This shocking video is currently spreading again on social networks.
Police officers knock a man out of his wheelchair and arrest him.
The clip is distributed with the claim that the video was made as part of an anti-coronavirus demo in Australia in 2021 – but this claim is a hoax.
What’s up with the video?
The shocking recordings are not made in the context of an anti-coronavirus demo in Australia – but rather during a “Black Lives Matter” protest in the US metropolis of Los Angeles in July 2020.
Uploads of the video from this time show that the video was not made in 2021.
Proof that the clip does not come from Australia: The words “Los Angeles” can be read on the uniform of one of the police officers.
A post from the Los Angeles Police Department also makes it clear when and where the clip was made.
Bodycam footage published by the LAPD in July 2020 shows the situation from the perspective of one of the officers involved.
The case shows how easily videos on social media can be out of context. Old recordings of a “Black Lives Matter” protest in Los Angeles are turned into a corona demo in Australia.
How do we examine videos for manipulation in the editorial office? It is important to take a look at the details. The individual frames of a video often reveal whether a video has been edited. We take a close look at each picture and enlarge individual sections. Indications of a fake are, for example: lack of motion blur, unnatural shadows or cutting errors. At stern, the general rule is: Seriousness over speed. We always double-check facts and material carefully before we publish them. To do this, we work with the cross-editorial “Verification Team” together with RTL, NTV, RTL2, and Radio NRW.