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2024-11-25 17:41:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 879DA196BAC83F84AB4C449E66997F9D2237D4429F530750AE8458B4C7A48425
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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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