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2024-07-31 06:54:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CE36D64A02AD1A9FA3BEF9CFEE83119B3F342218D044AE509C3D45E90B743C3C
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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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