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WaPo Deletes Tweet After Falsely Claiming Cops Shot George Floyd

Virginia Kruta
WaPo Deletes Tweet After Falsely Claiming Cops Shot George Floyd
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The Washington Post deleted a tweet and corrected a reader submission form on their website after falsely claiming that George Floyd had been shot by police officers.

The now-deleted tweet included a link to the submission form in question along with the following text: “On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was shot and killed in police custody. His death sparked outrage, wide-scaled protests and calls to change policing. Two years later, what has — or hasn’t changed?”

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