Snopes on Alton Sterling photo being circulated. It's bogus, here's the link to give out

[uppityperson]

in case you see this popping up elsewhere, send them the snopes link. This shit gets old fast.

http://www.snopes.com/alton-sterling-photograph-myspace/

ETA, if this gets alerted on, I am trying to share information that can be passed on to those putting it on facebook or other places. We need to do what we can to counter this when we see it. Thank you for understanding the need for Rumor Control.

[gollygee]

1. It doesn't look anything like him

People have done this before too - find a photo of a random black person with a gun and claim it's the person who has been killed.

[pnwmom]

14. It does if you think all black men look alike.

Otherwise . . . no, it does not.

[Scootaloo]

18. Which is what the lie is counting on

[Hoyt]

2. Oh, my white wing nemeses say Snopes is a left wing organization, no proof, but they say it.

[MohRokTah]

10. That's because facts and the truth have an obvious left wing bias. eom

[uppityperson]

3. 2 more on snopes about Alton, not as bad as the OP thing though

http://www.snopes.com/alton-sterling-killed-trump-supporter-robert-kinnison/
FALSE

CLAIM: Alton Sterling was shot and killed by Louisiana police officer (and Donald Trump supporter) Robert Kinnison.

http://www.snopes.com/2016/07/06/feds-to-investigate-shooting-of-baton-rouge-man/
TRUE

Feds to Investigate Shooting of Baton Rouge Man
The FBI and the Justice Department are treating Alton Sterling's death as a civil rights investigation.

[AngryAmish]

4. Why do they have to find a photo of a random oaf with gold teeth when

The police murder a black man?

[yardwork]

5. The white supremacists did the same thing to Trayvon Martin.

[Hoyt]

11. Exactly. The Purple Drank crap, and what they said about Martin's friend was disgusting.

[LaydeeBug]

6. I would not even allow them to have that...why is it the sacred 2nd amendment

for whites, and "proof that he deserved what was coming" if he were black.

Just like I think they ought to play Native American tribal music each time Elizabeth Warren enters a room (because fuuuuuuuuck them) I think they ought to be proudly proclaim that he like guns and wanted to be able to protect himself and his family.

I would seriously respond each time you see anything referring to this as: "I only wish he had his gun when those lawmen took his life. At least then, maybe he would have had a fighting chance."

[sulphurdunn]

7. Nothing Alton Sterling

ever did or did not do in his entire life, up to and including the moment he was killed, justifies his death at the hands of that police officer.

[uppityperson]

9. Yup. eom

[Rex]

8. Of course, that is a typical Stormfront tactic. Show a picture of another black man and pretend

they are the same person. Must work on racists.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Right wingers will toss this in your face and claim the cops were right in killing a "thug"....

"And see? you were WRONG to defend him! HA! HA! HA! Cuz you Libs are ALWAYS WRONG cuz we are always right! That's why we is called the RIGHT wing!"

Show that it's not him and they say you're unpatriotic. (Which, of course rhymes with idiotic)

[uppityperson]

13. Du has one of those, but I've seen only the one which is good.

[ericson00]

15. whatever happened to the second amendment? Even if they were real guns,

shouldn't conservatives be all for his right to bear arms?

[zz-la]

16. Oh dear that is repulsive

If this man was so violent like the right wingers claim, then why do they need to try and work so hard to discredit him. The facts should be able to do that without this disgusting lie.

[spanone]

17. god, what a sick nation we have become.