Latest Fact-checks in Criminal Justice Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Viral image stated on August 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department. Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2020 in 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 Ann Wagner stated on August 18, 2020 in an ad: Says Jill Schupp has shown a “disturbing pattern of putting sex offenders over our safety.” Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2020 in an interview with ABC News: Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.” Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!” Nancy Mace stated on August 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.” Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents. Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in 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. Daniel Gade stated on July 22, 2020 in a tweet.: “@Mark Warner and his party bosses are calling to defund the police...” Viral image stated on July 22, 2020 in a viral image: Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son. Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: “Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.” Viral image stated on July 20, 2020 in a viral image: Says Barack Obama "signed the law authorizing federal agents to snatch protesters off the streets” in Portland, Ore. Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a viral image: Nine “antifa members arrested” in Portland, Ore. Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Hillary Clinton is on trial, she (supposed) to have killed” a 10-year-old girl. Mike Pence stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech: “And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’” Gwen Moore stated on June 12, 2020 in a TV interview: Says police unions have it “written into a contract that (officers) are not going to be accountable” for misconduct. Viral image stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.” John Cornyn stated on June 11, 2020 in an interview: The United States has not completed a “top-to-bottom review of our criminal justice system at the national level since 1965.” Bloggers stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post: Says George Floyd has “hair in one shot but is bald in the shots of him laying on the ground.” Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.” Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2020 in an Instagram post: “Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.” Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.” Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.” Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge. Viral image stated on June 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “George Floyd’s ‘murder’ filmed before COVID-19.” Viral image stated on June 8, 2020 in post on Facebook: “Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.” Facebook posts stated on June 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: The Buffalo protester pushed to the ground “had been previously arrested 300 times. 82 times for incitement. Riots is what he does for a living.”
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Viral image stated on August 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department. Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2020 in 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 Ann Wagner stated on August 18, 2020 in an ad: Says Jill Schupp has shown a “disturbing pattern of putting sex offenders over our safety.” Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2020 in an interview with ABC News: Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.” Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!” Nancy Mace stated on August 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.” Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents. Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in 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. Daniel Gade stated on July 22, 2020 in a tweet.: “@Mark Warner and his party bosses are calling to defund the police...” Viral image stated on July 22, 2020 in a viral image: Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son. Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: “Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.” Viral image stated on July 20, 2020 in a viral image: Says Barack Obama "signed the law authorizing federal agents to snatch protesters off the streets” in Portland, Ore. Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a viral image: Nine “antifa members arrested” in Portland, Ore. Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Hillary Clinton is on trial, she (supposed) to have killed” a 10-year-old girl. Mike Pence stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech: “And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’” Gwen Moore stated on June 12, 2020 in a TV interview: Says police unions have it “written into a contract that (officers) are not going to be accountable” for misconduct. Viral image stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.” John Cornyn stated on June 11, 2020 in an interview: The United States has not completed a “top-to-bottom review of our criminal justice system at the national level since 1965.” Bloggers stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post: Says George Floyd has “hair in one shot but is bald in the shots of him laying on the ground.” Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.” Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2020 in an Instagram post: “Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.” Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.” Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.” Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge. Viral image stated on June 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “George Floyd’s ‘murder’ filmed before COVID-19.” Viral image stated on June 8, 2020 in post on Facebook: “Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.” Facebook posts stated on June 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: The Buffalo protester pushed to the ground “had been previously arrested 300 times. 82 times for incitement. Riots is what he does for a living.”
Viral image stated on August 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.
Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use
Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2020 in 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
Ann Wagner stated on August 18, 2020 in an ad: Says Jill Schupp has shown a “disturbing pattern of putting sex offenders over our safety.”
Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2020 in an interview with ABC News: Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”
Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!”
Nancy Mace stated on August 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.”
Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents.
Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”
Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in 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.
Daniel Gade stated on July 22, 2020 in a tweet.: “@Mark Warner and his party bosses are calling to defund the police...”
Viral image stated on July 22, 2020 in a viral image: Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son.
Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: “Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.”
Viral image stated on July 20, 2020 in a viral image: Says Barack Obama "signed the law authorizing federal agents to snatch protesters off the streets” in Portland, Ore.
Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a viral image: Nine “antifa members arrested” in Portland, Ore.
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden: A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.”
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Hillary Clinton is on trial, she (supposed) to have killed” a 10-year-old girl.
Mike Pence stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech: “And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”
Gwen Moore stated on June 12, 2020 in a TV interview: Says police unions have it “written into a contract that (officers) are not going to be accountable” for misconduct.
Viral image stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.”
John Cornyn stated on June 11, 2020 in an interview: The United States has not completed a “top-to-bottom review of our criminal justice system at the national level since 1965.”
Bloggers stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post: Says George Floyd has “hair in one shot but is bald in the shots of him laying on the ground.”
Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.”
Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2020 in an Instagram post: “Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.”
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”
Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.”
Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.
Viral image stated on June 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “George Floyd’s ‘murder’ filmed before COVID-19.”
Viral image stated on June 8, 2020 in post on Facebook: “Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”
Facebook posts stated on June 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: The Buffalo protester pushed to the ground “had been previously arrested 300 times. 82 times for incitement. Riots is what he does for a living.”
