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2024-07-31 04:36:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7F3B8449F772C24765C82F6FE1F6089EF80C3F7D9234462DA1BD52D5C33DF90A
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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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