“No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%.”
Michael Bloomberg
Democratic primary candidate for president. Claim dated 17 Nov 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
In short
Michael Bloomberg (Democratic primary candidate for president) made this claim around 17 November 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 December 2019, 15 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Michael Bloomberg has 12 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wj8hTM15I
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