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  • Fact Check: 1994 Crime Bill Did NOT Lead To Incarceration Of 1 Million Black Men

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    Did the 1994 crime bill put over a million Black men in prison? No, that's not true: The Biden administration announced a plan in late July 2022 that, similar to the 1994 crime bill, would increase police funding and aim to crack down on crime. However, there is no evidence that the 1994 crime bill alone led to the incarceration…

    • Jul 28, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: 1994 Crime Bill Did NOT Lead To Incarceration Of 1 Million Black Men Different Bill
  • Fact Check: Clip From 1993 Speech Does NOT Prove 'What Biden Really Thinks About Black Americans' -- He Doesn't Mention Race

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    Does a video of then-Sen. Joe Biden saying that the upbringing and background of future criminals does not matter show "what Biden really thinks about Black Americans"? No, that's not true: Biden did not mention race when he made a Senate speech some 27 years ago in support of a crime bill. There is no reference to race in the…

    • Mar 16, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Clip From 1993 Speech Does NOT Prove 'What Biden Really Thinks About Black Americans' -- He Doesn't Mention Race Not Mentioned
  • Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Call Black Criminals 'Super Predators.'

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    Did Joe Biden call young Black criminals "super predators"? No, that's not true: He used the term "predators" multiple times when giving speeches in support of the The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which he co-authored, but he never explicitly referred to those predators as Black. It was Hillary Clinton, then first lady, who used the…

    • Oct 23, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Call Black Criminals 'Super Predators.' 'Predators'
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    Is the COVID-19 pandemic a conspiracy manufactured by "Deep State Democrats" and the "mass media" to disrupt, even rig, the upcoming presidential election in a bid to topple Donald Trump? And did the coronavirus provide the perfect cover for the mass racial justice protests since the death of George Floyd after being knelt on for nearly nine minutes by a…

    • Jul 2, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: 'Covid911 - Insurgency' Video Pushes Several Falsehoods And Unproven Conspiracy Theories Questionable
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