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2024-07-31 04:59:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D7DB2E025DBA1BE4A75B2D0E1A5BEAC357842EAE2F17F40126ED82F75FC0CE50
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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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