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David A. Clarke Jr. stated on April 26, 2015 in an interview:

The man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was "back on the street" because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only "served two years."

By Tom Kertscher• April 30, 2015

Viral image stated on October 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:

An appellate court found Kamala Harris and police “took part in framing and prosecuting a man” for a murder he didn’t commit, paying a key witness $60,000 in relocation benefits for testifying against him.

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 9, 2020

Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 02, 2015 in a tweet:

"380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."

By Amy Sherman• October 8, 2015

Viral image stated on August 05, 2019 in a Facebook post:

The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2019

Peggy Hubbard stated on September 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“BLM Activist kills three people in a Louisville bar wearing a Breonna Taylor tee shirt last Friday.”

By Monique Curet• September 30, 2020

Stephen Zappala stated on March 22, 2016 in in a new ad.:

Stephen Zappala is "the only DA in our state to convict an on-duty police officer of criminal homicide."

By Anna Orso• March 28, 2016

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

X posts stated on March 01, 2026 in an X post:

“Israeli shooter opened fire inside an Austin (Texas) bar” on March 1, 2026.

By Maria Briceño• March 2, 2026

Shelley Grogan stated on March 29, 2021 in a radio ad:

Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook."

By Eric Litke• March 30, 2021

Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video:

"Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again."

By Robert Farley• June 20, 2011

Edward Flynn stated on April 14, 2015 in a news conference:

In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."

By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2015

Online petition stated on April 08, 2011 in an online petition:

"For every [coyote] they kill, the population will replace and usually multiply."

By Richard Salit• April 15, 2011

Science Vibe stated on April 12, 2018 in on an alternative news site:

"Dying 78 year old CIA agent admits to killing Marilyn Monroe."

By Mica Soellner• April 12, 2018

Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2014 in a Facebook meme:

Says Rep. Michele Bachmann said President Barack Obama might be to blame for the Fort Hood shootings.

By Katie Sanders• April 10, 2014

Dan Patrick stated on January 03, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press:

Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 13, 2016

Eddie Rodriguez stated on November 09, 2017 in an email blast:

Says that "perpetrators of domestic violence accounted for 54% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety."

By W. Gardner Selby• December 3, 2017

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

US Political stated on November 08, 2017 in a headline:

Donna Brazile knows Seth Rich was murdered by the Clintons

By Amy Sherman• November 15, 2017

Tammy Baldwin stated on October 03, 2017 in a news release:

The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.

By Tom Kertscher• October 4, 2017

Addicting Information stated on April 04, 2015 in an infographic on the Addicting Info website:

"U.S. police killed more people in just one month than the U.K.’s did in over a century."

By Jon Greenberg• April 15, 2015

Comparing the Breonna Taylor and Justine Damond cases

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2020

Fact-checking claims about Breonna Taylor’s death

By Noah Y. Kim, Miriam Valverde• September 25, 2020

Did South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem break the law by shooting her dog? What legal experts say

By Jeff Cercone• May 1, 2024

Fact-checking claims in California’s U.S. Senate race

By Chris Nichols• October 18, 2018

The facts behind a Texas Democrat's viral campaign ad

By Manuela Tobias• June 28, 2018

Did Cooper prison settlement release suspect in fatal Charlotte stabbing?

By Paul Specht• February 9, 2026

What we know about the traffic stop that left Daunte Wright dead

By Ciara O'Rourke, Samantha Putterman• April 15, 2021

Fact-checking Haley’s New Hampshire claims on fentanyl, education, Trump’s stance on retirement age

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 21, 2024

Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists?

By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016

The facts on mass shootings, guns in the United States

By PolitiFact Staff • May 18, 2018

Previewing the Providence mayoral debate

By Tim Murphy• September 30, 2014

Donald Trump's misleading claims in the Kate Steinle case, fact-checked

By Miriam Valverde• December 18, 2017

What’s behind the dubious claim that psychiatric drugs fuel mass shootings?

By John Kruzel• August 16, 2019

Fact-checking the March For Our Lives

By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 24, 2018

Fact checking Kenosha shootings, violent protests one year later

By Vanessa Swales• August 24, 2021

Truth-O-Meter sniffs out cheesy claims

By Willoughby Mariano• February 27, 2011

Explaining Amy Klobuchar’s role in the newly investigated conviction of Myon Burrell

By Bill McCarthy• February 24, 2020

Are trans people ‘statistically’ more prone to commit gun violence? Data shows a different picture

By Loreben Tuquero• September 9, 2025

What’s known about claim that white supremacists shot at Ferguson, Mo., marchers

By Tom Kertscher• November 19, 2021

Top 10 Kenosha-related fact checks of 2020

By Eric Litke• December 28, 2020

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