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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."  
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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."
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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.  
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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."
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By Nancy Badertscher • September 22, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"I'm the only governor in America ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time there's a death of someone in police custody."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 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."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 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."
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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."
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By Lauren Carroll • February 23, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on December 3, 2014 a conference.:
The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population."
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By Sean Gorman • December 15, 2014
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Daily Show":
"The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."  
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By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2014
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."
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By Katie Mulvaney • December 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."
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By Katie Sanders • September 16, 2014
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on August 25, 2014 a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor":
Al Sharpton went to Ferguson, Mo., and is "declaring as a matter of fact that ... Michael Brown didn't use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer."
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By Katie Sanders • August 28, 2014
Cornel West
Cornel West
stated on August 25, 2014 an interview on Salon:
Says President Barack Obama released a statement on the "death of brother Robin Williams before ... a statement on brother Michael Brown."
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By Linda Qiu • August 26, 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.
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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."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 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."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 7, 2014
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 Univision debate on immigration:
Says Dan Patrick "proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 14, 2014
Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on March 27, 2014 a TV interview:
The Rhode Island Parole Board "never received an objection from the attorney general" to the parole of  convicted murder Alfred Brissette.
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By John Hill • April 30, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 3, 2014 a website statement:
"My Treasury team eliminated a 900-case backlog in the Crime Victim Compensation Program."
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By John Hill • April 27, 2014
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