Is it true that the American policeman called the Ukrainian flag and Biden's support with signs of dementia?

Since 2023, a video has been distributed to the rune in which the US police officer, having seen the flag of Ukraine in the violator with the inscription about the support of the current president of the United States, called the driver mentally retarded. We checked the reliability of the viral recording.

The video began to spread in the Russian -language segment of the Internet in early July 2023. For example, in the Telegram channel of the TV presenter Ruslan Ostashko (151,000 views) The video accompanied the following comment: “The policeman, having made a remark for parking in a wheelchair, noticed a Ukrainian flag and a banner in support of Joe Biden in the presidential election in 2024. Without hesitation for a minute, the guardian decided to write a referral to the American for examination of the brain. ” After an incorrectly translated dialogue, the author of the publication added: “Bravo. Destroyed, lower to atoms. " Later this news in the channel Ostashko They called it One of the main events of the day (118,000 views).

According to the TGSTAT service, in July 2023, such posts in Telegram scored more than 2 million views. So, channels shared the video Tariknezalejko️️ (288,000 views), "Z-News | Army 18+"(172 000),"Bullet"(153,000),"Sheikh Tamir"(149,000),"What happened?"(116 000),"Federation"(107 000),"Yakov Kedmi"(96 000), Gura Anton (70,000) and others. Similar publications could be found in "VKontakte","Classmates" And Livejournal.

The second wave of the spread of this video began a year later. So, in July 2024, the video was published by the Telegram channel "Three heroes and Zelensky addict", Whose post scored more than 110,000 views. Other channels placed similar records (examples here, here, here, here And here). Also, the video laid out publics in "VKontakte". For example, in the community "Russia»Fasting from the video scored 35,000 views.

In both cases, a 30-second video spread, however, in 2024, its cropped version with added Russian-speaking subtitles became popular (the translation is incomplete and made with errors). The video removed from the passenger compartment allegedly shows how the policeman communicates with the driver. Such a dialogue occurs between them:

- ... arranged a day of mental health!
“I praise you again for this.” Unfortunately, you cannot arrange it, illegally parked on the spot for people with disabilities. This causes great inconvenience to those citizens who really have disability, and some of them are veterans of the Armed Forces of our country. Do you understand? Today I will help you avoid paying a very large fine by writing this fine to you with the possibility of correction (Fix -it Ticket - In the United States, such a penalty ticket allows you to cancel the punishment if the violation is eliminated. - approx. Ed.).
- What to fix?
- And this is on your rear view mirror there is a Ukrainian flag where Biden 2024 is written?
- Yes, hanging.
- Fine. So you are mentally retarded. This [resolution] will give you two weeks to consult your attending physician to receive any certificate or a confirming diagnosis.

Video: social networks

IN non -cadre Versions of the video can be seen @cjhumboldt (in the second version of the viral video, it is not visible completely). "Verified" found in Tiktok account BlackMarketVikings (“Black Market Vikings”) with the same userneum, where the desired video with the signature “Fix It Ticket #blackMarketvikings” was Published July 13, 2023 and scored a little less than 9,000 views. The description of the profile indicates the name of the same name YouTube channel: “Click on the link, watch the movie. All past and future content on YouTube. ” There is a video about a policeman appeared As early as June 15, 2023, it was watched less than 2000 times.

Video: @BlackMarketVikings (YouTube)

“BlackMarketvikings originates in the criminal district of Humboldt in North California and is a global tribe of non-standard thought outsiders who believe in themselves, refuse to obey humor, which can be found in various characters, situations and obstacles,” the description of YouTube channel reads. On site He is represented as follows: “BlackMarketvikings is a media and marketing company that sponsor the group of comedians from the Gumboldt district. Our goal is on an ongoing basis to provide a rough and non -den without bills, defeating generally accepted narratives. ”

"Verified" studied the social networks BlackMarketvikings and found out that a person in a police uniform from a video dispersed on a rune The name is Siji, he is the founder of the team and appears in most videos, and often in the image of the law enforcement.

Photo: Site screenshot YouTube.com

The video that has become a viral in the Russian -speaking segment of the network is one of the many BlackMarketVikings shot in this format. They are built on the same principle: police officers write a fine or make a remark to the driver sitting in the car. Moreover, in the process of communication, some topic is ridiculed: for example, Veganism or Gender identity.

Photo: collage "Checked" / Screenshots of the site YouTube.com

A driver who allegedly hung a Ukrainian flag with words of Biden's support also appeared In one of the subsequent BlackMarketvikings video. By this person It turned out The yung jonah rapper, which, according to his profile on Instagram*, also lives in the Gumboldt district.

Thus, in RuNet they distributed a staged video where a police officer depicted an American video blogger, and not a real representative of law enforcement agencies. Initially, the record appeared on the social networks of the collective of comedians who shoot humorous sketches.

*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.

Photo on the cover: screenshot video @blackMarketvikings (YouTube)

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