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Report: In U.S., Boston Has Largest Gap In Unsolved Homicide Rates Between White Or Black Victims

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This 2015 file photo shows, from left, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Police Commissioner William Evans and Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross. Evans is retiring, and Walsh has picked Gross to take his place. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
This 2015 file photo shows, from left, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Police Commissioner William Evans and Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross. Evans is retiring, and Walsh has picked Gross to take his place. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The Washington Post published a report Wednesday showing the gap between unsolved homicide rates with white victims versus black victims in Boston is the largest in the country.

Since 2007, nearly 90 percent of homicides with white victims led to an arrest. During that same time period, homicides with black victims only led to an arrest 42 percent of the time.

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Wesley Lowery, national correspondent for The Washington Post. He tweets @wesleylowery.

Monalisa Smith, president of Mothers for Justice and Equality. MJE tweets @wesayitsnotokay.

Andrea Campbell, president of the Boston City Council. She tweets @campbellford4.

This segment aired on July 26, 2018.

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