I continue to wonder if there really is much more of it, or we’re just seeing more of it because in the wake of Zimmerman/Martin, people are willing to discuss the problem in polite company.
The fact of the matter is that there has been a huge discrepancy in black-on-white violent crime, vs. white-on-black, for many decades. Delving into DoJ crime stats shows this clearly. But since there is a year or so delay in publishing of new stats, it is hard to say if we’re really seeing more crime, or we’re just hearing about it more. And we won’t really know for a while.