Two hundred and sixty people were murdered in the city of Los Angeles last year. Nearly half of the victims were black, despite the fact that blacks make up only eight percent of L.A.’s population. South Los Angeles is ground zero for the epidemic of black murder in L.A. Most cases there are never solved, and that lack of justice has escalated the murder problem according to a new book by crime journalist Jill Leovy. The book is called Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America.
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