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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Safety

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Levar Stoney
stated on October 26, 2022 in a news conference.:
“I don’t get involved in the hiring and firing of police chiefs.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2022
Kathy Hochul
stated on September 28, 2022 in a speech:
New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post:
“With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.”
Mostly False
By Michael Majchrowicz • September 8, 2022
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 18, 2022 in a blog.:
“Abigail Spanberger is raking in thousands from defund the police groups because she supports defunding the police.”
False
By Warren Fiske • August 1, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“A Jackson, Tennessee, employee passed out this morning from handling a dollar bill with fentanyl on it.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • July 29, 2022
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Val Demings “called abolishing the police ‘thoughtful.'”
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 26, 2022
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:
George Floyd and COVID-19 “never existed.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2022
Rob Astorino
stated on June 13, 2022 in a debate:
“We’ve got a parole board right now that has released 20 cop killers in the last two years under Hochul.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 24, 2022
Van Wanggaard
stated on June 5, 2022 in TV interview:
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because “If somebody’s decided that they’re gonna take their life, they’re gonna take their life.”
False
By Madeline Heim • June 21, 2022
X posts
stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet:
TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim’s father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged.
False
By Jeff Cercone • May 31, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on May 11, 2022 in News release:
In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • May 31, 2022
Ted Cruz
stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media:
“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
False
By Madison Czopek • May 26, 2022
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 in Newsletter:
On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.:
“When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 25, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on April 30, 2022 in Public statement:
Says Gov. Tony Evers is “a big proponent of this defund the police movement.”
False
By D.L. Davis • May 20, 2022
Claudia Tenney
stated on April 1, 2022 in a press release:
In 2021, “11,201 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection, which is enough to kill every American nearly seven times over.”
Mostly True
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • April 27, 2022
Lars Larson
stated on March 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Judge Jackson doesn’t think perverts should have to register (as sex offenders). She says it ‘stigmatizes’ THEM.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • March 25, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Fifty percent of the Ottawa police force have all turned in their resignation.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
stated on December 21, 2021 in News release:
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 4, 2022
Dana Perino
stated on January 4, 2022 in a segment:
A law backed by Virginia Democrats barred local sheriffs from having military equipment that “would have come in very helpful” with the I-95 traffic jam.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2022
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