The Homicide Report in the paper

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The Los Angeles Times today runs a package based on entries from The Homicide Report’s coverage of shooting victims who survive with injuries. Assault victimization statistics follow the same pattern as homicide in America. As with homicide, black men are the most vulnerable. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, more black men were hospitalized for assault injuries between 2001 and 2004 than women of any race. It is a massive problem. And the statistics on physical injuries don’t even touch the post-traumatic stress issue.

Click here for the Times story.

(Left, Sidney McFarland, 31, a day after being shot in both legs.)