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2024-08-02 20:14:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 21AD0F61E67CEED4F466CB6059B0480E92054CDC12C239EEB6C4096A3E165C5B
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84 of the 9,929 fatal police shootings in the Washington Post database pertain to Black women. 84/9929 = 0.0085, suggesting that Black women make up less than 1% of police killings. The claimed 1/3 figure in the post is almost 40 times higher. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/
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