“Black people in the US are impacted less by fatal police shootings than white people”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Apr 2021.
TheJournal.ie rated thisMisleading
What TheJournal.ie found
Black people are disproportionately affected by fatal US police shootings at a higher rate than white people are
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 April 2021. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 27 May 2021, 35 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://facebook.com
Links recorded by TheJournal.ie. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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