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Crime & justice fact checks

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

6,831 published reviews in this topic

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaCrime & justice

සැකකරුවෙකු පැහැරගෙන පළාගිය පුද්ගලයා, ඇමති හරින් ප්‍රානාන්දුගේ පෞද්ගලික ලේකම් ද?

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review reports that the man who helped the suspect flee was a Badulla-area coordinator for Harin Fernando, not his private secretary. It says the police chief and local reporters confirmed this distinction, and the article’s journalist acknowledged that the private-secretary description was an error.

dpa Deutsche Presse-AgenturCrime & justice

Einem Feuerwehrmann, den den Bauernprotesten in Deutschland zugejubelt hat, drohen bis zu vier Jahre Haft wegen Landesverrats und Volksverhetzung.

Publisher’s rating: Den Fall mit dem winkenden Feuerwehrmann gibt es zwar tatsächlich. Doch eine Strafe erwartet ihn dafür nicht.

The firefighter did wave to farmers during protests in Berlin’s Wittenau district in mid-January 2024. The source says imprisonment for treason or incitement was never under consideration, and the Berlin Fire Department later said the incident would have no disciplinary consequences.

SBT NewsCrime & justice

Adélio Bispo disse que PT encomendou facada em Bolsonaro

Publisher’s rating: FALSO

The review says Adélio Bispo did not give a new statement naming PT members as organizers of the attack on Jair Bolsonaro. The DPU said his last statement was in 2019, and the two Federal Police investigations concluded that he acted alone.

Folha de S.PauloCrime & justice

Um vídeo que circula nas redes sociais mostra o momento do furto de chocolates realizado por quatro pessoas em uma unidade das Lojas Americanas em Suzano, região metropolitana de São Paulo, sobreposto a uma reportagem da CNN que mostra o discurso de Flávio Dino defendendo que não se aplique a pena de prisão para crimes menos graves. A imagem também é acompanhada do texto “já pode roubar à vontade”.

Publisher’s rating: Enganoso

The theft was reported on January 26, 2024, and Americanas said it happened in Suzano on the same day as that report. Dino’s speech came later, on January 31; the review says the video’s editing and captions misleadingly suggest a causal link and imply that he encouraged theft.