Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer at center of George Floyd's death, has become subject of false claims on social media

A Minneapolis police officer videotaped on Monday holding a black man to the ground with his knee during an arrest has become the target of false claims on social media that attempt to tie him to political agendas and racist ideologies.Twitter and Facebook posts with hundreds of thousands of views on Wednesday claimed Derek Chauvin was pictured wearing a “Make Whites Great Again” hat and standing onstage at a Donald Trump rally, neither of which turned out to be true. […]
Source: The Jacksonvill Daily News