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Ok so here in England we had the Old English Bulldog used for bull baiting. That got made illegal so people moved on to dog fighting and started breeding the bulldog with the Old English Terrier to create a more aggressive dog for fighting. Those new cross breed dogs were called the Staffordshire Terrier or Pit Bull, litereally bulldogs that fight in a pit, and some were taken over to the USA in the late C19th.
Back here in England one man in particular decided to try and breed our Staffordshire Terriers to be more docile and better companions. In the USA they did not do that. It's why the English and American Staffys look different. Sure in the 100 years since they were first introduced some have tried to create a distinction between "pit bulls" and staffys and looking at the statistics I'd agree that the American Staffy does seem to be responsible for less attacks than that regarded as a pure Pit Bull, but that doesn't mean the Am Staffy doesn't still have it within itself and again the statistics back that up.
None of this is hidden info, it's all there to read and I put links to a bunch of it.