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Checked by PolitiFact17 Nov 2020United States Crime and security

Eric Erickson, Atlanta-based conservative radio show host

“Says Raphael Warnock "ran over his wife" and was "arrested for obstructing an investigation into child abuse.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Police found no proof that Warnock ran over his estranged wife’s foot. Warnock was arrested after blocking officers who were doing a child abuse probe, but a prosecutor, citing a miscommunication, had the charge dropped.

Checked by Youturn11 Nov 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“* The Chechen youth who killed Samuel, the teacher who insulted the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in France, was shot dead by the police there! * His janaza was brought to Chechen and well-behaved! Inna lillahi wa inna ilahi rajioon *”

Youturn rated this: Fake

Checked by FACTLY9 Nov 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“A 3-year-old girl was raped and killed in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The 3-year-old girl in the video died due to the injuries suffered in a road accident, not because of rape. Aligarh Police posted in a tweet, clarified that girl in the video died because of the road accident at Akrabad…

Checked by PesaCheck7 Nov 2020Kenya Crime and security

Lachero

“Video claiming to show a robbery incident in Nairobi”

PesaCheck rated this: False.

Checked by PesaCheck7 Nov 2020Kenya Crime and security

Lachero

“Video claiming to show a robbery incident in Nairobi”

PesaCheck rated this: False.

Checked by Fact Crescendo5 Nov 2020India Crime and security

ஈபன் வேதா மதன்

“Claim: Altered news card being shared on the Arnab Goswami arrest incident”

Fact Crescendo rated this: Altered

Checked by FACTLY5 Nov 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video of French police assaulting a Muslim woman”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: This incident took place in Calgary city in Canada, not in France. In 2017, a Calgary cop slammed a handcuffed black woman to the floor while she resisted him taking off her headscarf. This incident in the video is old …

Checked by FACTLY2 Nov 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video of a scuffle between police and hawkers in Bihar.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: he video actually shows a scuffle which broke out between hawkers and police in Mankhurd area, Mumbai when the latter tried to topple the cart of a street vendor for selling vegetables in an area contained due to the sp…

Checked by PolitiFact1 Nov 2020United States Crime and security

Social media posts

“Says the toddler shown in a photo clinging to a police officer was found wandering, alone and barefoot, looking for his mother amid protests in Philadelphia.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: The boy wasn’t found wandering around alone and barefoot by police. He was pulled from an SUV after police officers swarmed and smashed the vehicle’s windows.

Checked by FACTLY30 Oct 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video of police apprehending the Nice attacker”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video is actually of a 2019 incident which happened in Grenoble, France in which a man who brandished knives got apprehended by the police. This video has nothing to do with the latest knife attack in Nice, France

Checked by FACTLY29 Oct 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video of French Police taking down the killer who attacked the people at the Notre Dame Basilica church in Nice on 29 October 2020”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video is not related to today’s knife attack at the Notre Dame Basilica church in Nice. While the incident in the posted video happened in Nice, it took place in August 2020

Checked by FACTLY29 Oct 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video of police lathi charge on devotees during a Durga pooja procession in Bengal as they violated the social distancing norms”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video is actually of a lathi charge by police on a Durga idol immersion procession in Munger, Bihar. This video has nothing to do with West Bengal

Checked by FACTLY29 Oct 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video of police using tear gas and water cannons against Muslim protesters during the ongoing protests in France”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: he video is actually of protests in Turkey back in 2012 when students protested in solidarity with the hunger strike by prisoners. They tried to offer prayers on the streets and were dispersed by police using tear gas a…

Checked by FactCheck.org23 Oct 2020United States Crime and security

Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee

“38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison” during the Obama administration.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: When measuring from December 31, 2008, to December 31, 2016, the number of prisoners in federal custody declined by about 12,000.

Checked by FACTLY23 Oct 2020India Crime and security

Social media posts

“A 15-year-old boy arrested for stealing bread and butter in a store”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The boy in the photo was arrested on the charges of murder, not on the charges of robbery. A 12-year-old Christian Fernandez was arrested on the charges of murdering his half brother David in Jacksonville, during the ye…

Checked by PolitiFact23 Oct 2020United States Crime and security

Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee