There have been rallies all over the country in support of Trayvon Martin.  That’s understandable … though none of us have all the details of just what happened in that confrontation between Trayvon and Zimmerman. 

There are some other people who could hold rallies as well … perfectly legitimate rallies.  I heard some young lady at one of the rallies saying:  “We’re tired of it.  We’re just tired of it.”  Well, other people are tired too.  They’re tired of the culture of criminal behavior and violence that persists in young black males in this country. 

I have a file with the statistics, and I could easily generate some more.  The statistics, though, only show what most of us, black and white, already know to be true.  Young black males commit violent crimes way out of proportion to their percentage of the population.  It’s a fact.   You can scream “racism” until you pass out, but it’s a fact and your screaming isn’t going to change that fact.  And it doesn’t have anything to do with skin color either.  It’s culture.  The greatest criminal threat to young black males in this country is other young black males, not self-appointed neighborhood watch cop wannabes. 

Law abiding black and white citizens are tired of if too … just tired of it.  They’re tired of learning of a violent crime and just instinctively knowing that when the mug shot comes out it is more likely than not going to be of a young black male.

Not going to dwell on it here … but if the people rallying for Trayvon Martin were to turn their attention to the culture of violence that dominates young black urban males it might do more to prevent future tragedies like Trayvon Martin than screaming racism and demanding repeals of self-defense laws.