Crime / Police

Pictures from raid of drug dealer's house in Mexico-Truth!

Pictures From Raid of Drug Dealer’s House in Mexico-Truth!   Summary of eRumor: The eRumor is mostly pictures of a vast stash of American money said to total $207 million and taken in a raid on a drug dealer’s house in Mexico. The Truth: The pictures are authentic. A BBC story from March 16, 2007 …

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Letter warns of check fraud using cell phone cameras at Wal-Mart-Fiction!

Louisiana Government Letter Warns of Wal-Mart Employee Fraud-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor is in the form of a scan of a letter from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  It warns that Wal-Mart employees are using their camera phones to take a picture of customer’s …

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The Brutal Murders of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian-Truth!

The Brutal Murders of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian-Truth!  Summary of eRumor: The eRumor tells of the horrific kidnapping, torture, and murder of Christopher Newsom and his girlfriend Channon Christian from Knoxville, Tennessee. The story claims that she was forced to watch as Christian’s penis was cut off, he was set on fire, and shot …

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How Ginned-Up Outrage Turned Two Border Patrol Agents Into Right-Wing Heroes

The fallout from a February 2005 extrajudicial shooting by two U.S. Border Patrol agents was picked up as a source of outrage by right-wing media personalities two years later. Jose Alonso Compeán and Ignacio Ramos were convicted in 2006 for charges including discharge of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence for shooting …

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