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Latest Fact-Checks In Civil Rights

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 23, 2020 an image
A “face mask exempt card” allows you to cite the ADA and not wear a mask.
False
By Daniel Funke • June 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“Kill a White on Sight” appears on Black Lives Matter/Antifa flyers.
False
June 26, 2020
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on June 18, 2020 a radio interview.
Protest vandalism in Richmond “all started two weeks ago when Mayor Stoney’s police gassed - tear gassed - a peaceful crowd of protesters, moms and children, at 7:30 p.m. sharp.”
False
By Warren Fiske • June 25, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 12, 2020 an article
“163 paid protesters just filed a lawsuit against George Soros for not paying their bail.”
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • June 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 14, 2020 an image
Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts."
False
By Daniel Funke • June 18, 2020
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on June 11, 2020 a tweet
“According to its website Black Lives Matter, Inc is NOT a charity. It is a full-fledged corporation that does NOT have any locations.”
False
By Daniel Funke • June 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
“The owner of Taco Bell said them animals need to be shot (black ppl)!”
False
June 16, 2020
Ryan Fournier
Ryan Fournier
stated on June 11, 2020 a status
“All money donated to Black Lives Matter goes directly to Act Blue, a Democrat Super PAC that then feeds the money to Democrat candidates.”
False
By Daniel Funke • June 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 10, 2020 a text post
NFL will fly a “‘Black Lives Matter’ flag under the American flag at games.”
False
By Daniel Funke • June 12, 2020
Viral image
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
William Barr
William Barr
stated on June 7, 2020 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation
“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 8, 2020
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on June 3, 2020 a White House press briefing
“No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
If protesters blocking the road “start banging on your windows, threatening you and trying to get in your vehicle,” it is legal to “hit the gas and plow through them.”
False
June 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Video shows Seattle police in uniform “vandalizing” a building “to frame protesters.”
False
June 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
BLM Fresno riots will begin at 4 p.m. in River Park on 06/02/20
False
By Madison Czopek • June 2, 2020
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on May 28, 2020 a Tweet
Says George Soros is "funding the chaos" in Minneapolis via his Open Society Foundations.
False
By Emily Venezky • June 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."
Mostly False
March 5, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 11, 2020 a campaign event in South Carolina
“I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2020 a Facebook post
In 1962, Joe Biden “worked with segregationists,” Elizabeth Warren “debated as a pro-Vietnam conservative” while Bernie Sanders “organized against segregation and Vietnam war”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
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