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Re:The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance by ceejayoz on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:10PM (#25703477)
300/year * an average lifespan of 78 years = 23400.

Multiply that by 1,000 and you get 23M.

There are 38M Black and African Americans in the USA, approximately half of which are male.

The math checks out fine.

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Re:The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance by GhostVII on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:22PM (#25703623)
Yea that makes sense, surprising to me that it works out
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Re:The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance by torstenvl on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:24PM (#25703645)
It doesn't work out. A 78 year old is not a "young black man."
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Re:The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance by ceejayoz on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:27PM (#25703679)
I would suspect the ages of people shot by police are weighted fairly heavily in the younger category.

https://www.pnas.org/content/116/34/16793

> Risk peaks between the ages of 20 y and 35 y for all groups. For young men of color, police use of force is among the leading causes of death.

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