Latest Fact-Checks In Public Safety

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Kevin Kiley
Kevin Kiley
stated on April 26, 2021 a tweet
“San Francisco had twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths last year.”
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By Chris Nichols • April 29, 2021
John Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards
stated on April 5, 2020 a CNN interview
Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”
True
By Miriam Valverde • April 8, 2020
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 4, 2019 an interview
"There are 390 million guns out on the streets of a country of 329 million people."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 9, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on August 3, 2019 a press conference
Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last 10 years is 18 (murders per year). We exceeded that average just on one day" after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the city.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 5, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 13, 2019 a news conference
California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 13, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 12, 2019 a State of the State Address
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
True
By Chris Nichols • February 14, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate
"In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings."
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2016 x
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
True
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
After the shootings of Dallas policemen, "nearly 500 people applied in just 12 days."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 29, 2016
ACLU of North Carolina
ACLU of North Carolina
stated on June 29, 2016 a press release
Proposed NC law for body camera footage gives police "broad authority to keep video footage secret – even from individuals who are filmed."
True
By Will Doran • July 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney
stated on March 10, 2016 a budget address to City Council
"When the City and the Fairmount Park Conservancy invested $5 million in Hunting Park, crime went down 89 percent within a half mile radius of the park over the next three years."
True
By Anna Orso • March 10, 2016
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on November 17, 2015 a statement
Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • December 11, 2015
Butch Conway
Butch Conway
stated on September 16, 2015 press conference
The racial and ethnic makeup of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office mirrors the community it serves.  
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 29, 2015
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on September 8, 2015 press release
"Eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. Twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 22, 2015
Atlanta neighborhood association
Atlanta neighborhood association
stated on July 9, 2015 an online community forum
The murder rate in Atlanta is on the rise this year.
True
By April Hunt • July 22, 2015
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
stated on May 13, 2015 a radio ad
"Accidents are down 50 percent and injury accidents are down 60 percent" in the rebuilt Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 25, 2015
Russell McMurry
Russell McMurry
stated on May 11, 2015 news reports
Georgia is on track for 1,200 traffic fatalities this year, a reversal of nine years of declines.
True
By April Hunt • May 20, 2015
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on April 23, 2015 state DOT road signs
Distracted driving such as texting behind the wheel is behind a rise in traffic deaths on Georgia roadways this year.
True
By April Hunt • April 28, 2015
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on January 24, 2015 overhead sign on I-85 South
"GEORGIA ROADWAY FATALITIES THIS YEAR: 59 PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY"  
True
By Nancy Badertscher • February 2, 2015
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