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According to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, over the course of a lifetime, black men face a one in 1,000 risk of being killed during an encounter with police, a rate much higher than that of white men.
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Black men and boys face the highest risk of being killed by police–at a rate of 96 out of 100,000 deaths. By comparison, white men and boys face a lower rate of 39 per 100,000 deaths, despite being a bigger portion of the U.S. population.

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Posted by Turbeauxdog

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Posted on 6/13/20 at 1:13 pm to mdomingue

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According to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, over the course of a lifetime, black men face a one in 1,000 risk of being killed during an encounter with police, a rate much higher than that of white men.

Once normalized for individual actions this disparity goes essentially to zero.

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Posted by Irish LSU Fan

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Posted on 6/13/20 at 1:40 pm to mdomingue

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Did you miss this in the post?

No. Your "post" in no way answers the question.

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black men face a one in 1,000 risk of being killed during an encounter with police, a rate much higher than that of white men.

That's because blacks commit violent crimes at a higher rate than whites. Please review "victim data."

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Black men and boys face the highest risk of being killed by police–at a rate of 96 out of 100,000 deaths. By comparison, white men and boys face a lower rate of 39 per 100,000 deaths, despite being a bigger portion of the U.S. population.

Again, your dishonesty is in full view. Blacks commit violent crime at higher rates than whites. See the "victim data" statistics to fully understand. You have probably seen these statistics and are choosing to ignore them. You are dishonest.

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