Timeline for Can 1 in 1,000 black men expect to be killed over the course of their lifetime by the police?
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| Jun 11, 2020 at 17:16 | comment | added | Ron Jensen | I don't have rep here to answer, but: if we assume a 60 year lifetime, a person must survive 60 trials to not be killed by police. If there is a 0.001 chance of death, there is a 0.999 chance of survival. e.g.: 0.999 = p^60. The probability of not being killed each year is p=0.9999835. (1-p)*20 million black males is 330 expected deaths per year. This is only a little higher than reality. | |
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| Jun 8, 2020 at 20:56 | vote | accept | nautilus | ||
| Jun 8, 2020 at 20:00 | history | answered | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |