Video of Italian police taking down a man who has come onto the streets despite a lockdown in the country.
Claim: Video of Italian police taking down a man who has come on to the streets despite lockdown in the country., Fact: The video is from Brazil and it shows Police taking down an alleged knife-wielding-man in Sao Paulo on 19 March. So, the video has nothing to do with Italy and the claim is FALSE., When the screenshots of the video were subjected to reverse image search, the same video was found in a tweet put by National Media panelist of BJP urging Police to do the same by announcing lockdown in the country., But few users have commented that the video is not of Italy and is that of Brazil. A user in his comment has even enclosed a news report of that incident in the video., Stop spreading fake news! Italian wears blue uniform anyways.. https://t.co/peMCleIvxX, As per that article on ‘Hoodsite’ website, on 19 March, Military Police (PM) of Brazil have taken down a miscreant who had allegedly threatened people with a knife at Avenida do Estado in Sao Paulo (Brazil). The Military Police have later arrested him and registered a case on him. \xa0So, the video has nothing to do with Italy. The same can also be known from the article of Brazilian news agency ‘Globo’., Due to Coronavirus, Italy is in lockdown with restrictions in place since 09 March. Recently, on 22 March, the Italian PM has prohibited any movement in the country as the death toll had exceeded 5000., To conclude, a video of Brazilian Police taking down an alleged knife-wielding-man is being shared as ‘Lockdown in Italy’., Did you watch our new video?, Agree this seems to be made up information, HOWEVER, what makes this so believable is that this is exactly what would happen if it occurred in Italy! How do I know? I lived in Italy for 8 years and have worked in close association with their their Carabinieri, FACTLY is one of the well known Data Journalism/Public Information portals in India. Each news story on FACTLY is backed by factual evidence/data from official sources that is either available in the public domain or that is collated/gathered/collected using tools such as the Right to Information (RTI).
Video of Brazilian Police taking down an alleged knife-wielding-man is being linked to ‘Lockdown in Italy’ - FACTLY