Only 13% of the US population is black. Given that they commit 56% of all violent crimes, if we presume the town has a large enough population to be statistically random, then we would expect about (8/13)*56 =~ 35% of the crimes in Boulder being committed by them. So there is about a 1/3 chance it was them, even though they only constitute 8% of the population there. And, we're not even taking into account that the "white" crime rate includes hispanics, so in reality the probability is much higher.
Only 13% of the US population is black. Given that they commit 56% of all violent crimes, if we presume the town has a large enough population to be statistically random, then we would expect about (8/13)*56 =~ 35% of the crimes in Boulder being committed by them. So there is about a 1/3 chance it was them, even though they only constitute 8% of the population there. And, we're not even taking into account that the "white" crime rate includes hispanics, so in reality the probability is much higher.
I can't argue with the math.
I live in CO and have been to Boulder lots of times though, the liberal white kids in that town are pretty crazy, like liberal white kids in Portland.