Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Joe Exotic was pardoned.
False
January 21, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 12, 2021 an Instagram post
Says Joe Biden stayed silent about violence at Black Lives Matter protests.
False
January 16, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2020 an ABC town hall
"They eliminated the funding for community policing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2020 a headline
“Kamala Harris Tried to Put Pro-Lifers in Jail Who Exposed Planned Parenthood Selling Baby Parts”
False
By Chris Nichols • October 13, 2020
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 22, 2020 a campaign ad
Says “Lucy McBath voted to release criminals from prison. Murderers, rapists.”
False
October 12, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 8, 2020 a Facebook ad
As vice president, Kamala Harris would “defund, dismantle, and dissolve police departments.”
False
By Daniel Funke • October 8, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 5, 2020 an NBC town hall in Miami
During the Obama/Biden administration “18,000 people got clemency.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“HOUSE PASSES BILL TO PAY U.N. TO RUN LOCAL POLICE BOARDS IN 46 U.S. CITIES.”
False
October 6, 2020
Susan Collins
Susan Collins
stated on September 14, 2020 an ad
Says Sara Gideon "voted to defund" the Freeport police "and gave the money to a nonprofit she helped run."
False
September 25, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post
“Coroner saying George Floyd died of drug overdose, not police brutality.”
False
September 25, 2020
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on August 24, 2020 an ad
Says Lucy McBath "is supporting those who attack the police."
False
September 14, 2020
Scott Perry
Scott Perry
stated on August 31, 2020 an ad
Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Eugene DePasquale support "socialized medicine," the Green New Deal and defunding the police.
False
September 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 a speech
“Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Jacob Blake “declared he had a gun in the car and was going to go get it” and was “brandishing” a knife
False
By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 13, 2020 a Facebook post
“Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!”
False
August 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents.
False
August 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2020 Facebook post
Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address.
False
By Lawrence Andrea • August 3, 2020
Daniel Gade
Daniel Gade
stated on July 22, 2020 a tweet.
“@Mark Warner and his party bosses are calling to defund the police...”
False
By Warren Fiske • July 29, 2020
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Viral image
stated on July 22, 2020 a viral image
Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son.
False
July 28, 2020
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Viral image
stated on July 20, 2020 a viral image
Says Barack Obama "signed the law authorizing federal agents to snatch protesters off the streets” in Portland, Ore.
False
July 22, 2020
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