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Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by itsoktocry on Monday June 15, 2020 @09:35AM (#23527128)
>The few posts saying "she was throwing things" have fewer than 10 followers.

What does the number of followers have to with whether a statement is true or not? That's absurd. Donald Trump and Elon Musk have tens of millions of followers on Twitter; I have very few. Does that make me a liar?

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Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by DanBC on Saturday June 20, 2020 @05:00AM (#23582746)
A large number of new accounts with few followers all posting the same thing points to disinformation.

But let's assume it's true: unless she was throwing bricks or petrol-bombs police should have used some other method to stop her.

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