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2024-07-31 11:24:52 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B0FB52394AF31EC521E78E2E725EF99AF1669B715E7300D8B489DF8D4DDC629B
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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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