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| - Fact Check: Did cops brutalise pro-Palestine protestor in LA? This video is from 2022
India Today Fact Check found that this video shows an abortion rights protester in Los Angeles in 2022. It has nothing to do with the ongoing crisis in Palestine.
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India Today Fact Check
This video is from an abortion rights protester in Los Angeles in 2022.
A video allegedly showing police brutality at a pro-Palestine protest in Los Angeles in the US has been widely shared. In the video, a policeman can be seen tackling a woman with a megaphone, assaulting her, and finally handcuffing her.
An X user wrote, “This is Los Angeles. Police brutality attacks a pro-Palestine demonstrator.” Archives of this and other similar posts can be seen here and here.
India Today Fact Check found that this video shows an abortion rights protester in Los Angeles in 2022. It has nothing to do with the ongoing crisis in Palestine.
Our Probe
When we reverse-searched keyframes from the viral video, it led us to multiple news reports from June 2022. Reportedly, a female protester in Los Angeles was tackled by Secret Service officers after she walked out onto the street and approached President Joe Biden's motorcade. The Los Angeles Police Department assisted with her arrest.
Biden was in LA for the ninth "Summit of the Americas" in June 2022. The protester, who resisted officers during her arrest, appeared to be advocating for abortion rights. She could be heard shouting, "An abortion ban will not stop abortions — only safe ones.”
On YouTube, we found this clip on the official account of FOX 11 Los Angeles, shared on June 09, 2022. As per the video report, this incident did not impact Biden's motorcade. In it, the protester said she was protesting for women's rights, making it more than clear that it has nothing to do with Palestine.
Thus, it’s evident that a video from 2022 was falsely shared as a recent pro-Palestine protest.
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