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All Fact-checks for Crime

stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post

“In Chicago, Covid-19 actually LOWERED the death rate.”

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stated on March 19, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says imposters in hazmat suits are going door to door in Stockton, Calif., saying they are checking residents for fever or COVID-19, but they “will enter your home and physically attempt robbery.”

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stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post

"If you are in Las Vegas and you get a knock on your door from NV Power, 2020 Census or CVD-19 testers, do not open your door. They are robbing people at gunpoint."

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stated on February 19, 2020 in news release

“Car thefts (are) increasing in 8 of the 10 most populous (Wisconsin) counties.”

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stated on February 26, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."

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stated on November 22, 2019 in a Facebook post

Says white vans with external locks are “utilized for sex trafficking.”

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stated on January 15, 2020 in a Facebook post

Sex traffickers are using a zip-tie contraption on the door handles of vehicles “to trick females into looking down and digging for something in their purse to cut with ... Once they’re distracted, boom! They are quickly forced into another vehicle, never to be seen again by their people.”

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stated on February 25, 2020 in a blog post

“Congress files charges against Nancy Pelosi.”

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stated on February 25, 2020 in a blog post

Says a Michigan funeral home employee was “cremated by mistake while taking a nap.”

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stated on February 10, 2020 in a Facebook post

“Violent crime in South Bend doubled during Mayor Pete’s tenure.”

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stated on February 13, 2020 in the GOP weekly radio address

“Violent crime rates increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017.”

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Michael Bloomberg

stated on February 19, 2020 in a Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas

“When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.”

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stated on February 7, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says Nancy Pelosi was arrested after ripping a copy of the State of the Union speech.

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stated on January 14, 2020 in a blog post

Says Patrick Mahomes said, “I believe George Zimmerman is innocent.”

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stated on January 22, 2020 in a Facebook post

"Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense."

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stated on December 18, 2019 in a Facebook post

"Texas man admits kidnapping 79 people."

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stated on January 26, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says Kobe Bryant tweeted, "I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton."

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stated on January 20, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says Jordan Davis, son of Georgia Congresswoman Lucy McBath, was killed in "a drug deal gone bad."

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stated on December 12, 2019 in a Facebook post

Says J. David Cox, "the boss" of the jail guards "who were supposed to keep" suspected sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein alive, is also "friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton."

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stated on January 7, 2020 in a Facebook post

"The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson."

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