Identify a true statement about a yearlong study conducted by The Washington Post about the U.S. police's use of deadly force in 2015.

A. Out of the people killed by police for less threatening behavior, approximately 20 percent of them were black or Hispanic.
B. More than 50 percent of the killings involved white police officers killing unarmed black men.
C. White men accounted for 40 percent of the unarmed men shot by police.
D. About 90 percent of those killed by the police were armed, usually with guns.


Answer: D

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