“I led the fight to add 200 new police officers to make our city safer.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
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“Says 700 CIA agents were arrested.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“A district court in Lahore has issued arrest warrant for activist Leena Ghani in a criminal defamation case filed by singer Ali Zafar”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“Video of Karnataka Police arresting burqa-clad pro-hijab protestors and finding that 40 percent of them are boys in women’s attire”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The posted video is not related to the current hijab row in Karnataka. It is an old video. The visuals are related to an old protest by students against the National Education Policy. Also, the Karnataka Police has deni…
“Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban said Bongbong Marcos was not convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude because the Court of Appeals reversed the decision of a regional trial court that convicted Marcos of failing to file tax returns.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Karnataka High Court judge Mohammad Gustakh Khan’s ruling of the hijab case”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices Krishna S. Dixit and Khazi Jaibunnisa Mohiuddin of the Karnataka high court through an interim order restrained the students from wearing religi…
“CS Rotich faces 15 corruption charges”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
“The NFL asked Eminem not to kneel and Dr. Dre was told to take out negative references to police in his lyrics for the Super Bowl halftime show.”
PolitiFact rated this: Inconclusive evidence
PolitiFact says: There’s a lot that remains unclear about what unfolded and we can’t say for sure until more people involved speak up. If you see comments about NFL censorship, know that fact-checkers are unable to verify or debunk them.
“False. image of UoN students striking over Sonko's arrest”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Rahul Gandhi said that his maternal grandfather spent 15 years in jail for the cause of India”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: In his recent speech in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi spoke about his great-grandfather, grandmother, and father. He mentioned that his great-grandfather Nehru had spent 15 years in jail for India’s cause. He did not talk abo…
“Recent photo of police lathi-charge on students in UP”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The photo is of police beating up anti-CAA protestors in Lucknow in 2019, it is not a recent photo. On 25 January 2022, UP police in Prayagraj cracked down on a group of students who were protesting the alleged irregula…
“Video of UP police lathi-charging people protesting the irregularities in teacher recruitment”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video is from 2019 when police lathi-charged anti-CAA protestors who clashed with the police at Lucknow’s Parivartan Chowk. The Uttar Pradesh government, in 2019, held an examination to recruit 69,000 school teacher…
“Claim: Edappadi Palanisamy not issued statement to arrest Annamalai”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for possession of marijuana.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: In recent years, experts say marijuana arrests have happened less frequently than once every 37 seconds. In 2020, there was one marijuana-related arrest every 90 seconds, and one possession arrest about every 99 seconds.
“A law authored by opposition vice presidential candidate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan allows minors to go scot-free even after committing crimes such as robbery with murder, rape with murder, and rape.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: Under Republic Act No. 9344, or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act -- enacted in 2006 and amended in 2013 -- youth offenders aged 15 to 18 who were proven to have committed crimes with “discernment” may be held crimin…
“As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Biden may have participated in one of two flare-ups over racial discrimination in housing near his home in Delaware when he was a teenager. However, there is no evidence that Biden was actually arrested.
“Chief Justice John Roberts goes after the highest court in the land, citing their ‘inappropriate political influence.’”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“I did not walk in the shoes of generations of students who walked these grounds. But I walked other grounds. Because I’m so damn old, I was there as well. You think I’m kidding, man. It seems like yesterday the first time I got arrested.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: In Atlanta, the president referenced "the first time I got arrested.” But his story does not add up.
“Santa Claus arrested by German police for not wearing a mask.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was photographed at dinner with Democratic lawmakers.”
PolitiFact rated this: False