Rightwing attempting to astroturf Mike Brown Killing [View all]

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I saw this post on facebook with the following comment shared by someone I know.

"This is Ferguson police officer BEFORE he shot Mike Brown. Please pass this around over and over. Think Sharpton and MSNBC will show this? That means TPC will have to start passing folks"

The comment was linked to a version of this picture.



Using the Tineye Reverse Image search I found a Czech site which posted a story about American Motorcyclist Jim McNeil. The actual person pictured in the image.

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=cs&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spy.cz%2Fsport%2F9282-motokrosar-se-zabil-pri-treninku-nedal-salto-vzad&edit-text=

I responded with

"Don't believe everything you see... This picture is from a article on a motorcyclist who tried to do a backflip on his bike. Jim McNeil"

I also reported the image to Facebook though I doubt they will remove the image...

"There is a picture on facebook falsely claiming to be a picture of the officer who shot the kid in Ferguson after he shot him. But the picture is instead of a motorcyclist who tried to do a backflip on his bike. Jim McNeil. This should be removed from this site as it justifies unjustifiable violence against a minority on the basis he beat the cop when it is untrue."

I gave a link to the picture in question and the translation of the Czech web site.

Basically if you see this post on your social networking you now have all the information needed to rebut it.