Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
4 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A terrifying Los Angeles road rage attack was caught on camera as a woman allegedly went on a crowbar-wielding rampage against another driver before biting her in a vicious street brawl.
uncertain
woman → catch → brawl
Samantha Baez-Vargas, of South LA, said the confrontation erupted around 4 a.m. Saturday when the two women found themselves unable to squeeze past each other on a narrow, one-way street.
asserted
themselves → say → street
Baez-Vargas insisted the other driver was going the wrong way and asked her to back up.
asserted
driver → insist → her
Instead, the woman allegedly grabbed a crowbar and began laying waste to her car.
uncertain
woman → grab → car
Video shows the suspect calmly approaching Baez-Vargas’ vehicle before smashing its headlights, windshield and driver’s-side window.
asserted
suspect → show → headlights
What’s wrong with you?” someone can be heard screaming in the background.
asserted
someone → ’ → background
When Baez-Vargas got out of her car, the suspect allegedly turned the weapon on her, striking her with the crowbar and repeatedly trying to bite her.
“I didn’t know how to react.
uncertain
I → get → her
I was shocked.
asserted
I → shock → ?
I didn’t know how to defend myself,” Baez-Vargas told Fox 11.
asserted
Vargas → know → Fox
I felt like I could have lost my life.”
uncertain
I → feel → life
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She showed the station bruises covering her body, including marks that appeared consistent with bites.
asserted
that → download → bites
“I thought she would stop and she didn’t,” Baez-Vargas added.
asserted
Vargas → think → ?
“She smacked me in the head with the crowbar at that point, and she snatched my phone out of my hand.”
asserted
she → smack → hand
The footage was turned over to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which said investigators have identified the suspect and are working to track her down.
asserted
investigators → turn → her
“South Los Angeles Station detectives have been actively investigating this case and have positively identified the suspect.
asserted
detectives → investigate → suspect
Detectives are currently working to locate and apprehend her,” the department said in a statement.
asserted
department → work → statement
The California Post reached out to the sheriff’s department for any more details on the identity of the suspect.
asserted
Post → reach → suspect
The incident has shook Baez-Vargas to the core, she said.
asserted
she → shake → core
Her mother, Elizabeth Vargas, is pleading for the public’s help in finding the suspect.
asserted
mother → plead → suspect
This evil can’t be out there,” the mother said.
asserted
mother → say → ?
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