“Says an image of armed anti-lockdown protesters and an image of unarmed Minneapolis protesters being tear gassed were taken in the “same state, same month.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The images are authentic but miscaptioned. The anti-lockdown protest photo was taken April 15, outside the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing. The Minneapolis protest photo was in May and from Minnesota.
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 29 May 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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