19 People 25201 Fact-checks 7960 Articles People (19) Freedom and Responsibility PAC Americans for Responsible Solutions California Together, No On Proposition 1 Keep the Promise 1 PAC Seattle Police Department Atlanta Police Foundation Memphis Police Association Milwaukee Police Association Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy Florida House Majority Office Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office Ohio Public Defender's Office Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Central Falls Police Department Florida Police Benevolent Association Police Chief Billy Grogan Wisconsin Professional Police Association Broward County Police Benevolent Association New York City Police Benevolent Association Fact-checks (25201) Facebook posts stated on August 08, 2021 in a Facebook post: A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 10, 2021 Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation." By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018 Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: The knife was on the ground when police arrived at the scene of Ma’Khia Bryant shooting. By Samantha Putterman• April 23, 2021 Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana. By Samantha Putterman• September 24, 2019 Marc Lamont Hill stated on August 20, 2014 in a CNN segment: "Every 28 hours" an unarmed black person is shot by a cop. By Katie Sanders• August 26, 2014 Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2025 in a Facebook post: “A dangerous Hispanic couple” is “on the run after killing 3 female police officers.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025 Viral image stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “all the men who have killed police officers this year (2020).” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 30, 2020 Empower Wisconsin stated on August 17, 2021 in TV ad: Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.” By Vanessa Swales• September 15, 2021 Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2020 in a Facebook post: “More than 20 police officers are dead now because of the riots.” By Emily Venezky• June 10, 2020 Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 07, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. By Eric Litke• January 8, 2021 Nicholas Kristof stated on October 03, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed: "More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty." By Jon Greenberg• October 6, 2015 Chris Larson stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post: Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal." By Madeline Heim• August 27, 2020 Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: The man who killed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter “wasn't even an on-duty police officer.” By Samantha Putterman• May 31, 2022 Megyn Kelly stated on August 25, 2014 in a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor": Al Sharpton went to Ferguson, Mo., and is "declaring as a matter of fact that ... Michael Brown didn't use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer." By Katie Sanders• August 28, 2014 Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2024 in a Facebook post: Photo shows a missing child in Pike County, Missouri. By Ciara O'Rourke• July 2, 2024 Gwen Moore stated on June 29, 2017 in a speech: Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee." By Tom Kertscher• August 1, 2017 Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2018 in in a meeting: "You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did." By John Kruzel• March 1, 2018 X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts: The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.” By Gabrielle Settles• May 18, 2022 Gwen Moore stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter: In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people." By Haley BeMiller• September 1, 2020 Young, Gifted and Black Coalition stated on January 09, 2015 in an open letter: "Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison. By Tom Kertscher• March 9, 2015 Articles (7960) What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis. By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke• August 27, 2020 Fact-checking the Kenosha shootings involving Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse By Eric Litke• August 28, 2020 Fact checking Kenosha shootings, violent protests one year later By Vanessa Swales• August 24, 2021 Did Ferguson police officer fail to call in shooting? By Steve Contorno• August 17, 2014 Top 10 Kenosha-related fact checks of 2020 By Eric Litke• December 28, 2020 Fact-checking claims about race after Ferguson shooting By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders, Derek Tsang• August 27, 2014 Here’s what Tucker Carlson got wrong about the Kenosha shootings By Eric Litke• September 23, 2020 What are the facts on police shootings following death of Stephon Clark? By Chris Nichols• March 29, 2018 Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021 “Sergeant, you don’t know me, but…” By W. Gardner Selby• August 27, 2013 PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 17 news shows By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 17, 2014 Guests at President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2017 Fact-checking Ferguson By Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 19, 2014 Fact-checking the Ferguson shooting By Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 19, 2014 Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins' posters on prisons and police shootings By Manuela Tobias• June 7, 2018 Comparing the Breonna Taylor and Justine Damond cases By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2020 Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC? By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016 10 most popular social media fact-checks of 2020 By Daniel Funke• December 30, 2020 Fact-checking claims about race and Ferguson By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 24 news shows By Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 24, 2014
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Facebook posts stated on August 08, 2021 in a Facebook post: A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 10, 2021 Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation." By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018 Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: The knife was on the ground when police arrived at the scene of Ma’Khia Bryant shooting. By Samantha Putterman• April 23, 2021 Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana. By Samantha Putterman• September 24, 2019 Marc Lamont Hill stated on August 20, 2014 in a CNN segment: "Every 28 hours" an unarmed black person is shot by a cop. By Katie Sanders• August 26, 2014 Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2025 in a Facebook post: “A dangerous Hispanic couple” is “on the run after killing 3 female police officers.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025 Viral image stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “all the men who have killed police officers this year (2020).” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 30, 2020 Empower Wisconsin stated on August 17, 2021 in TV ad: Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.” By Vanessa Swales• September 15, 2021 Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2020 in a Facebook post: “More than 20 police officers are dead now because of the riots.” By Emily Venezky• June 10, 2020 Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 07, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. By Eric Litke• January 8, 2021 Nicholas Kristof stated on October 03, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed: "More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty." By Jon Greenberg• October 6, 2015 Chris Larson stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post: Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal." By Madeline Heim• August 27, 2020 Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: The man who killed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter “wasn't even an on-duty police officer.” By Samantha Putterman• May 31, 2022 Megyn Kelly stated on August 25, 2014 in a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor": Al Sharpton went to Ferguson, Mo., and is "declaring as a matter of fact that ... Michael Brown didn't use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer." By Katie Sanders• August 28, 2014 Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2024 in a Facebook post: Photo shows a missing child in Pike County, Missouri. By Ciara O'Rourke• July 2, 2024 Gwen Moore stated on June 29, 2017 in a speech: Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee." By Tom Kertscher• August 1, 2017 Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2018 in in a meeting: "You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did." By John Kruzel• March 1, 2018 X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts: The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.” By Gabrielle Settles• May 18, 2022 Gwen Moore stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter: In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people." By Haley BeMiller• September 1, 2020 Young, Gifted and Black Coalition stated on January 09, 2015 in an open letter: "Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison. By Tom Kertscher• March 9, 2015
What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis. By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke• August 27, 2020 Fact-checking the Kenosha shootings involving Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse By Eric Litke• August 28, 2020 Fact checking Kenosha shootings, violent protests one year later By Vanessa Swales• August 24, 2021 Did Ferguson police officer fail to call in shooting? By Steve Contorno• August 17, 2014 Top 10 Kenosha-related fact checks of 2020 By Eric Litke• December 28, 2020 Fact-checking claims about race after Ferguson shooting By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders, Derek Tsang• August 27, 2014 Here’s what Tucker Carlson got wrong about the Kenosha shootings By Eric Litke• September 23, 2020 What are the facts on police shootings following death of Stephon Clark? By Chris Nichols• March 29, 2018 Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021 “Sergeant, you don’t know me, but…” By W. Gardner Selby• August 27, 2013 PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 17 news shows By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 17, 2014 Guests at President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2017 Fact-checking Ferguson By Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 19, 2014 Fact-checking the Ferguson shooting By Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 19, 2014 Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins' posters on prisons and police shootings By Manuela Tobias• June 7, 2018 Comparing the Breonna Taylor and Justine Damond cases By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2020 Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC? By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016 10 most popular social media fact-checks of 2020 By Daniel Funke• December 30, 2020 Fact-checking claims about race and Ferguson By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 24 news shows By Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 24, 2014
