Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 Univision debate on immigration

Says Dan Patrick "proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 14, 2014

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.

By John Hill • April 30, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on April 3, 2014 a website statement

"My Treasury team eliminated a 900-case backlog in the Crime Victim Compensation Program."

By John Hill • April 27, 2014

Chris Taylor
stated on April 1, 2014 a news release

"Drone technology now allows an individual to be recorded in their homes by drones as small as birds and immediately uploaded to the internet."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 9, 2014

NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 a news release

In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.

By John Hill • March 16, 2014

Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 11, 2014 a news conference

Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they’re eligible for parole.

By John Hill • February 22, 2014

Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary

Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014

Jake Tapper
stated on January 2, 2014 a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper"

"The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists ... more than all previous administrations combined."

By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2014

Atlanta Police Foundation
stated on December 17, 2013 flier to supporters

"Crime in Atlanta is down 18 percent since 2009."

By Nancy Badertscher • January 10, 2014

Doug Whitsett
stated on August 16, 2013 a guest column

"Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent."

By Janie Har • September 7, 2013

Bill Foster
stated on August 14, 2013 a mayoral forum

"Sixty percent of the auto thefts that we have in (St. Petersburg) are caused by people leaving their keys in the car."

By Julie Kliegman • August 14, 2013

Ban the Box RI
stated on March 20, 2013 a video posted on YouTube

"In Rhode Island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year."

By Michael McKinney • April 15, 2013

Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 2, 2013 a CNN interview

Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."

By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2013

Kirk Watson
stated on March 19, 2013 a news article.

Says carbon monoxide is still employed to euthanize dogs and cats in 29 Texas animal shelters.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2013

Kasim Reed
stated on February 13, 2013 a speech

Felony crimes in the city of Atlanta are the lowest they have been since 1969.

By Eric Stirgus • February 26, 2013

Greg Abbott
stated on January 3, 2013 a tweet

Says according to the FBI, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.

By Sue Owen • January 30, 2013

John Kitzhaber
stated on January 14, 2013 in State of the State speech

"It costs $10,000 a year to keep a child in school; it costs $30,000 a year to keep someone in prison."

By Janie Har • January 18, 2013

Mike DeWine
stated on November 14, 2012 a news conference

"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."

By Joe Guillen • December 7, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2012 a TV ad

"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."

By John Hill • October 30, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate

"While I was mayor of the city of Providence we had the lowest crime rate in 30 years."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 21, 2012

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