Compared with its peers, America overall does an unusually poor job of solving killings. The murder clearance rates of other rich nations, including Australia, Britain and Germany, hover in the 70s, 80s and even 90s
And yes, its because the cops are racist and break trust with communities
Not defending America in any way but these stats can be manipulated just by not taking cases that seem unsolvable or refusing to call them murder.
Edit: As an example, Japan closes 95% of the murder cases it opens. There is a 99% conviction rate on accused murders. Yakuza exists, so these numbers don’t add up.
I remember some news articles that many suicides in Japan are actually murders. There was a teenage sumo wrestler who was found with multiple slash wounds across his face and cigarette burns on his tights and they decided it was… a coronary…
You know you’re right, it’s probably even worse in America than the data shows.
Yes. That’s correct and goes along with my point. These numbers represent very incomplete data no matter what country you look at.