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“The Buffalo protester pushed to the ground “had been previously arrested 300 times. 82 times for incitement. Riots is what he does for a living.”
Social media posts a Facebook post. Claim dated 9 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 9 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 June 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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