“Thank you and congratulations to Laura Baigert of the Georgia Star News on the incredible reporting you have done. Keep going! The scam [in Fulton County, Georgia] is all unraveling fast.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
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.
“Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque says reckless imprudence would be the more on point criminal offense to file against quarantine violators rather than murder.”
Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop
Vera Files says: In a public briefing a day prior, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said individuals infected with COVID-19 who refuse to go into quarantine andconsequently infect other persons who eventually die of the …
“Nirav Modi made a statement in London Court about bribing BJP leaders with 1300 crores to abscond from India”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Nirav Modi’s London Court proceedings and his whereabouts were covered in many news articles. There was no mention of any such statement made by Nirav Modi
“Post-lockdown guidelines issued by the Police Department for the safety of people in the country”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The guidelines shared in the post were not issued by any of the state police departments in the country. Mumbai Police through a tweet clarified that these guidelines were not issued by them and rated this message as fa…
“This heroine has killed two people who tried to rape her.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“I did not flee India. I was deported. I was given only 32 per cent of my share of the Rs 13,000 crore when I ran away from India. The rest were split by BJP leaders – in a London court, Nirav Modi testifies. The CBI is quiet and silent.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Claim: Malayalam actors picture sharing that women police officers”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“There is a place in the U.S. where murder is legal.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Murder is not legal anywhere in the United States. A provision in the Sixth Amendment might make prosecuting felonies committed within the Idaho portion of Yellowstone National Park more complicated.
“Claim: Was India ranked 185th in 2014 in Corruption Index”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: False
“Image showing police clamping lockdown violators legs to a wooden plank in Thailand”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This image actually shows the police clamping lockdown violators’ legs to a wooden plank back in 2020 in Colombia. Many news agencies have reported this incident. The image has nothing to do with Thailand
“Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Homicides rates have gone up in the seven places highlighted in the post. But a link between higher homicide rates to police budget cuts has not been proven.
“Black people in the US are impacted less by fatal police shootings than white people”
TheJournal.ie rated this: Misleading
TheJournal.ie says: Black people are disproportionately affected by fatal US police shootings at a higher rate than white people are
“China's nonparticipation delegitimized the arbitration proceedings in the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines' case against China over the South China Sea maritime dispute.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: China’s deliberate nonparticipation in the proceedings did not hamper the arbitral tribunal — appointed in accordance with UNCLOS — from hearing and rendering judgment on the case filed by the Philippines. As stated in …
“New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The city pulled $8.4 million, including $6.35 million in bridge money, to settle a police law suit.
“The Supreme Court of India had ordered the Centre to rename India as ‘Bharat’ in all languages from 15 June 2021”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: In May 2020, a writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court of India (SCI) to change the name of the country from India to ‘Bharat’. A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde had refused to pass any directions to amend the constit…
“Supreme Court associate justice Marvic Leonen has been impeached and removed from office.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Video of Karnataka police personnel offering Aarti to the lockdown violators”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shows an old incident that took place at Rewa city in Madhya Pradesh. In April 2020, Rewa police personnel had stopped the lockdown violators and offered Aarti as a punishment for them. This video has nothing …
“Assam Police is torturing the public in the name of curfew.”
Vishvas News rated this: Misleading
Vishvas News says: This is not a picture of Assam police assaulting a Vegie salesman. It’s an old picture from West Bengal.
“Video Shows U.S. Capitol Police Gave Protesters OK to Enter”
FactCheck.org rated this: False