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“Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?”
Washington Post says: This is a conspiracy theory with no basis in fact.
“Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?”
“Joe Biden wants to "defund the police.”
FactStream says: Testing
“Says Joe Biden wants to "defund the police.”
“Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”
PolitiFact says: Obama’s administration initiated at least 25 investigations into law enforcement agencies. Our review of publicly available information showed that there may have been one under Trump.
“During protests outside the White House, Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn't let the D.C. Police get involved.”
“Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get involved" in May 29/30 protests near the White House.”
FactCheck.org says: The Secret Service said in a statement about the episode, “The Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Park Police were on the scene.”
“A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin - the cop who killed George Floyd.”
“When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder?”
FactCheck.org says: The medical examiner found that the death was accidental, due to a heart problem that caused Scarborough's aide to fall and hit her head on a desk.