California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused the Trump administration of deliberately spreading doctored and misleading images of recent protests in Los Angeles.
On X, formerly Twitter, the Department of Defense’s Rapid Response account posted a video that appeared to show burning, graffitied police cars during protests in Los Angeles this week.
However, the fact-checking website Snopes said the image showed protests in Los Angeles following the death of George Floyd in May 2020.
In one “photo,” the orange stick figure is peeing on the black and brown stick figures who are frowning and crying. In the next, a bunch of stick figures with melon-boobs are peeing on the orange stick figure.