Black Crime Matters

Americans are often criminals -- more than 25 million have been convicted of a felony -- one out of 12 people, and a much higher percentage of adult men of all races. Extrapolating from a study made in 2010, an estimated 10 million Americans have been convicted and jailed for committing a felony. Most of these criminals did not go to prison -- about 10 million did, including 3 million black men (about 1 out of six).

We often see police seem to target blacks -- and some claim this is racist. But one-third of all black males have been convicted of a felony, and one in six have been in jail. This means that there are 7 million black male felons -- one in three. Among all other groups, there are about 18 million -- one in ten men.

So, black men are three times as likely to be convicted felons. Black Crimes Matter. It is unfortunate that innocent black citizens may be detained by police because of the criminal behavior of others whose skin color is the same.