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Snopes→ Did Police in NC ‘Escort’ Proud Boys to LGBTQ Library Event?
Outraged social media posts went viral after a "Pride reading time" event at Pine Valley Library in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Snopes→ Texas Top Cop: Uvalde Police Could Have Ended Rampage Early on
The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response an “abject failure” during testimony.
Snopes→ Report: Police in Uvalde Had Rifles Earlier Than Known
It marks the latest embarrassing revelation about the failure of law enforcement to thwart the attack.
Snopes→ Police: Amazon Fisherman Confesses to Killing Missing Pair
A fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil’s remote Amazon and took police to a site where human remains were recovered.
Snopes→ Brazil Official: Police Find Human Remains in Amazon Search
Justice Minister Anderson Torres said the remains had not been identified.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Has NOT Been Taking Down Photo Of Police Officer Praying
Does Facebook keep taking down a photo of a police officer praying? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Facebook told Lead Stories in a June 14, 2022, email that this was not true. The post does not violate Facebook's policies and the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Capitol Police Just Opening Gates, Letting Rioters In On January 6, 2021
Does a video show U.S. Capitol Police just opening the gates for rioters on January 6, 2021, so they could attack the Capitol? No, that's not true: Marcus DiPaola, the freelance journalist who shot the video, told Newsweek in a January 7,
FactCheck.org→ Examining Uvalde’s Police Spending
For the fiscal year ending in September, spending on police is expected to account for 37% of general fund expenditures in the city of Uvalde, Texas. But police spending is projected to make up about 17% of the city’s total operating expenditures
Snopes→ Justice Department Opens Probe into Louisiana State Police
The U.S. Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police.
Full Fact→ Video of driver escaping police roadblock by driving on roof of bus is not real
A widely-shared video posted to Facebook which purports to show spectacular footage of a driver escaping a police roadblock is not real. In the video a blue car manages to avoid a roadblock by driving off a ramp next to a tunnel and using the roof of a
Snopes→ Report: Police Knew of Injured at Texas School While Waiting
Sixty officers had assembled on the scene by the time four officers made entry, according to the report.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Australian Police Officer’ Does NOT Detail Increase In Homicide Rate A Year After New Gun Control Laws Were Introduced
Did an Australian police officer named "Ed Chenel" detail an increase in that country's homicide rate a year after new gun control laws were introduced? No, that's not true: It's unclear whether Chenel ever existed but statistics from the
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Rumors of race-based threats to Walmart stores in San Bernardino not credible, police say
White supremacists are going to be “shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans” in San Bernardino, California.
Snopes→ Students of Color Push Back on Calls for Police in Schools
Police inside schools can make some students more uneasy, not less.
Snopes→ Police Fatally Shoot Texas Escapee Who Killed 5 While on Run
Gonzalo Lopez, 46, died in a shootout with police in Jourdanton, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of San Antonio.
Snopes→ Texas Senator: School Police Chief Didn’t Know of 911 Calls
Sen. Roland Gutierrez said it was a “system failure” that word of the pleas for help from people inside Robb Elementary School did not make their way to school district police Chief Pete Arredondo.
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – World Economic Forum does not have its own police force
The World Economic Forum has its own police force.
Snopes→ Police: Tulsa Gunman Targeted Surgeon He Blamed for Pain
A man who blamed his surgeon for continuing pain after a recent back operation bought an AR-style rifle and opened fire hours later at a Tulsa medical office, killing the doctor and three other people.
Snopes→ Tulsa Police Report Active Shooter, ‘4 Casualties, Including the Shooter’
The Tulsa Police Department is providing updates on social media and reported multiple injuries as well as four casualties, "including the shooter."
Poynter→ Armed campus police do not prevent school shootings, research shows
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has blamed others for politicizing the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, to advance discussions about gun access. To Cruz, the answer is simpler. “We know from past experiences that the most […] The post Armed c
Snopes→ Texas Police: Teacher Closed Propped-Open Door Before Attack
An exterior door at Robb Elementary School did not lock when it was closed by a teacher shortly before a gunman used it to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers, leaving investigators searching to determine why, state police said.
Snopes→ Does the World Economic Forum Have Its Own Police Force?
Photos of police badges with a WEF logo have made the rounds online.
Snopes→ Probe Could Shed Light on Police Time Lapse in Uvalde Deaths
Officers in Uvalde, Texas, took more than an hour to kill a shooter who massacred 19 children.
Snopes→ Official: Kids to 911 During Siege: ‘Please Send the Police’
Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman.
Snopes→ Gunman’s Final 90 Minutes Fuel Questions About Police Delays
What happened in those 90 minutes has fueled mounting public anger and scrutiny over law enforcement's response to the rampage.
Snopes→ Police: Texas Gunman Was Inside the School for over an Hour
According to other details revealed at a news conference, the shooter entered through an unlocked door.
Snopes→ Rumors of Threat Against Black People at Walmart Unfounded, Police Say
A piece of copypasta spread baseless rumors around social media.
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – Research: Armed campus police do not prevent school shootings
“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
Snopes→ Onlookers Urged Police to Charge into Texas School
Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman's rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, a witness said.
PolitiFact→ Winsome Earle-Sears – Did Merrick Garland 'sic' police on parents at school board meetings?
Merrick Garland “sicced the police on parents when they were at the school boards simply trying to be heard for the safety of their children.”
Logically→ A video shows U.P. Police officers rescuing themselves from an overturned vehicle in a flooded street.
The viral video is from Rajasthan, not Uttar Pradesh.
PolitiFact→ Rebecca Kleefisch – Democrat Evers is not ‘a big proponent' of defunding police, as GOP challenger Kleefisch claims
Says Gov. Tony Evers is “a big proponent of this defund the police movement.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Haven, Kansas ‘In God We Trust’ Police Vehicle Controversy
On May 3 2022, Kansas.com reported that officials in Haven, Kansas came to a decision about having controversial references to religion on police vehicles: The Haven City Council voted Monday [May 2 2022] to remove the “In God We Trust” decals fro
Logically→ A video shows a Hindu police officer faking an injury to incite violence against Muslims in Jodhpur.
ASI Dhannaram of Jodhpur has filed a First Investigation Report against unidentified persons for injuries sustained during a stone-pelting incident.
Snopes→ Report Calls out Abuse of Social Media by Minneapolis Police
Minneapolis police used covert or bogus social media accounts to monitor Black individuals and groups despite having no clear public safety rationale for doing so.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking a super PAC attack on Dr. Oz over defunding police, Obamacare, COVID-19, immigration
A super PAC launched a wide-ranging and misleading ad about key stances held by Dr. Mehmet Oz. We tackled each point, one by one.
PolitiFact→ Pennsylvania Conservative Fund – Attack on Senate hopeful Oz is wrong that he was spokesman for group that wanted to defund police
Mehmet Oz “was a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”
Logically→ The image from a video shows Uttar Pradesh police beating people offering prayers on the street.
An old video from Madhya Pradesh in 2021 purports to show police thrashing people offering prayers on the street in Uttar Pradesh.
Snopes→ Police Release Videos in Probe of Baldwin Film-Set Shooting
Data files released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office include lapel camera recordings taken by a commanding officer.