Fake: Video of Muslim girl being thrown to the ground by police is not from France
New Delhi, Nov 05: A video of a handcuffed woman being hit to the ground face-first has been widely circulated on social media. It has been claimed that this video is from France and the police there tried to rip a Muslim woman's burqa.
The
video
has
been
captioned
as
French
Police
arrests
young
Muslim
girl
and
by
force
this
Nazi
police
forcefully
trying
to
take
her
scarf
off
from
young
lady's
head,
after
that
so
horrible
western
democracy.
Using reverse image search, OneIndia found that the video is not from France. The video was shot in Calgary, Canada in 2017. The lady was arrested for violating a court-ordered curfew. The officer in question is currently under-trial.
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The officer, Alex Dunn escorts the woman Dalia Kafi and when he tries to remove her headscarf she resists. Dunn then throws her to the floor. In 2019 Dunn was charged and is currently undertrial for assault.
There are several reports in the media about this incident and the trial. It can be concluded that this video is being circulated with a false claim that it is from France.
Fact Check
Claim
French police officer throws Muslim girl to the ground
Conclusion
This is a video from Canada and was shot three years back