{"id":301481,"date":"2025-07-01T16:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=301481"},"modified":"2025-07-10T00:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:19:23","slug":"video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from 2023 pro-Palestine protest viral with misleading claims that Muslims are ripping US flags in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-20\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7014dc4e-50d1-4376-aeea-9b2dd418197b\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"283\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">A video showing a man climbing a street lamp and removing American flags is being widely circulated on social media. Shared after Zohran Mamdani\u2019s win in the mayoral primary for New York City, the footage is viral with claims that Muslims in the city are taking down US flags.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"283\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">On June 26, 2025, X user <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iAnonPatriot\/status\/1938295539113611452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@iAnonPatriot<\/a> shared the video with the claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/lOVSL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Muslims in New York TEAR DOWN American flags..<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DxFVIYXSus\">pic.twitter.com\/DxFVIYXSus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American AF \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@iAnonPatriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iAnonPatriot\/status\/1938295539113611452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another X user, <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RadioGenoa\/status\/1938116659526701288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RadioGenoa,<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>also posted the video claiming that Muslims hated America. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/0mfwb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-301530 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-00.07.13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-00.07.13.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-00.07.13-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-00.07.13-768x871.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was further amplified by other X users such as <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1938343630437023841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nicksortor<\/a>, <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/coolfunnytshirt\/status\/1938457916794913127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@coolfunnytshirt<\/a> and <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexDuncanTX\/status\/1938283614954750036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AlexDuncanTX<\/a>. (Archives <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/uLF61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/MNEna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/1HDBe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-301481 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc\/screenshot_122\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_122.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_122.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_122-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc\/screenshot_121-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_121.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_121.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_121-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc\/screenshot_120-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_120.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_120.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_120-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The video was also viral on Facebook with the same claim. Screenshots below:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-301481 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc\/screenshot_126\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_126.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_126.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_126-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc\/screenshot_125-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_125.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_125-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_125-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc\/screenshot_124-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_124.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_124.jpg 737w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_124-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-2023-pro-palestine-protest-viral-with-misleading-claims-that-muslims-are-ripping-us-flags-in-nyc\/screenshot_123-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_123.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_123.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_123-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_123-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>To check the authenticity of the video and claims, we ran a reverse image search on one of the keyframes from the clip and landed on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MtYWDycmPsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube video<\/a>. This video, which is the same as the viral clip, was uploaded on November 12, 2023, and the caption reads, &#8220;DISGUSTING! Pro Palestine protester ripping down American \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 flags in NYC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MtYWDycmPsw]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also came across the same video in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KatieDaviscourt\/status\/1723360733956612567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an X post<\/a><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> from November 11, 2023. The caption said that a Palestinian activist &#8216;desecrated&#8217; the American flag on Veterans Day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Palestinian activist desecrates American flags on Veterans Day<\/p>\n<p>Replaces US flags with Palestinian flags in New York City <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hUN5IIWCRc\">pic.twitter.com\/hUN5IIWCRc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katie Daviscourt \ud83d\udcf8 (@KatieDaviscourt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatieDaviscourt\/status\/1723360733956612567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/11\/11\/6-arrested-in-manhattan-as-hundreds-of-pro-palestinian-protesters-swarm-grand-central-terminal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some<\/a> news <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/11\/us\/pro-palestine-protesters-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articles<\/a> from around that time on protests by pro-Palestine demonstrators in which access to the Grand Central terminal was temporarily blocked. A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/nycs-grand-central-terminal-reopens-mobs-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-swarm-vandalize-entrance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> from November 11, 2023, featured a similar video of someone taking down flags from a lamppost. The caption of the video said, &#8220;Pro-Palestinian protester arrested after tearing down American flags in New York City&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-301527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-23.23.52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"888\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-23.23.52.jpg 888w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-23.23.52-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-23.23.52-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-23.23.52-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><br \/>\nThus, the viral video has been shared with misleading communal claims after Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s win as the Democratic nominee for New York City&#8217;s mayoral race. It is from a 2023 pro-Palestine demonstration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video showing a man climbing a street lamp and removing American flags is being widely circulated on social media. Shared after Zohran Mamdani\u2019s win in the mayoral primary for New York City, the footage is viral with claims that Muslims in the city are taking down US flags. 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