The FBI does not report race unless a murder has been cleared.
"Cleared" means at least one person has been formally indicted for murder.
Even more misleading, Hispanic, North African, and Middle East suspects, are allowed to self-identify as white.
Most important problem...
In any given year, only about 20% of white murders are not prosecuted. 40% of Hispanic murders are not prosecuted. And, 60% of Black murders are never prosecuted (a.k.a. cleared).
That means that white murderers are HUGELY over-represented in FBI crime statistics.
The murder of my nephew many years ago was classified as an ‘accident’.
“FBI murder statistics are badly skewed by race.”
Not really. They are comparable to the statistics from cities, which report on all victims, and publish results showing both solved crimes and unsolved. I know Chicago and NYC still report on Hispanic crimes rates along with white and black.
Middle East are somewhat rare in most parts of the country. Depends on WHERE in the ME: Many Arabs are “white” - as are Jews. Somalians, on the other hand, are not white.
good point...