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There have been recent clashes in the Los Angeles UCLA where police clashed with Pro-Palestinian protesters in the campus. Amidst the news, 3 disturbing images are being shared and claimed that they are of a recent pro-Palestinian UCLA clash between protesters and the police.
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Multiple others were also found to share the same group of images and claimed to be of UCLA protests.
![Rubber Bullets Rubber Bullets](https://dfrac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-114713.png)
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Fact Check
We investigated the images shared by the users. On investigation, we found that 2 out of 3 images were not from the recent protest.
The first image which shows a girl injured on her face was was taken by Paul Sakuma of the Associated Press in 2003 Oakland protest against Iraq War at the port of Oakland.
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The second image where rubber bullets can be seen in the hands was found on Alamy. The website further mentioned that the image was clicked by Liam McBurney on 9 August 2021.
![Rubber Bullets Rubber Bullets](https://dfrac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-51.png)
Conclusion
Thus from the fact check it is clear that 2 out of 3 images shared are not from the recent UCLA protest. One was found from the year 2003 and the other from 2021.
DFRAC Analysis: Misleading