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Crime & justice fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about crime & justice. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

6,857 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactCrime & justice

“Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’”

Publisher’s rating: False

Research from related reporting identifies the Michigan State University shooting in East Lansing in February 2023 and gives the suspect’s age as 43—not 22. It also reports that the suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being confronted at the scene. This contradicts the claim’s age for the suspect in that incident. The supplied excerpt does not name the suspect, so it does not independently establish whether the name “Raymone Jordan” is correct.

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee was not on George Floyd's neck.

Publisher’s rating: False

Related reporting describes the restraint at issue in the claim: Derek Chauvin pinned George Floyd to the ground with his knee on Floyd’s neck. One report says this lasted around nine minutes; another specifies about nine and a half minutes. This directly contradicts the claim that Chauvin’s knee was not on Floyd’s neck. The supplied excerpts are related reporting, not PolitiFact’s original review, so they do not establish what investigation or checking methods PolitiFact used.