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Did the Chicago Police Department tweet a statement in support of Derek Chauvin?

By Christiana Dillard
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The Chauvin tweet does not appear on the Chicago Police Department's Twitter account page and Lead Stories found no additional evidence that the Chauvin tweet is legitimate. The Chicago police Twitter account does not have any such tweet archived from its account.

According to its Twitter account, the Chicago Police Department did attempt to have the viral tweet containing the fake screenshot removed.

CWBChicago, which publishes public safety coverage about Chicago's neighborhoods, tweeted statistics about the viral tweet. A user asked whether the tweet violated Twitter's terms of service.

The Chicago Police Department responded: "We reported the tweet and were just notified by Twitter that they reviewed the content, and didn't find a violation of their policies, so no action will be taken at this time."

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Lead Stories is a fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism that launched in 2015. It scouts for trending stories, images, videos and posts that contain false information in order to fact check them as quickly as possible. It actively monitors the fake-news ecosystem and doesn’t wait for reader tips or reports before getting started on a story.
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Fact briefs are short, credibly sourced summaries that offer “yes/no” answers in response to claims found online. They rely on publicly available, often primary source data and documents. Fact briefs are created by contributors to Gigafact —a nonprofit project looking to expand participation in fact-checking and protect the democratic process. See all fact briefs here.