Last year, among the nation?s 10 largest cities, Philadelphia had the highest murder rate with 406 victims. This year could easily top last year?s with 240 murders so far.

Other cities such as Baltimore, Detroit and Washington, D.C., with large black populations, experience the nation?s highest rates of murder and violent crime. This high murder rate is, and has been, predominantly a black problem.

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