Fact Check Posts – Page 7

TikTok posts
stated on August 26, 2021 in a TikTok video:

"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."

By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021

Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 in News release:

"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."

By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on September 8, 2021 in a tweet:

“My opponent wants to abolish” law enforcement.

By Natalie Dunlap • September 17, 2021

Jason Miyares
stated on September 2, 2021 in a tweet:

“The Parole Board operates with Mark Herring’s advice and consent.”

By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“CA inmate pregnant after being forced to share prison with transgender ‘woman.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 18, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on July 28, 2021 in Instagram and Facebook posts:

Says D.C. police officer Michael Fanone is the same person who was arrested after carrying a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

By Bill McCarthy • July 30, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on July 24, 2021 in an Instagram post:

People charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol are “political prisoners” and “non-violent trespassers” who have been held in solitary confinement for the past six months.

By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A bodyguard of a high-ranking Democrat in Congress fired the shot that killed Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6.

By Samantha Putterman • July 14, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on July 7, 2021 in a press conference:

"The person that shot Ashli Babbitt — boom — right through the head — just boom — there was no reason for that."

By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on June 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.

By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2021

Lori Lightfoot
stated on June 28, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 4, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Maxine Waters just introduced a bill to re-name Memorial Day — George Floyd Day."

By Isabella Fertel • June 25, 2021

X posts
stated on May 30, 2021 in a Twitter post:

“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”

By Emily Tian • June 18, 2021

Viral image
stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021.

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 4, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.”

By Steven Rascón • May 10, 2021

YouTube videos
stated on March 2, 2021 in a YouTube post:

All charges were dropped against Bill Cosby and he was granted an early release.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 6, 2021

John Cox
stated on May 4, 2021 in a campaign press conference:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “just let 76,000 inmates out of jail."

By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech:

“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."

By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021

Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 in a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech:

Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.

By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021

Kevin Parker
stated on April 14, 2021 in a Tweet:

“Law enforcement violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men and women in the US.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 29, 2021

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