involvement covered everything from unjustified shooting or to an interrupted armed robbery and gunfight . Much more of the later.
10% of the homicides involving white victims had some police involvement.
With the new owners the Homicide Report was no longer updated
Someone will collect up data - hoping to affirm their beliefs and get /gain notoriety from it. Then, find out - their notions aren't quite born out by that data. It confuses them - if they know how to collect data. (Which some do, some don't.)
What really sucks if they do know how, they gotta explain those results - and find out how others will respond.
New owners sound like they were not pleased. And there went an opportunity!
For years the Los Angeles Times maintained a Homicide Report covering every homicide in LA County .
Location
Date
Cause of death
Name
Age
Race
Was there any police involvement
Some surprises
5% of homicides involving black victims had any police involvement. Police involvement covered everything from unjustified shooting or to an interrupted armed robbery and gunfight . Much more of the later.
10% of the homicides involving white victims had some police involvement.
With the new owners the Homicide Report was no longer updated
Inconvenient to the narratives needed.
Someone will collect up data - hoping to affirm their beliefs and get /gain notoriety from it. Then, find out - their notions aren't quite born out by that data. It confuses them - if they know how to collect data. (Which some do, some don't.)
What really sucks if they do know how, they gotta explain those results - and find out how others will respond.
New owners sound like they were not pleased. And there went an opportunity!
Good story BTW!