“This video is from Ratan Lal Nagar Police Station in Kanpur. When a Brahmin youth showed his sacred thread, the policemen abused the entire Brahmin community and beat him up.”
Youturn rated this: misleading
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“Video shows Muslim migrants clashing with police in Sweden during the Eurovision contest.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Supreme Court granted interim bail to jailed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal”
ThePrint rated this: FALSE
“Photo shows a wheat truck full of cash and gold coins caught by the Jharkhand police recently.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This is an AI-generated image. No news reports validate the claim that Jharkhand police caught a wheat truck transporting huge sums of money and gold coins.
“This image shows a massive crowd gathered in Sunita Kejriwal's roadshow in Gujarat against the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Photo depicting a large crowd at Sunita Kejriwal’s roadshow in Gujarat, held in protest against the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The viral photo, taken in 2008, captures a crowd in China gathered to welcome the Olympic torch. Although Sunita Kejriwal has held roadshows in Gujarat, this photo is not associated with those events.
“The FBI fudged the numbers" in the Uniform Crime Crime, showing that murders and violent crime decreased in 2023.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The FBI data for 2023 are preliminary, but crime statistics experts say the reporting behind the downward trend is solid, and that trend is validated by data samples from local and state law enforcement reports.
“Said his mother recalled that as a teenager, he "got arrested standing on the porch with a Black family" when protesters opposed desegregation of a nearby Delaware neighborhood. "And I said, 'Yeah, Mom, I remember that.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence Biden was ever arrested, though news stories at the time do corroborate that there were incidents near Biden’s home in Delaware in which white neighbors protested a Black family moving in.
“Says he “got arrested” while protesting in favor of desegregation.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Since 2018, Joe Biden has repeatedly told a story about being arrested during a desegregation protest in Delaware during the Civil Rights era. We found no evidence to back it up.
“Judge Merchan told President Trump that he could not attend his son Barron’s high school graduation or would be SENT TO JAIL.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The judge did not rule on Trump's request to attend the graduation. “It really depends on how we’re doing on time and where we are in the trial,” he said.
“An 81-year-old roadside parrot astrologer was arrested from Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu by police because his parrot predicted that DMK would lose the 2024 election. And they call Modi a dictator”
Youturn rated this: MISLEADING
“The video shows a clash between protesting Indian farmers and the police.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video actually shows a simulation exercise for the Indonesian police conducted in the Sula Islands, Northern Maluku.
“Alina Habba said New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron took a “$10 million bribe from Joe Biden’s shell companies to convict Donald Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A spokesperson for Alina Habba, one of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys, told PolitiFact that this claim is false and Habba doesn’t have a Telegram account.
“Donald Trump “pays off mortgage of killed NYPD officer’s family.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A spokesperson for Tunnel to Towers, the foundation paying off the mortgage for the home of Jonathan Diller, told a news outlet that it had not been in touch with former President Donald Trump about the mortgage.
“Welcome back, Sanjay Singh. He knows how to deal with Modi’s Police, CBI, ED #CJIDYChandrachud #SupremeCourt”
Youturn rated this: misleading
“A Muslim woman was attacked by an Indian police officer for wearing a hijab.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video does not originate from India and is not related to wearing a hijab. It was recorded during a protest by factory workers in the Mongla EPZ, Bagerhat, Bangladesh
“Raffy Tulfo has ordered Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga to be put in jail”
Vera Files rated this: False
“NASA is “shooting three rockets at three moons” on the day of the solar eclipse.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: NASA is launching three sounding rockets at a maximum altitude of 260 miles April 8. It is not shooting the rockets "at three moons."
“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Overall violent crime and homicides are down during Joe Biden’s presidency. Some types of property crime are also down, though motor vehicle theft notably rose.
“The visuals show Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann being detained by Delhi police.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The individual in the viral video is actually Harjot Singh Bains, the Education Minister of Punjab, not the CM Bhagwant Mann