
Madison Czopek
Staff Writer at PolitiFact
Writing for @PolitiFact in D.C. 🌸 | Former reporting for @WarehamWeek, @CoMissourian, MLex Brussels and elsewhere | #MizzouMade 🐯
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Madison Czopek
Five years ago, on May 25, 2020, a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, during an arrest. A bystander’s video showed officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes as Floyd pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. The footage sparked weeks of global protests against police brutality and racism. It contributed to a jury’s murder conviction against Chauvin and a federal investigation into the police department.
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1 week ago |
winnmediaskn.com | Madison Czopek |Politi Fact
Five years after Floyd’s killing, false claims of overdose fuel calls for Trump to pardon the police officers involved. By Five years ago on May 25, 2020, a white police officer in the United States killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, during an arrest. A bystander’s video showed officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as Floyd pleaded that he couldn’t breathe.
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1 week ago |
poynter.org | Madison Czopek
Five years ago, on May 25, 2020, a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, during an arrest. A bystander’s video showed officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes as Floyd pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. The footage sparked weeks of global protests against police brutality and racism. It contributed to a jury’s murder conviction against Chauvin and a federal investigation into the police department.
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2 weeks ago |
tampabay.com | Grace Abels |Madison Czopek
On May 18, former President Joe Biden’s staff announced he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer. In response, several social media users began circulating a 3-year-old video clip of Biden as evidence that he knew about his diagnosis years before. “WOW: Joe Biden said literally over TWO YEARS AGO that he had cancer. The Biden regime at the time called it a ‘gaffe.’ Have they been covering this up for YEARS?” one user posted May 18 on X.
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2 weeks ago |
politifact.com | Madison Czopek
Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. We need your help. More Info If Your Time is short On May 25, 2020, a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, who was Black, by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes during an arrest. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted on murder charges. Two autopsies ruled Floyd’s death a homicide, but a false narrative quickly emerged: that Floyd died of a drug overdose.
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