“A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The photo is not of Chauvin. It depicts a man named Jonathan Riches, a former federal inmate.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 May 2020. Its rating was “False”.
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