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		itsoktocry on June 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on ... >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?

DanBC on June 20, 2020 [–]

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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