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Snopes→ Video Shows Akron Police Kill Black Man in Hail of Gunfire
Jayland Walker, 25, was unarmed.
Truth or Fiction?→ Capitol Attack Suspect’s Group Was Linked to Police Around the United States
The leader of a right-wing group repeatedly linked to U.S. law enforcement and military members was arrested on January 13 2022 and charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol just over a year earlier. A grand ju
Snopes→ Sewell to Be 1st Woman, 3rd Black Person to Lead NYC Police
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams named Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police official, as the city's next police commissioner, making her the first woman to lead the nation’s largest police force.
Snopes→ Is Man Who Killed Cop in ’81 Helping NY Officials Reform Policing?
Headlines mischaracterized the connection between Richard Rivera, who served a prison sentence for a police officer's death, and a 2020 initiative by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Truth or Fiction?→ Were Illinois Police Filmed Arresting Another Law Enforcement Officer?
Footage of police officers seemingly arresting one of their own drew attention — and some cheers — online in December 2020, but authorities have not elaborated on the incident. As the Daily Dot reported, the incident was captured in Harvey
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘We Are the Thin Blue Line’
An attack by Philadelphia police against a Black family that came to light online was distorted and repackaged as pro-law enforcement propaganda (which we have seen referred to as “copaganda”) on various social media platforms by separate
Truth or Fiction?→ Did California Police Recommend Voting Against a Bill ‘for Racial Equality’?
A photograph of an advocacy group’s voter guide drew widespread attention on Twitter on October 7 2020 for bringing back to light a recurring nuisance for California voters. Scott Zabielski’s post showing the state ballot recommendations f
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Portland Sheriff’ Refutes Trump’s Debate Claim About Endorsement
During the September 29 2020 presidential debate, United States President and Republican nominee Donald Trump asserted that the “Portland Sheriff” endorsed him on that day. Trump’s claim arose at the tail end of the first 30 minutes
Truth or Fiction?→ Is It Illegal to Film Police in Tucson, Arizona?
A newly-passed ordinance in Tucson, Arizona came under more intense scrutiny online in early June 2020 amid protests against police brutality and law enforcement’s lack of accountability throughout the United States. As KOLD-TV reported, Ordina
Is Arkansas Law Enforcement Photographing Inmates in ‘Nike’ Gear?
The Union County, Arkansas sheriff’s department has responded to widespread outrage in October 2018 about its policy of photographing inmates in shirts bearing the Nike slogan: The Sheriff in Union County, Arkansas is putting Nike t-shirts on people they arrest and making them wear them during mugshots. Source says it is to mock Nike and […]
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Snopes→ Potentially Fentanyl-Tainted Flyers Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Found on Texas Police Cars
One officer reportedly became ill after coming into contact with a paper printed with information from a group alleging covert government mind-control operations.
Snopes→ Did a Second Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Die After ‘Exposing’ the Parkland Shooting?
Several conspiracy sites attempted to link the deaths of two Broward County sheriff's deputies, suggesting a mysterious connection to a school shooting.
Snopes→ Was a Texas County Deputy Killed by Muslim Refugees?
A 'Southern'-oriented news site seized on the fatal shooting of an officer, adding in some irrelevant and flagrantly untrue details.