The police officer taped pinning George Floyd to the ground has become the target of social media posts tying him to political and racist agendas.
The man who died in an encounter with Minneapolis police was a former Texas high school football star carving out a living in his adopted state.and provoked a nationwide outcry. It also contributed to the rapid spread of social media posts misidentifying Chauvin as the subject of politicized photographs.
A second set of viral posts on Wednesday featured photos of a man smiling onstage at the Trump rally in Minneapolis last October. The posts falsely claimed the photos, which showed a man wearing a “Cops for Trump” shirt and holding up a “Vote Trump” sign, were of Chauvin. According to Minneapolis police union president Lt. Bob Kroll, the photos actually showed Mike Gallagher, the president of the police union in Bloomington, Minn.“Can you put a stop to the false narrative, please?” Kroll told the AP. “None of the officers in the incident were near the Trump rally.”Get all the day's most vital news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning.
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