{"id":452101,"date":"2022-05-24T18:35:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/washington-post-deletes-tweet-that-george-floyd-was-shot\/"},"modified":"2022-05-24T18:35:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:35:39","slug":"washington-post-deletes-tweet-that-george-floyd-was-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/washington-post-deletes-tweet-that-george-floyd-was-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"#Washington Post deletes tweet that George Floyd was &#8216;shot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a246862413f7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a246862413f7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/washington-post-deletes-tweet-that-george-floyd-was-shot\/#%E2%80%9CWashington_Post_deletes_tweet_that_George_Floyd_was_%E2%80%98shot%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Washington Post deletes tweet that George Floyd was &#8216;shot&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Washington Post deletes tweet that George Floyd was &#8216;shot'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>The Washington Post deleted a tweet on Monday that wrongly indicated that George Floyd was \u201cshot and killed\u201d while in Minneapolis police custody two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn May 25, 2020, George Floyd was shot and killed in police custody,\u201d read the tweet which <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p>The timestamp indicated that the tweet was posted at 9:42 p.m. Eastern time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not only did The Washington Post mess this up in their tweet (left) about how George Floyd died, they did the same thing on their own website (right) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nWhNEAvFke\">pic.twitter.com\/nWhNEAvFke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1528916500815429632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHis death sparked outrage, wide scale protests and calls to change policing. Two years later, what has \u2014 or hasn\u2019t changed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curtis Houck of the right-leaning Media Research Center posted a screenshot showing that the error was repeated in a Washington Post news story.<\/p>\n<p>The error was corrected a short time later, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/washington-post-deletes-tweet-wrongly-declaring-george-floyd-was-shot-by-police\/\">according to the news site Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd is the 46-year-old black man who was arrested by four Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_14.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died while in the custody of Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-22388249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_14.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_14.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1229 1228w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_14.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_14.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=410 409w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_14.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>George Floyd was killed by former police officer, Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ben Crump Law<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bystander video showed one of the officers, Derek Chauvin, press his knee into the back of Floyd\u2019s neck for more than nine minutes as he lay on the ground face-first.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd is heard in the video repeatedly saying that he was not able to breathe before eventually lost consciousness. <\/p>\n<p>A short time later, he was hauled into the police cruiser and driven to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"631\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_15.jpg?w=631\" alt=\"Bystander video showed Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, cutting off his air supply.\" class=\"wp-image-22388250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1262 1262w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=946 946w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=631 631w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=315 315w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd_15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\"\/><figcaption>Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd\u2019s neck for more than nine minutes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Floyd\u2019s death ignited massive demonstrations and protests nationwide, many of which turned violent as arsonists rioted and looted stores, shops, and businesses in some of the country\u2019s largest cities.<\/p>\n<p>Chauvin was convicted and sentenced to prison for Floyd\u2019s death, but he never used a gun to shoot him.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Lane, one of the other three officers who was involved in Floyd\u2019s fatal arrest, pleaded guilty last week to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd-chauvin_09.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Chauvin was convicted and sentenced to prison last year for his role in Floyd's death.\" class=\"wp-image-22388252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd-chauvin_09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd-chauvin_09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/george-floyd-chauvin_09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chauvin was convicted and sentenced to prison last year for murdering Floyd.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The New York Post has reached out to The Washington Post seeking comment on the errant tweet and reference to a fatal shooting.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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