Remember those wild protests in LA back in 2020? The ones where footage of burning police cars went viral? Turns out, someone’s trying to use that old footage to make it look like things are going down again – this time, during protests over immigration enforcement.
It’s a classic case of misinformation, and it’s important to be aware of it. Someone online posted a video of burning police cars, claiming it was from recent protests in June 2025. The problem? The footage is actually from 2020, after George Floyd’s death. The same footage was even used in an NBC news gallery back then, and it even shows the same police car numbers.
Now, that doesn’t mean there weren’t fiery protests in LA in 2025. There definitely were, and pictures from Getty Images actually show similar scenes of police cars near a freeway, but these photos are from the *actual* 2025 protests. It’s easy to see how someone could get confused, but the truth is out there, and it’s important to double-check before sharing anything you see online.
So, next time you see something that seems too wild to be true, take a deep breath and ask yourself: could this be old news? It might just save you from spreading misinformation yourself.
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