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Kasim Reed
stated on July 9, 2010 a press release

When Atlanta Police Chief George Turner was interim head of the department, overall crime fell 14 percent and violent crime dropped 22.7 percent.

Mostly False

By Willoughby Mariano • August 1, 2010

John Cornyn
stated on March 17, 2010 in a letter to President Barack Obama

"The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating."

Mostly False

March 28, 2010

Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter

"Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010

Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 his State of the State address.

"Florida's new fingerprint identification system is improving our rate of solving cold cases by 300 percent."

Mostly False

By Aaron Sharockman • March 8, 2010

Joe Biden
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia

"Here's a man who brags about how he made the city safe. It was the Biden crime bill that became the Clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that."

Mostly False

November 2, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 21, 2007 a debate in Orlando, Fla.

"I brought down crime more than anyone in this country -- maybe in the history of this country -- while I was mayor of New York City." -

Mostly False

October 22, 2007

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