Crime Archives

Was Isaiah Jackson Arrested After Pic Showed Man Kneeling on Toddler? The photograph, whose caption made reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, prompted an outraged...

True

Was Adam Toledo a Member of Latin Kings Gang? "[Adam] was a good kid without a criminal record," his family's attorney said.

Research In Progress

Are These Rumors About Daunte Wright’s Criminal Record True? Some Americans routinely draw attention to the criminal histories of Black men who die in...

Mixture

Dejywan Floyd Is Not George Floyd’s Brother More than 66,000 people reported having the surname "Floyd" in 2010 U.S. Census.

False

Did Phillip Adams Have CTE? The former NFL player allegedly shot and killed five people in South Carolina before taking...

Comparisons to a recent attack on a woman in New York were made to the infamous Kitty Genovese case.

Was an Asian American Woman Attacked on NYC Street but No One Helped Her? The Internet likened a March 2021 assault near Times Square to the notorious death of...

False

RUMOR ALERT: Suspect in US Capitol Car Attack Was Follower of Nation of Islam? NBC News cited law enforcement sources who identified Noah Green and his political views.

Did Border Patrol Find $60K Worth of Fentanyl in Burritos? News websites published reports of a remarkable discovery along the California-Mexico border in March 2021.

True

A mafia fugitive was captured after he appeared in YouTube cooking videos.

Did YouTube Cooking Videos Lead To Capture of Mafia Fugitive? Italian police eighty-sixed the man's chances of becoming a famous TV chef.

True

Was Suspected Boulder Shooter a Syrian Refugee Who Came to US via Obama-Era Asylum Program? Shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa allegedly shot and killed 10 people at a Colorado...

Mostly False

A tweet purported that the Colorado supermarket shooter had ISIS sympathies.

RUMOR ALERT: Colorado Shooting Suspect Had ‘ISIS Sympathies’ More evidence is required before this claim can be rated in a traditional Snopes fact...

Recent mass shootings have called into question whether there were shootings under previous administrations.

Did US Have No Mass Shootings Under Trump? Some social media users appear to be suffering from serious memory loss.

False