Homicide rate for African Americans in Wisconsin almost five times national rate

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The homicide rate for African Americans in Wisconsin is almost five times the naitonal rate. A new report using FBI statistics ranksWisconsin in the top ten for the percentage ofblack murder victims . Gilman Halsted has details.

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