Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-04-18


arrests for crimes involving Nol
cpte on threat " hndilv harm |
Whether the statistics ~ Negro |
crime oycratato or undetatatc the |
reality they are shnnudrd from |
public attention by what a chi.
ysKp Judge last week called a
conspiracy of conccalment New
erthciesa Negro crime wil 70
main severe problem until North.
rh whites start attacking
discrimination ,n the North with
the Same frryor they show in arRu
tng for civil rights IN the South
rinc says
shocking rattcrn"
In many cities rimc SAYS
Nrgro leaders ana organizations
such as the National Association
far the Advancement nt Colored
People put pressure on politicians.
Icity officials and newspapers 20
play down the subject Fearing
loss 81 Negro votes few elected
| ofncials dare 10 resist the pres
surva Ahctting the conocalmont
campaign r. tho feeling shared by
many whites that It IL unfair
Ilnflammatory and even un.Amsr.
lean 70 talk about Negro crime
Based on survey Of the sitias
tinn by 80 correspondents umr
notes that In ono city after an
/ other. the figures where they are
not hidden or suppressed by pol
ltuclans reveal shocking pat
tern Items
New Work tltg, Negro OF the
prisoners confined IN housed u do
ltunti0n last year 90 Rwai, din.
position Of their eases. 44g ~ the
males and COS ~ the females
were Negroes
thiesgo tlsst Nesrol la 1903
twice aA many Negroes as whitca
500 ca 67p were arrested on
charges Of murder nonsnogliRont
ImapsiauRhtor rape and robbery
Dciroit 1905 Neerol I've out
laf three prisoners held IN the
Wayne County iail are Negroes
last month d2g Of the defendants
presented fDf trial IN Recorders
Court were Negroes OF last years
l4s .zig arrests fomlliing IN prose
ruttoa. excluding traffic rHaes,
Negroes accounted for l2pig
los Angfisu u8% Negro II
, iiubG Negroes accounted for 2s%
of an arrests and 49, ~ the
arrests for homicide. rope o.
lgtAyated assault robbery burg
Iary larceny and auto thnft
san I5rsnoisoo t7 Negro me
victims ~ 500 ~ laat years lbat
j recorded robbery eaans reported
! liHaf ihs saaauaurs we're Negroes
"a white prabisin'
! IN bdlHg tRe fBsiA about no.
Ipfg crime. 1imr notes the con.
Isrlrary ~ r1ursalueni' helpa blu,
IfHr rauass az b. Most often Ne
gfp leaders point 20 poverty NJ
! iHf no factor ir Negro crime
Z ~ Editor Louis Martin ~ tb'
IChi,agp Defender arsa u the MAR
|. rauaa 10 pour and crowded ho'ia
, ling pui ne moderate crime rate.
among European immigrants, sub
lrst ~ similar stresses ~ poverty
and bad housing suggest tina
other factors may be more i'm
portaHt
Negro leadefphip could make
start toward lowering Negro ctim'
rates BY abandoning he cannpir
Aey ~ conceaipent and urgini
2 fgn disclosure ~ nc facts 70 b.
met Iims says once they faee'
the Facts Negro leaders ard o.
q Ranizations including ths HAhCI
could bsJp ~ wt9lshsarisdll
4 undertaking sborf-torn effofts d
! rehabilitation ~ accepting feapon
sihIity ln aH ares where they hab
4 s4aHy look The other way f,u
n even heroic efforts ~ Negro lead
q sfahip r9ulG only dsrt the Hegf'
n crime problem bacause essential.
IL iaa white problem
aresasi,o Discrimination
Unlike ne CAueasInn imnnl
grant ~ aa earlier day NeEr
can scarcely ever hops even Ia ~
North MAJ me white society wi
roaug aerpi him on his bumaI
msria Time continues "NsKror
IRE more prone than whites :
n break ur iawa rules ana custom
% society Dseaass they arc eErlud
q "a from faH mcmDsrship tH y !
y gfas snd subtle wnyn from uf
Il written bans 90 employing ~
a gross ~ ta~ family patfDuiyin
iaac tGai even liberal hearts
N whites take toward them NaEros
y are made ~ feel allen and iufsrio
u This peryHsiys Discriminate
II H5ids d0sn capable Negroes Al u
iop ~ uio social ladder dims the
voices among their own psopl