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Did Essex Police Tweet About Hiring ‘Minority Ethnic’ Officers from ‘Correct Background’?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Mar 3, 2023
Supposedly, Essex Police aimed to be the first county-level police force with “at least 50% Blac ...
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Rumors About Tyre Nichols Allegedly Having a Relationship with Ex of Cop Are Unsubstantiated
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan 31, 2023
Internet rumors paint a sordid and unproven story involving another Black man killed after a pol ...
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Does Pic Show Police ‘Gas Stove Unit’ Confiscating a Stove?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan 30, 2023
Unfounded fears of a U.S. ban on gas stoves generated satirical posts.
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Was Greta Thunberg’s 'Arrest' at Anti-Mining Protest Staged?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan 18, 2023
Thunberg was part of a group protesting against the demolition of an abandoned German village fo ...
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Was Adam Toledo a Member of Latin Kings Gang?
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Apr 17, 2021
"[Adam] was a good kid without a criminal record," his family's attorney said.
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Were Police Told to 'Stand Down' Amid Violence in Charlottesville?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Aug 17, 2017
Despite rumors, there was no "stand-down" order issued to police overseeing a white supremacist ...
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Scholar: Here's What to Know About Fog Reveal, the App Some Police Forces Use to Track People Without Warrants
Written by:
The Conversation
Oct 17, 2022
The tool enables law enforcement officers to see “patterns of life” – where and when people work ...
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Did a Vet Call Police After a Horse 'Refused' to Give Birth?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Apr 14, 2022
We clicked through a 50-page slideshow article to save our readers some time.
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Did a Boy at Chick-fil-A Ask to Pray with Police Officers?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Mar 30, 2022
According to the story, a little boy ran up to three officers at a Chick-fil-A restaurant and as ...
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Is This Meme About Adam Toledo and Kyle Rittenhouse Accurate?
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Apr 27, 2021
Some social media users drew comparisons between two high-profile incidents involving teens.
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Did LeBron James Condemn Columbus Cop Who Killed Ma'Khia Bryant?
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Apr 23, 2021
"I'm so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police," he tweeted.
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Did Ohio Police Say 'Blue Lives Matter' After Killing Ma'Khia Bryant?
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Apr 21, 2021
We analyzed videos frame by frame to discern what exactly happened after a Columbus cop fatally ...
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Did an Ohio Police Officer Say 'Abolishing Slavery Was the Worst Thing' Ever Done?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sep 4, 2018
A volunteer officer with the Fairview Park Police Department posted the comments online. He resi ...
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Do U.S. Citizens Have the Right to Resist 'Unlawful Arrest'?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Apr 26, 2018
It's probably best not to get your legal advice from social media.
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Did an Oakland Café Refuse to Serve Police Officers?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Mar 12, 2018
The Hasta Muerte coffee shop told a law enforcement officer that he and his colleagues are not w ...
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Video of Arrest at Houston Walmart Goes Viral — Months Later
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 19, 2018
One of two women who drew sympathy after she was seen handcuffed with her pants around her ankle ...
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Did Donald Trump Say 'Police Officers and Firefighters Make Too Much Money'?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Dec 27, 2017
A misleading headline suggested that the president used first responders' salaries to justify in ...
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Did President Trump 'Reinstate' a Memorial Day for Police Officers, Cancelled by Obama?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
May 26, 2017
Hyperpartisan web sites published the false claim that Barack Obama had cancelled Peace Officers ...
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Did the News Media Report the Criminal History of the Wrong David Dao?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Apr 12, 2017
We found no evidence that reports of Dao's past misidentified the doctor removed from the United ...
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Was a Man Charged with Driving Under the Influence of Caffeine?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec 28, 2016
Solano County prosecutors said they believe the man was under the influence of a substance that ...
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