“Video of French police assaulting Muslims for not wearing the Mask and spitting on other passengers”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 Nov 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This incident took place in Romania, not in France. Romanian police arrested a group of violent football team supporters on charges of assaulting the police personnel. Romanian police also seized illegal weapons from them. This video has nothing to do with the French police
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 November 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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