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Crime & justice fact checks
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Says President Joe Biden canceled Trump’s “child sex ring operation, which saw thousands of arrests last year.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Says the Central Park Five "admitted their guilt."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
“Epstein List” shows 166 people connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Publisher’s rating: False
“Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.”
Publisher’s rating: False
“Babysitter on crystal meth eats 3-month-old toddler.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
"We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half."
Publisher’s rating: Unsupported
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”
Publisher’s rating: True
Related reporting says that after taking office in 2021, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had downgraded 52% of felony cases. That figure is above 50%, so the reporting supports the claim’s central numerical assertion. The article attributes the figure to data released by Bragg’s own office in November 2022. The excerpt does not describe how the office compiled or calculated the data, define which cases were included, or explain the circumstances behind the downgrades. It therefore supports the stated percentage, but does not provide enough detail to assess the underlying methodology or the broader implications of the figure.
“Toxicology report was made public by the MN prosecution revealing the cause of George Floyd’s death was a fentanyl overdose.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Related reporting about George Floyd’s death says the official Hennepin County autopsy classified the death as a homicide and gave the cause as cardiopulmonary arrest. It lists fentanyl intoxication among significant conditions, not as the cause of death. That distinction contradicts the claim that the autopsy findings revealed a fentanyl overdose as the cause. The excerpt does not describe a Minnesota prosecution releasing a toxicology report, or provide the report itself. It therefore supports the distinction between the stated cause and a significant condition, but does not verify the claim’s account of who made a report public or when.
“When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
“At least one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooters identified as Sahil Omar, a 44 year old illegal immigrant."
Publisher’s rating: False
“Clinton aide found dead, tied to tree in apparent murder.”
Publisher’s rating: False
The attack on Paul Pelosi was a “false flag.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Donald Trump’s fine in the New York fraud case “is a form of Navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
“Says authorities found 39 children in a double wide trailer in Georgia and it's not the biggest news story in America.”
Publisher’s rating: False
An X post that said, “I did it” was “the last thing O.J. Simpson tweeted before he passed.”
Publisher’s rating: False
The Supreme Court “has decided to take up the Texas case.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Irish citizens get longer sentences than illegal immigrants
Publisher’s rating: To date, the only research into disparities in sentencing between foreigners and Irish people found that foreign nationals received sentences for sexual offences that were on average 15.9 months longer than those handed down to Irish people.
