PolitiFact found that a blog headline turned Washington’s real comments praising police into this different statement. The interview it checked did not contain this police-versus-BLM comparison. Source and attribution evidence ↗
“I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!” — Anonymous
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I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!
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PolitiFact found that a blog headline turned Washington’s real comments praising police into this different statement. The interview it checked did not contain this police-versus-BLM comparison. Source and attribution evidence ↗
The fact-check rated the headline Mostly False and reported that a Washington representative told Reuters the quotation was false. Praising officers in one interview does not authenticate a fabricated comparison with a movement. Read the supporting source ↗
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PolitiFact found that a blog headline turned Washington’s real comments praising police into this different statement. The interview it checked did not contain this police-versus-BLM comparison.
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The fact-check rated the headline Mostly False and reported that a Washington representative told Reuters the quotation was false. Praising officers in one interview does not authenticate a fabricated comparison with a movement. Source and attribution evidence ↗
✓PolitiFact found that a blog headline turned Washington’s real comments praising police into this different statement. The interview it checked did not contain this police-versus-BLM comparison. Source and attribution evidence ↗
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