“While in prison, boxer Jack Johnson invented and patented the first wrench, and white people insulted him by calling it a “monkey wrench.”
PolitiFact says: The monkey wrench was patented around 1858, some 20 years before Johnson was born.
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PolitiFact says: The monkey wrench was patented around 1858, some 20 years before Johnson was born.
FactCheck.org says: A meme misrepresents a 2007 criminal case in Houston involving George Floyd. The meme distorts the details of Floyd’s case and includes a photo of a woman who was badly injured in an unrelated attack in Spain in 2018.
PolitiFact says: Both defendants had one prior misdemeanor and had the same number of points on a scoresheet used to determine sentencing, but the prosecutor said that the white defendant cooperated to help convict co-defendants.
PolitiFact says: Like many nonprofit organizations, the Black Lives Matter Global Network is incorporated and operates as a charity. The organization has a fiscal sponsorship with Thousand Currents, another nonprofit.
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that CNN ran an altered image of Nikolas Fernandez in its coverage of the Seattle shooting. The photo appears to be doctored.
FactCheck.org says: In fact, the Obama administration took several steps to address police violence and community trust issues, some of which the Trump administration has dialed back.
FactCheck.org says: Video footage shows multiple officers and officials wearing masks.
PolitiFact says: Halting testing wouldn’t eliminate COVID-19 cases. It would conceal them and could fuel an even greater crisis.
FactCheck.org says: Biden's campaign cited as evidence three articles from conservative institutions: two from AEI and one from the Tax Foundation. None of them support Biden's claim, though.
Washington Post says: This is one of those needlessly false claims made by President Trump. Obama took lots of actions to try to steam police brutality.
PolitiFact says: The claim was made during debate about defunding the police in Minneapolis in the wake of the death of George Floyd. 6,320 refugees from Somalia, which is nearly 100% Muslim, were resettled in Minnesota under Obama.
PolitiFact says: State employees can qualify for paid administrative leave. These employees must be sick with coronavirus, taking care of someone or otherwise deemed unable to work from home by a supervisor. Few state employees use it.
FactCheck.org says: CDC confirmed the first COVID-19 case Jan. 20 -- 11 days before travel restrictions were announced and "all travel from China" was not shut down. There were exceptions for U.S. citizens, permanent residents and family.
Washington Post says: The president is exaggerating his “investment” in the military, especially when he suggests that he has spent more than $2 trillion on new equipment. That's the number for the total military budget
PolitiFact says: The figures reflect expenditures from the city's general fund. They do not capture significant contributions made by federal, state and county governments toward healthcare programs serving Detroiters.
FactCheck.org says: Sarah Huckabee Sanders did not write or post the tweet. The tweet is actually from an unverified Twitter account that misspelled her name.