\n Bob Oswald\n <\/p>\n
President Donald Trump recently deployed the Marines, along with National Guard members, to Los Angeles, California, because of protests in the city. Among the images shared on social media chronicling the activity was a video of a military attack helicopter in the skies over Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarine Corps gunship helicopter seen flying over Los Angeles. President Trump is NOT playing games!,\u201d one X user posted along with the video.<\/p>\n
But this video doesn\u2019t show a reaction to the protests, according to PolitiFact<\/a>. It shows a Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter taken before the protests began. That type of helicopter often flies out of air stations near San Diego.<\/p>\n The clip was recorded on June 2 by TikTok user Ed Martinez, who told PolitiFact he keeps an iPhone folder with videos of helicopters flying by.<\/p>\n \u201cMilitary aircraft fly by all the time, it\u2019s routine,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n A U.S. Northern Command spokesperson\u00a0told PolitiFact the military operation only involves ground support and the official Marine Corps account confirmed that in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no Marine Corps aviation assets in the greater Los Angeles area,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n Walz not connected to Minnesota shootings<\/strong><\/p>\n A shooter on June 14 targeted two Minnesota lawmakers, killing Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark at the couple\u2019s home, after injuring state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.<\/p>\n Police identified the shooter as a 57-year-old man from Green Isle, Minnesota. Almost immediately, social media users falsely tied the events to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, according to the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.<\/p>\n \u201cDid Tim Walz order a hit job of a Democrat state legislator that voted against his agenda?\u201d one X user wrote the day of the shootings.<\/p>\n In 2019, Walz had reappointed the man as a private sector representative\u00a0to serve on the Governor\u2019s Workforce Development Board, a group of nearly 60 business members. The members, 41 of whom are appointed by the governor, advise the state legislature on labor policies that would be important to Minnesota\u2019s workforce. The suspect had been originally appointed to that board by Gov. Mark Dayton, who served before Walz.<\/p>\n But there is no evidence linking Walz to the shootings, Pointer said. A spokesperson for Walz said the governor and the shooter didn\u2019t have a personal relationship.<\/p>\n A representative from the governor\u2019s office said thousands of people are appointed to unpaid positions on boards and commissions to advise the legislators.<\/p>\n Walz, in a news conference following the killings, described the shootings as an \u201cunspeakable tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n Air raid sirens not planned for vaccinations<\/strong><\/p>\n A recent story that appeared to be published by the London Daily Mail focuses on a warning about new COVID-19 vaccinations.<\/p>\n \u201cExperts Claim Air Raid Sirens could be used to let people know when a new COVID Strain is circulating, leading to quicker queuing for Vaccinations,\u201d reads the headline.<\/p>\n But this headline is satire, according to Reuters<\/a>, and it didn\u2019t come from the British newspaper.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Daily Mail told Reuters they did not produce that article and there are no online stories about using air raid sirens for COVID-19 warnings.<\/p>\n Reuters said it could not find the original article but the byline, \u201cRaddick Satire\u201d suggests it is a joke.<\/p>\n Swift, Kelce not photographed at rally<\/strong><\/p>\n Recent photos on social media show singer Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, football player Travis Kelce, participating in a \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest rally.<\/p>\n \u201cTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce ignite \u2018No Kings Day\u2019 rally, joining thousands in a stunning show of support for equality,\u201d read the headline on a June 15 post that included a photo of the couple with protesters and signs in the background.<\/p>\n