Fact-checking website Snopes looked into a photo which went viral after last weekend's white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia and found the image had been doctored to look like an anti-fascist protester beating a police officer.
Neo-nazis/white supremacists shared the pic as proof that protesters denouncing the "white power" rally were just as violent as the haters themselves.
Not true.
The pic was actually taken during a clash between police and protesters in Athens, Greece in 2009.
Watch the video below, and remember: everything you see on the internet isn't
Fact Check: Antifa Member Photographed Beating Police Officer?— snopes.com (@snopes) August 15, 2017
Full Report: https://t.co/doP9v8DgxD pic.twitter.com/R5u9J4RJIj
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