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A new study from researchers at Rutgers University-Newark, highlights the overarching impact excessive use of force has on the male population in the United States, particularly when it comes to Black males.

The viral and visual deaths of Black males like Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, Michael Brown, and many others, has continued to shine light on a devastating truth Black communities and communities of color know all to well.

The research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealed that “1 in 1000 Black men can expect to be killed by police.” Black men are two-and-a-half times more likely to be killed by law enforcement over their lifetime than white men.

The study reveals that choke holds, use of a chemical agent, a weapon, and other uses of force by cops are the sixth-highest cause of death for males between the ages of 25 and 25. Pointing to the heartbreaking marker that many Black males adhere to, after being continuously told that they won’t make it to reach age 25.

Researchers also pointed out the disproportionate rate for African-American women, American Indian/Alaska native communities and Latino men, who all face a higher risk of dying at the hands of police officers who use excessive force.

The threat of death for all he above mentioned groups is highest between 20 and 35 but declines with age.

Researchers used data compiled from the National Vital Statistic System’s mortality files and by Fatal encounters, a database ran by journalists who document police-involved deaths through the use of public data and media coverage.

According to the study’s researcher’s the numbers “may be an undercount.”

The study suggests that local municipalities do more to create social welfare and public health programs. But most importantly the study recommends that police officers restrict the use of armed officers in the midst of crisis situations, which include wellness checks.

“There’s clear evidence that shows the harmful and distinct ways police violence expands inequality,”  said Frank Edwards, the lead researcher of the study and an assistant professor at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University in a statement to NBC News. “Policing plays a key role in maintaining structural inequalities between people of color and white people in the United States.”

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We’ve all heard a tall tale or two about someone who caught a fish “this big,” but the latest whopper is a little different. It’s also a lot more exciting, a lot more historic, and, most importantly, it’s also true. A researcher caught a fish “this old!” And at 112 years of age, it’s the the oldest living freshwater fish ever caught.

The Star Tribune reports North Dakota State University graduate student Alec Lackmann has caught and collected five buffalo fish from west-central Minnesota waters that are each over 100 years old. That includes the record setting senior citizen who clocks in at an astonishing 112. The female fish from Crystal Lake was born when Teddy Roosevelt was in the White House. She has spent her life swimming along through the administrations of 19 more presidents. At first, Lackmann said he didn’t believe it was possible the fish could really be that old. But his team of researchers were able to confirm the fish’s age with bomb radiocarbon dating.

In a western Minnesota lake, this NDSU grad student caught the oldest freshwater fish ever verified: a 112-year-old bigmouth buffalo fish. https://t.co/ZMi9AWbJ7X pic.twitter.com/IiWPBUp4ek

— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) August 7, 2019

Lackmann, who feels the carp-like-in appearance buffalo fish is much maligned since it’s considered by many to be a “trash fish” despite its importance to Minnesota waters ecosystem, published the results of his team’s analysis in a paper in the Communications Biology scientific journal.

Despite its age though, the historic fish, caught in 2018, wasn’t particularly large. She weighed only 22 pounds and was 34 inches long. A much “younger” buffalo fish, an 88-year-old female also in the study, came in at closer to 42 pounds and 41 inches in length. But in this case size really doesn’t matter. And besides, we’ve all heard stories about someone catching a fish that was “this big.”

Let’s see someone top one that was “this old.”

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