Here's what is misleading about so much "scientific" research today. You read the headlines, and see the conclusions, but never read how the data was collected, what else was learned, etc. You only learn what they want to tell you, and in the case of biopharmaceuticals, you only learn what the researchers were paid to find out. We buy into it. “The FDA approved it so it must be good, and safe, too!”

You never learn how the data was collected, if there were control groups, if the variables were measured in the same way, or if the data is statistically significant or even meaningful.

In this case, does it not occur to you that if the population in those area of crime were also 67% Black and 28.1% Hispanic, that the data is then meaningless? Did the article include that information? (Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter victims are most frequently Black (67.0%) or Hispanic (28.1%).

This is how TPTB sways public opinion. This is how they tell you what to think. This is how you are manipulated and controlled, while thinking you are justified. It's worked very well for them so far. We read a headline, a research "conclusion", and we believe it without question. They know we don't think for ourselves. They know we don't bother to analyze data because it's too much work for us. Heck, some people here won't read a post that's longer than two paragraphs.

So what does this information the media has provided us, do for us?

The usual: Divide the sheeple. That makes them weaker. Generate negative emotion. That makes them weaker. Make some of them feel superior, inflate their egos, that keeps them from looking at both sides, and makes them weaker. Make them focus on anything but us. Play on their emotions because we know they are such suckers for emotions. Don't let them think. Make it sound official. Never give any details. Hah, we love controlling the sheeple, they are sooo easy. Get their emotions going with articles like these and half of our work is done for us.