Missouri has highest black homicide rate, Kansas in top 10
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April 22, 2018
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has the highest rate of black homicide victims in the country, with neighboring Kansas coming in the top 10.
The Violence Policy Center released a study Wednesday that looked at 2015 data submitted by local law enforcement agencies nationwide to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Kansas City Star reported .
The report said the homicide rate among African-Americans in Missouri was 46.24 per 100,000. Kansas comes in at ninth, with a rate of 25.02 per 100,000 African-Americans in 2015.
That year is the seventh time since 2005 that Missouri topped the ranking...
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