Crime and security
1,827 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“One criminal Kamala Harris freed in Minneapolis went on to murder a man in St. Paul, Minnesota.”
FactCheck.org says: In 2020, Harris encouraged donations to a nonprofit paying bail for people arrested for protesting George Floyd's death. Shawn Tillman, who murdered a man in 2022, was not a protestor she asked the public to hep.
“Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa claims the International Criminal Court need not investigate drug-related killings under the Duterte administration considering that several policemen involved had been charged and some were convicted.”
Vera Files says: While many police officers had been charged over the drug-related killings, there have been only three convictions out of the estimated 12,000 to 30,000 killings under Duterte's bloody war on drugs.
“This is not happening in Pakistan but in Delhi, a Muslim Qureshi was mob lynched by goons of the majority community in the Jahangirpuri area. Somehow life was saved after the intervention of local people. Delhi police arrest these criminals immediately and take action. Such incidents are spoiling the image of Delhi.”
“Rohingyas or Rowdies? UP Police went to check the IDs of Rohingya Muslims living in Mathura, UP. Instead of cooperating, these illegal intruders started fighting with the police. Deport all the Rohingyas from India.”
“Social media users posted a photo of Donald Trump claiming that he had no injuries from recent shooting incident”
“Smiling Secret Service Agents Escorting Trump After the Shooting !! (Image)”
“Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.”
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally was staged. Thousands of people witnessed the event, which showed Trump visibly injured and resulted in an attendee being killed.
“Fatal shooting in Uttar Pradesh, India”
“Murder is done in filmy style, the video is going viral on social media, and it is being told of Muzaffarnagar district”
“Photo of the social media user who was arrested by Delhi police for making lewd comments on Smriti Singh, wife of late Captain Anshuman Singh”
FACTLY says: The photo shows Mohd Kasim, who was arrested by Delhi police on 02 July 2024, in connection with a snatching case. This photo is unrelated to the lewd comment controversy involving Smriti Singh, which began after 05 Jul…
“Former Uttar Pradesh Police chief praised Akhilesh Yadav”
“The Criminal Investigation Division of the U.S. Army arrested the New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg”
“The video shows a police officer arrested by a lawyer under the rules and power provided by the new Indian criminal laws that came into effect from 01 July 2024.”
FACTLY says: This video shows an incident from Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow in 2023, much before the news criminal laws were implemented on 1 July 2024. It shows a police inspector named Pradeep Pandey being arrested by the anti-corrupti…
“In official capacity, Biden orders DOJ to arrest 6 justices of SCOTUS.”
“Only Muslims were arrested in the NEET leak case”
“R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.”
“A photo of Syrian workers detained by Turkish police with the intention of deporting them back to their country”
منصة فارق says: False news that is deliberately published with the intent to mislead the public or direct them towards false conclusions
“Under the new criminal laws electronic messages can be used as evidence in court.”
FACTLY says: Under the new criminal laws, electronic records are designated as primary evidence, whereas under the old laws, electronic evidence was generally regarded as ‘secondary evidence’ unless the device itself was produced in…
“The three Muslim men seen in the viral post were arrested by the CBI in relation to the NEET-UG paper leak scam. There is a bigger conspiracy of Exam Jihad surrounding this incident.”
FACTLY says: The three men seen in the viral video have indeed been arrested by the CBI in relation to the NEET-UG paper leak scam. However, the CBI has also arrested Hindus in relation to this case, not just the three Muslim men se…