“These ‘peaceful’ protesters burned these horses to death.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 1 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There is no evidence that any fire occurred when a truck towing a horse trailer drove through a crowd of protesters at a demonstration in Tulsa, Okla., in connection with the death of George Floyd.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 June 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.fo/yfGv3/image
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