@NunyaBe87867194@FaronSlye@RBReich In 2020, 54% of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides (24,292), while 43% were murders (19,384), The remaining gun deaths that year were unintentional (535), involved law enforcement (611) or had undetermined circumstances (400) 🤔
@NunyaBe87867194@FaronSlye@RBReich states with the highest rates of gun-related deaths Mississippi (28.6/100,000 ppl) Louisiana (26.3)Wyoming (25.9)Missouri (23.9) and Alabama (23.6). states with the lowest rates included New York (5.3), Rhode Island (5.1), New Jersey (5.0), Massachusetts (3.7) and Hawaii (3.4).
@NunyaBe87867194@FaronSlye@RBReich The “black on black crime” trope is one example of the misplaced blame that Black crime victims face. To make it plain, “black on black crime” is no more a phenomenon than “white on white crime,” since violent crime generally tends to occur between people of the same race.
@bradaperry@ntsbfh@JamesBradleyCA 1/The economy lost 2.9 million jobs. The unemployment rate increased by 1.6 points to 6.3% -The international trade deficit Trump promised to reduce went up. The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services in 2020 was the highest since 2008 and increased 40.5% from 2016.
@bradaperry@ntsbfh@JamesBradleyCA 2/ The number of people lacking health insurance rose by 3 million. The federal debt held by the public went up, from $14.4 to $21.6 trillion. Illegal immigration increased. Coal production declined 26.5%, and coal-mining jobs dropped by 16.7%.
@bradaperry@ntsbfh@JamesBradleyCA 3/ The murder rate rose to the highest level since 1997. By the day Trump left office, 401,000 people had died from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, (purposely downplayed by trump)