Re:America is giving up on the pandemic?
by geomark on Sunday June 07, 2020 @08:13PM
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Those numbers seem to be vastly more than reported numbers of police killings. Whom are you quoting? Because I like to keep track of who makes such exaggerated claims.
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This references the source data: https://theconversation.com/police-are-more-likely-to-kill-m...
It says that between 2013 and 2018, about 96 in 100,000 (approx 1 in 1000) African American men were killed by police in the U.S.
Death from Covid is also lifetime risk.
It is a commonly reported statistic if you want to find other publications that say the same thing. Did you try googling for it — for example google: "1000 black men and boys" police