To those who excuse the fact that the majority of violent crimes are committed by blacks:
Poverty is not a valid reason to commit any crime. Poverty is not a valid reason to get out of jail time. Poverty does not make you innocent.
I don’t know where you are getting your information.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-43