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2024-08-01 13:55:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 834C664C8244D0CB1AA98404E654042A5767954F5ED01A79EC4C45CC8C90B053
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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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