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> I clicked this. It contains a apparently completely baseless claim that a masked looter is an "undercover cop". The claim also has been denied by the St. Paul

> I clicked this. It contains a apparently completely baseless claim that a masked looter is an "undercover cop". The claim also has been denied by the St. Paul police department. That is only one of the reports in that lengthy tweet thread. And it's not baseless, here is the evidence for it: https://twitter.com/dyllyp/status/1266166402521522176 https://twitter.com/dyllyp/status/1266166402521522176 Here's the tweet where the St. Paul police department denied it: https://twitter.com/sppdmn/status/1266202225677910022 https://twitter.com/sppdmn/status/1266202225677910022 Posted 2.5 hours after the original claim - fast investigation for the police to clear themselves of all wrongdoing. > Is it your intention to discredit claims of police brutality by repeating apparently false ones? Lol.

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
It seems entirely possible for the department to verify the whereabouts of one of their officers in 2.5 hours, especially if malicious lies which will put him in danger are spreading.
nullc 6y ago
> And it's not baseless, here is the evidence for it Thanks-- I didn't find that from the original link. But I don't really think it supports your argument. It's pretty hard to identify a person from just the eyes, but to the extent that shows anything it seems to contradict the claim to me: the face on the left appears to me to have a much more prominent brow ridge compared to the face on the right-- like a shelf above his eyes on the left, while the right dips in near the nose. As far as the officer's ex-wife saying 'that's my mask' -- the thread shows a bunch of other pictures of protesters with the same mask. This also explains how they could investigate the claim quickly-- they only needed to identify the location of a single officer.

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> I clicked this. It contains a apparently completely baseless claim that a masked looter is an "undercover cop". The claim also has been denied by the St. Paul

by arkadiyt 6y ago

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
It seems entirely possible for the department to verify the whereabouts of one of their officers in 2.5 hours, especially if malicious lies which will put him in danger are spreading.
nullc 6y ago
> And it's not baseless, here is the evidence for it Thanks-- I didn't find that from the original link. But I don't really think it supports your argument. It's pretty hard to identify a person from just the eyes, but to the extent that shows anything it seems to contradict the claim to me: the face on the left appears to me to have a much more prominent brow ridge compared to the face on the right-- like a shelf above his eyes on the left, while the right dips in near the nose. As far as the officer's ex-wife saying 'that's my mask' -- the thread shows a bunch of other pictures of protesters with the same mask. This also explains how they could investigate the claim quickly-- they only needed to identify the location of a single officer.