“Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings”
Social media posts
a Facebook post. Claim dated 26 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
About 15 minutes before the shooting, an officer threw a water bottle and said to Rittenhouse’s group, “We appreciate you guys, we really do.”
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 August 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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