My original point was not about who is responsible for the issue, or who should be blamed. The point was that you can't look at White attitudes towards Black people, and critique White people for being fearful towards Black people, while totally ignoring the relative crime rates.

The fact that some of these difference in crime rates can be explained by factors such as poverty, doesn't change the fact that on encountering a Black person, a White person is in more danger than encountering a White person.