“Black Lives Matter demonstrators attack “elderly man wearing oxygen.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 29 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
A younger Black man had a physical confrontation with an older white man, but it’s not clear what led to the attack. There’s no evidence the white man was “wearing oxygen.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 July 2020, 9 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/UnitedRepublicansOfTexas/photos/a.1212684352092253/3643950112298…
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