“Video shows Hawaiians being evicted after Maui wildfires.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram reel. Claim dated 5 Sep 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This video is from a 1985 documentary about native Hawaiians being arrested and evicted on a beach in Honolulu, which is more than 100 miles from Maui, where the wildfires ignited in August.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2023, 10 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cw0ULJXsC8s/
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