“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”
What PolitiFact found
U.S. Park Police confirmed they fired pepper balls. Pepper balls contain PAVA, a chemical that government websites describe as an irritant.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
William Barr (U.S. Attorney General) made this claim around 7 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 June 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
William Barr has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- cbsnews.comhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-barr-george-floyd-protests-blm-face-the-nation-transcri…
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