Controversial Democratic Sheriff Points the Finger for the Violent Baltimore Riots in One Direction

Interesting statistics other media probably wont report on. These Rioters say they are being oppressed.  By who? 

David Clarke Jr., the controversial Democrat Sheriff for Milwaukee, in an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox News identified the cause for the riots that are destroying the city: “failed liberal policies.”

He asserted several things in this quick segment. Here are some pertinent facts about the city:

• The last Republican administration to run Baltimore was in 1967.
• The current Police Commissioner is black.
• The unemployment rate in Baltimore is significantly higher (8.4%) than the country as a whole (5.5%), with some areas over 50% in the past five years.
• Two-thirds of the city’s residents are black. Almost one-quarter of residents live below the poverty line.
• Median household income is just over half the statewide average and the average per-person income is $24,750.
• Baltimore youth unemployment is double the national average.
• High school graduation rates are far below the national average, despite recent, slight improvements. The drop-out rate is double the nationalaverage.
• In 2014, of the 211 homicides in the city, 22 (9.6%) victims were races other than black; For the 69 homicides thus far in 2015, only 10 weren’t black.
• In 2012, the most recent year with complete demographic information, 94.4% of victims were black, and nearly 80% of victims and suspects had previous criminal records.
• The city has the fifth-highest murder rate of large cities in the country.

People may be able to argue about Clarke’s conclusions, but they’re based on solid, factual grounds.

In the past, Clarke has incensed those on the left with comments about gun control, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Al Sharpton and the riots in Ferguson, Missouri.

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/04/308815-democrat-milwaukee-sheriff-baltimore-riots-failed-liberal-policies-fault/?