Facts test: Does the viral video show American police immigrants?

Some users share a video of police offers and claimed that the American police were brutally behaving towards the deported. A script in Gurmukhi is also given in the viral video, which was: “Actions against sick*Gally immigrants in America”.

The video was widespread on social media platforms.

The translated version of the text can be seen below.

Facts

First, the DFRAC team analyzed the insignia and uniform that the police wore in the video. With Google Lens, the team translated the uniform and understood that it was the German police. Officers who wear black uniforms with “police” on their backs are visible. “Police” is the German word for the police.

The team searched for the picture using Google Lens and found a similar video that was shared on March 31, 2024 on the official X handle of the Middle East. 'German police attacks hijab-carrying woman because of procedure against pro-Palestinian demonstrators', read the contribution.

We also found the video on the Munsif TV Instagram channel, in which the video also comes from Germany, in which “German police” attacks propalestinis in Berlin “.

In the viral video, a shop called Einstein coffee is visible. Geolocalization confirms that this café is located in Hauptbahnhof, Europaplatz 1. A comparison of the viral film material with Google Maps pictures shows that Einstein appears coffee and the Berlin tourist information office in both, which confirms that the video was made at the Berlin central station.

Diploma

From the examination of DFRAC it is clear that the viral video, in which deportants are brutally traded by the American police, is misleading. The video originally comes from Germany on March 31, 2024, while dealing with Palestinian demonstrators. So the contributions are misleading.