{"id":133754,"date":"2022-10-20T17:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=133754"},"modified":"2022-10-20T17:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:06:34","slug":"brutal-intervention-by-german-police-between-football-fans-falsely-shared-as-assault-on-protesters-rallying-over-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/brutal-intervention-by-german-police-between-football-fans-falsely-shared-as-assault-on-protesters-rallying-over-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of German cop action against football fans viral as assault on price-rise protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of police personnel pinning down protesters on the ground is being widely shared on social media. It has been claimed that protesters staging a demonstration against high inflation and energy shortage in Germany were beaten up by the police.<\/span><\/p>\n

Procurenet CEO <\/span>Gurbaksh Singh Chahal<\/span><\/a> made the claim while sharing the video. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Johns Hopkins University economist <\/span>Steve Hanke<\/span><\/a> shared the video, claiming that German police beat up citizens who were protesting because of record-high inflation and energy shortages. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>) Paytm founder <\/span>Vijay Shekhar Sharma<\/span><\/a> retweeted Hanke\u2019s post.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Based on the viral claim accompanying the video, Republic World claimed in its article that German police assaulted protesters rallying over rising inflation. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Twitter user <\/span>The Poll Lady<\/span><\/a> also made the same claim while tweeting the video. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The video is <\/span>widespread<\/span><\/a> on social media platforms with the same claim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fact-check<\/b><\/h4>\n

Alt News performed a reverse image search using frames taken from the viral video. This led us to reports by web portals like <\/span>TVP Info<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Fakt<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Interia<\/span><\/a>. When we translated these into English, we found that the video actually contained footage from the aftermath of a clash between two football clubs in Germany named FC St. Pauli and HSV Hamburg, in which German police had to intervene. This confirms that the video has nothing to do with the ongoing protests against rising inflation in Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n