CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 days agoAs A Veteran Combat Soldier, I've Noticed 1 Especially Sinister Thing About ICE That Needs To Be Called Outwww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down15
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minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoTo get the percentage you divide the new events, 2, by the previous number of events, 0…
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoRates can be less than 1. So you’d take the number of people killed by minneapolis police in, say, a decade and then divide by 10. So 52/x (we’ll say 0.5 just to estimate) would give you 104* more killing. (Or 10,000%) Which is a lot, yes, but not infinite.
To get the percentage you divide the new events, 2, by the previous number of events, 0…
Rates can be less than 1. So you’d take the number of people killed by minneapolis police in, say, a decade and then divide by 10.
So 52/x (we’ll say 0.5 just to estimate) would give you 104* more killing. (Or 10,000%)
Which is a lot, yes, but not infinite.
Thank you for the accuracy.