Are George Zimmerman and His Kind the Biggest Threat to African-American Teenagers?

In 2012, Chicago had over 500 murders.  Chicago had some of the strictest gun control laws in America, and lawmakers are tightening them more all the time.  Illinois is the only state that does not allow concealed carry permits.  In spite of the laws that are touted by liberals as preventatives to gun violence, Chicago's murder rate is skyrocketing.  As of July 15th, there have been 231 homicides in Chicago in 2013.  As of June 28th, 1073 people have been shot this year there.

The racial make up of Chicago murder victims is 79.6% black, 18.7% Hispanic, and 1.8% white this year.  84.5% were shot, and 8% were stabbed.  I have tried to find a statistic showing what percentage of these murders were committed by African Americans.  That has proven difficult to locate.  There is a wealth of speculation that the justice system is working against African-Americans, and the evidence used to make this case is the disproportionate number of them that are arrested, convicted, and incarcerated for major crimes like murder.  I don't think it is any secret that the majority of murders occur in the inner city neighborhoods of America.  It is also a fact that the neighborhoods with the most murders have heavy minority populations.

So what is the point, you might ask?  Well, I would really like to see some outrage about the crimes being committed every day in the black communities across this country.  The overwhelming majority of these murders aren't committed by guys like George Zimmerman.  They are committed by African-Americans against African-Americans.  Why aren't Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson on TV every day complaining about this problem?  Why are there no marches or protests?  Why isn't the media having special reports about this subject every other day?  Why doesn't anyone in the black community or in America as a whole look for solutions to the tragedy of innocent African-American children dying in the streets in drive-by shootings or by stray bullets from a drug deal gone bad?  Why does everyone just accept it as an inevitable reality in the black community?

I'm very sorry that Travon Martin was shot and killed.  It is a great tragedy for his friends and family.  I would never minimize his family's loss that must be terrible.  I only wish the MessAPolitico would do something meaningful to end the bigger problems that lead to thousands of murders and tens of thousands of stabbings and shootings every year in America.