re: LA Times: Getting shot by police is a leading cause of death for U.S. black men

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About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police

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There are 21 million black men and boys in the U.S.

Therefore, 1 in 1,000 means that we’re talking about 21,000 black males.

According to the Washington Post, which tracks every police killing, roughly 200 blacks people are killed by police every year, with the vast majority being males.

Using that number of 200, it would take 105 years for police to kill 21,000 black males. And that’s not even taking into account all of the new black babies being born every day which grows faster than the death rate.