{"id":1566880,"date":"2022-07-22T16:43:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T20:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566880"},"modified":"2022-07-22T16:49:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T20:49:15","slug":"fact-check-no-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-did-not-fake-her-recent-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-did-not-fake-her-recent-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did Not Fake Her Recent Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-did-not-fake-her-recent-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-15T164447Z_927326458_RC2GCV95VTEP_RTRMADP_3_USA-CONGRESS-ABORTION-PELOSI-scaled-e1658436417429.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/daniellemdeperi\/posts\/983233152347408\/\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> claims Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently faked her own arrest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence to suggest that Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s arrest was fake or staged. It was widely reported that Ocasio-Cortez and several other members of Congress were arrested.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Capitol Police arrested 35 demonstrators Tuesday, including 17 members of Congress, during a pro-abortion protest outside of the Supreme Court, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/representatives-congress-arrested-today-supreme-court-abortion-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-carolyn-maloney-2022-07-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>. Ocasio-Cortez was one of the 35 arrested, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A video shared on Facebook claims Ocasio-Cortez faked her arrest. It shows an officer escorting the congresswoman away from the protest with her hands behind her back. At one point, Ocasio-Cortez raises her fist in the air, revealing that her hands were unrestrained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would AOC be faking getting arrested\u2026\u201d the text included in the video. \u201cOnly to forget and then wave to people?! What kind of crazy is this?!\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/20\/fact-check-jim-jordan-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Jim Jordan Tell Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To \u2018Go Back To Bartending?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The claim that Ocasio-Cortez faked her arrest is incorrect. Numerous credible news outlets including <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3566006-dems-including-ocasio-cortez-speier-alma-adams-arrested-at-abortion-rights-rally-outside-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jul\/19\/aoc-arrested-protest-abortion-rights-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/19\/politics\/congress-members-arrested-abortion-protest-supreme-court\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> all reported on the congresswoman\u2019s arrest. Check Your Fact found no credible news reports to suggest her arrest was not legitimate. The Capitol Police confirmed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscp.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/35-people-arrested-blocking-traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> that 17 members of Congress were arrested during the July 19 demonstration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is against the law to block traffic, so officers gave the demonstrators three standard warnings to get out of the street,\u201d the release reads. \u201cWhen the demonstrators refused to get out of the street, the officers arrested them for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code \u00a7 22\u20131307).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there is no evidence that Ocasio-Cortez faked her arrest, some conservatives claimed she faked being handcuffed by placing her hands behind her back, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ocasio-cortez-omar-pretending-handcuffed-arrest-protest-blows-twitter-too-much\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>. The congresswoman addressed the claim in a tweet, writing, \u201cNo faking here. Putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not, to avoid escalating charges like resisting arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No faking here. Putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not, to avoid escalating charges like resisting arrest.<\/p>\n<p>But given how you lied about a fellow rape survivor for \u201cpoints,\u201d as you put it to me, I don\u2019t expect much else from you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lUc1TPS21D\">pic.twitter.com\/lUc1TPS21D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1549809724513722374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Check Your Fact has reached out to Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s office for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no evidence suggesting the arrest was staged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}