Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-08-01 01:36:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 55702FFBC4C12D4F9DB7B938D1F0EF119F981BB7FAC5AB51D95C5E9794C0AB42
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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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