“A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime.”
Social media posts
a campaign event in Iowa. Claim dated 4 Jul 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 July 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 July 2019, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/ABC/status/1146875438486061056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetem…
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