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Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN:

African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016

William Johnson
stated on July 8, 2016 an interview on Fox News:

"Condemning violence against the police and urging support for the police" is "markedly absent" from President Barack Obama’s public remarks.

Pants on Fire!

By Adam Thorp • July 12, 2016

Mike Rawlings
stated on July 8, 2016 a news conference:

In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."

Half-True

By Neelesh Moorthy • July 12, 2016

Charles Ramsey
stated on July 10, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"There are approximately 18,000 (police) departments in the United States."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2016

Rodney Ellis
stated on May 19, 2016 a press release in response to a lawsuit:

Harris County, Texas has "some of the highest jailing and incarceration rates in the U.S. and the world."

Mostly True

By Fauzeya Rahman • July 8, 2016

Viral image
stated on July 6, 2016 a posting on Twitter:

Says Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

Pants on Fire!

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2016

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on April 20, 2016 a radio interview:

"Right now, our corrections department charges taxpayers between $30,000 and $40,000 a year per person we lock up," she said. "That’s actually cheap when you compare us to the rest of the country."

Half-True

By Alison Dirr • July 8, 2016

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

Arizona House Democrats
stated on June 20, 2016 a blog post:

Says Gov. Doug Ducey wants to use "taxpayer dollars to increase the salaries of private prison guards."

Mostly True

By Anthony Cave • June 29, 2016

Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2016 House floor remarks:

"Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2016 a speech after several primaries concluded:

"Crime is rising."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 a speech to the National Rifle Association:

It "is Hillary Clinton's agenda" to "release the violent criminals from jail. She wants them all released."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2016

George Holding
stated on May 19, 2016 a debate on WRAL:

Says North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against "an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants."

Half-True

By Will Doran • May 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with NBC News:

Germany "is crime-riddled right now" because of migration to Europe.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2016

Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 a debate:

"As a former federal prosecutor, I prosecuted over 4,000 cases."

True

By Tyler Adkisson • April 25, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 26, 2016 a speech:

"Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 22, 2016

Jerome Buting
stated on April 11, 2016 an interview:

Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2016

John Pagliarini
stated on April 11, 2016 a speech:

"You’re in more trouble if you leave your pet in the car than if you leave your child in the car."

Half-True

By Jacqueline Tempera • April 17, 2016

LGBT Progress
stated on March 23, 2016 a tweet:

North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.

Mostly False

By Will Doran • April 1, 2016

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

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