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2024-08-01 09:53:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5F1F4B12C61E3B9B65CBE523A5E85F7D0CD80B8436C387913914C667BEAC4D10
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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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