Social media users shared a video showing a scene involving a British police officer. Comments on the report show that some users believe the scene was recent, but the recording was filmed months ago and the incident was investigated by the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).
The video was posted on January 12, 2021 with a caption stating that the footage ‘appeared’ without giving a date. It has since been shared more than 660 times. Some social media users believed it was recently filmed, leaving comments such as ‘this scam has gone too far’, ‘this is their new normal’ and ‘What Happened to Protect the NHS’
Others online knew the video was shared out of context. Some users have noticed that they have seen the video before and asked why it was shared again.
In fact, the track was originally uploaded to Facebook on February 8, 2020. The police watchdog, the IOPC, has completed an investigation into the incident in August (here).
VERDICT
Missing context. The video in the report is from February 2020. The scene it shows is in no way linked to the pandemic.
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