Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-07-31 23:05:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 308B8BFC7DA1E2B5F230853733B1E714D8FA9D0E1BADF7FB69EC07ECA8C62E92
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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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