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minus-squareHuntressHimbo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-26 months agoA percentage is a ratio of two numbers, in this case you are trying to compare ^People who engaged in violence and were convicted at one protest^/~People who were at that protest~ with ^Number of protest events that became violent^/~Number of protest events for this cause~ To compare that you will have to wait a few years for all of the court cases to wind down. Hope that helps. EDIT: Format
A percentage is a ratio of two numbers, in this case you are trying to compare
^People who engaged in violence and were convicted at one protest^/~People who were at that protest~
with
^Number of protest events that became violent^/~Number of protest events for this cause~
To compare that you will have to wait a few years for all of the court cases to wind down. Hope that helps.
EDIT: Format