![]() In the footage, Posobiec was not physically restrained. The officers did not provide a reason why police were talking with Posobiec. Then, a person off camera began questioning the officers about why they were "detaining" Posobiec, and the remainder of the video was focused on the interaction between the person off camera and the authorities. In the footage, Posobiec was on the patio outside a restaurant and initially appeared to be speaking with uniformed police officers and other people wearing plain clothes who are not identified. In his video, Trump says, "Yesterday in Davos, Jack Posobiec, an American journalist, was detained there for a matter of time," speculating that it was because Posobiec was "going against their agenda." ![]() When asked if Posobiec was detained, Walser said it’s clear from the video that he was not. Police in the Grisons canton did not arrest any journalist in Davos, Walser said. "This news is fake!" wrote Markus Walser, a spokesperson for police from the Grisons canton, or district, where the World Economic Forum is held. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)īut Posobiec was neither arrested nor detained in Davos, police said. The video was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Trump used the word "detained" when narrating the video, and wording at the top of the video also used the word detained rather than arrested. As the World Economic Forum took place in Davos, Switzerland, video of an interaction between police and conservative pundit Jack Posobiec spurred multiple false claims on social media.Ī video posted May 24 by Donald Trump Jr., was captioned, "American journalist arrested at World Economic Forum." The video shows Posobiec, a former One America News Network personality now affiliated with conservative news organization Turning Point USA, outside what appears to be a restaurant while uniformed police stand nearby.
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