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Crime & justice fact checks
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11 past mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
"After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again."
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Pablo Iglesias denuncia a okupas por intentar okupar su casa.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
“Trump just shared a bombshell letter from Stormy Daniels debunking DA Bragg's case.”
Publisher’s rating: False
The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
Publisher’s rating: False
CBS News reported that two more suspects were arrested in the Buffalo shooting, and that one more victim was identified.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Says the names of CNN anchors Chris Cuomo, Brian Stelter and Jake Tapper were on the flight logs of Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
“The average rapist rapes about six times.”
Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios
"I led the fight to add 200 new police officers to make our city safer."
Publisher’s rating: Half True
"Kellie Chauvin is the Wife of Derek Chauvin," the former police officer charged in George Floyd's death, and former officer "Tou Thao is Kellie Chauvin's Brother."
Publisher’s rating: False
The claim said Kellie Chauvin was Derek Chauvin’s wife and that Tou Thao was her brother. FactCheck.org examined the alleged family connection, describing the posts as claiming that two officers involved in George Floyd’s death were related by marriage. The review reports that Kellie Chauvin’s lawyer, Amanda Mason-Sekula, directly denied the claim: in a Facebook post, she said, “Tou Thao is NOT Ms. Chauvin’s brother.” The review identifies that statement as the central evidence against the claimed relationship.
CNN reported that the Apalachee High School shooting suspect was motivated by a “lack of trans acceptance.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Sen. Kamala Harris "helped raise money that got a man out of jail after he allegedly sexually penetrated a child."
Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story
The man pictured in a mugshot is not Derek Chauvin, the officer who was recorded kneeling on George Floyd’s neck.
Publisher’s rating: False
A McDonald’s restaurant in Elkton, Md., was permanently closed “due to a sex trafficking investigation.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
