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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Viral image
stated on July 17, 2020 a viral image
Nine “antifa members arrested” in Portland, Ore.
False
July 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 remarks in the White House Rose Garden
A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“Hillary Clinton is on trial, she (supposed) to have killed” a 10-year-old girl.
Pants on Fire!
July 13, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 9, 2020 a speech
“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 12, 2020 a TV interview
Says police unions have it “written into a contract that (officers) are not going to be accountable” for misconduct.
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis, Eric Litke • July 10, 2020
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Viral image
stated on July 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.”
Pants on Fire!
July 6, 2020
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on June 11, 2020 an interview
The United States has not completed a “top-to-bottom review of our criminal justice system at the national level since 1965.”
True
By Taylor Goldenstein • July 2, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 15, 2020 a blog post
Says George Floyd has “hair in one shot but is bald in the shots of him laying on the ground.”
Pants on Fire!
June 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 17, 2020 a Facebook post
Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.”
False
June 24, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 2, 2020 an Instagram post
“Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • June 22, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2020 a speech
“President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 8, 2020 a Facebook post
“The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.”
False
June 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 a Facebook post
A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2020
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Viral image
stated on June 14, 2020 a Facebook post
“George Floyd’s ‘murder’ filmed before COVID-19.”
Pants on Fire!
June 16, 2020
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stated on June 8, 2020 post on Facebook
“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”
Half-True
By Emily Venezky • June 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 9, 2020 a Facebook post
The Buffalo protester pushed to the ground “had been previously arrested 300 times. 82 times for incitement. Riots is what he does for a living.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 12, 2020
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Viral image
stated on June 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 12, 2020
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Viral image
stated on June 10, 2020 a Facebook post
“George Floyd at his own funeral and George Floyd three days ago.”
Pants on Fire!
June 11, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 9, 2020 a tweet
"Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?"
False
By Bill McCarthy, Jill Terreri Ramos • June 9, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2020 a tweet
Says Joe Biden wants to "defund the police."
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 9, 2020
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