Latest Fact-Checks In Crime

Clear
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 6, 2015 a Snopes.com tweet recapping a Facebook post
A Texas police department bought an ad telling drug dealers, "We can take your competition off the streets for FREE."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2015
Jeremy Bird
Jeremy Bird
stated on October 2, 2015 a tweet after the shootings at an Oregon community college
"90% of Americans want national background checks that close loopholes."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 5, 2015
Butch Conway
Butch Conway
stated on September 16, 2015 press conference
The racial and ethnic makeup of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office mirrors the community it serves.  
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 29, 2015
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on September 8, 2015 press release
"Eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. Twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 22, 2015
Atlanta neighborhood association
Atlanta neighborhood association
stated on July 9, 2015 an online community forum
The murder rate in Atlanta is on the rise this year.
True
By April Hunt • July 22, 2015
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on June 14, 2015 an opinion column
"Jasper County in Texas raised property taxes by 7 percent in order to pay for one death penalty case."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 2015
Various media reports 2
Various media reports 2
stated on June 18, 2015 church shooting aftermath
Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • July 1, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 22, 2015 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"Already this calendar year, since January 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 3, 2015
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on February 17, 2015 remarks at the National Press Club
Last year, "we saw the first reduction in the federal prison population in 32 years."
True
By Lauren Carroll • February 23, 2015
Diego Arene-Morley
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 a community forum
"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
Violence Policy Center
Violence Policy Center
stated on September 8, 2014 an annual study
Georgia ranks No. 9 in the rate of women murdered by men.
True
By April Hunt • November 19, 2014
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
stated on October 1, 2014 an AP interview
More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq."
True
By Katie Sanders • October 7, 2014
James Brown
James Brown
stated on September 11, 2014 a message to viewers
"More than three women per day lose their lives at the hands of their partners."
True
By Katie Sanders • September 16, 2014
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on August 24, 2014 comments on Fox News Sunday
The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder.
True
By Linda Qiu • August 24, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column
"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on July 29, 2014 an interview
Under Mayor Tom Barrett, the number of Milwaukee police officers "has not increased."
True
By Dave Umhoefer, Devon Waugh • August 18, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2014 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
Brett Smiley
Brett Smiley
stated on June 25, 2014 a campaign brochure
There are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island."  
True
By Karen Lee Ziner • July 20, 2014
Battleground Texas
Battleground Texas
stated on June 10, 2014 an interview on Bloomberg TV
Says Dan Patrick has "called immigration into Texas an invasion" and "said immigrants coming into Texas bring ‘third-world diseases.’"
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 an interview on Fox & Friends
A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2014
Previous Next