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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight":
"The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2014
X posts
X posts
stated on August 13, 2014 in posts on Twitter:
The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent."  
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on August 5, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says he "voted for even stronger protections (in the Violence Against Women Act) than Obama's agenda will allow."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 30, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitch McConnell voted "two times against the Violence Against Women Act."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 7, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Juan
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
stated on July 21, 2014 in a press release:
"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 27, 2014 in an interview:
"I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus."
False
By Devon Waugh • August 8, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. advised citizens to "point that barrel center mass and pull the trigger" because "911 is not our best option."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 7, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview on Fox News.:
"We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview of Gov. Rick Perry:
Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014
Jon Richards
Jon Richards
stated on June 16, 2014 in a video:
"Last year, I was involved with an effort to to help prosecutors get their first pay raise in more than 10 years."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 24, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck:
More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 23, 2014
Ismael Ozanne
Ismael Ozanne
stated on June 7, 2014 in a speech:
"I’m running the second-largest county district attorney’s office … at 1985 staffing levels."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 23, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"In New York, your chances of getting murdered are 1 in 25,000. In Honduras, it’s 1 in 14."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 16, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 in various posts on the Internet:
"Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:
Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on June 20, 2014 in a radio ad:
"As Alaska’s attorney general, (U.S. Senate candidate Dan) Sullivan successfully fought to protect our Second Amendment rights and passed ‘stand your ground.’ "
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 2, 2014
John Chisholm
John Chisholm
stated on June 2, 2014 in a letter:
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 26, 2014 in a billboard message:
"Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2014
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