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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Melissa Goldin

FACT FOCUS: Minneapolis shooting prompts spread of misrepresented and fabricated images online

Federal Enforcement Immigration Minnesota - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Misrepresented and fabricated images spread widely on social media in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday.

Soon after the shooting, photos emerged erroneously identified as showing the victim, a 37-year-old mother of three. Others were fabricated to falsely show the face of the officer involved or were misrepresented to say he had a Nazi tattoo. And an old video of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was said to show him speaking about the incident.

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