The criminal mentality does not find its place of abode in just one or two specific groups. Every race, ethnicity, tribe, caste, religion, and nationality has its fair share of lawbreakers. Historical circumstances and other socio-economic factors can foster statistically larger percentages of crimes to be committed by one group or the other.

There can hardly be justification for wanton murder, acts of terror, brutality and other heinous crimes – but one must never categorize and hold culpable entire groups for the acts of members within those groups. Neither should one fall victim to the unfounded cries of racism by criminals who go that route when all else fails.

We should also all be mindful too to never assume that one’s own specific group is bereft of ugly, sinister, and criminal minds. Lawfulness and unlawfulness exist within all groups – and this has been the case since the dawning of history.