Body Cam Declassified

Does a video circulating on social media show a real-life arrest of a woman "in her own garden for growing lettuce"? No, that's not true: The video originated from an account, Bodycam Declassified, that publishes video skits mimicking police bodycam footage. The timestamp in the clip doesn't match the format for this particular type of recording device seen on the…

Does a viral video really show body camera footage of a "crazy Karen" being arrested for keying a Tesla and shooting the driver's side three times with a handgun? No, that's not true: The "Axon bodycam" timestamp in the video is a fake that does not match the struck-through zeroes seen in real police video time stamps. The bullet holes…

Does a viral bodycam video authentically show a cop pulling over a black judge and then the police officer "lives to regret it?" No, that's not true: The video originated from a channel that publishes re-enactments using the same actors repeatedly in supposedly unrelated roles and situations. While the YouTube channel's description claims to "bring you real, unfiltered bodycam footage,"…

Did a video shared on social media authentically capture a real-life scene showing a police officer "losing his mind" over a parking ticket? No, that's not true: The video originated from a channel that publishes re-enactments. Its website additionally emphasized that those videos are not authentic footage from body-worn law enforcement cameras and claimed copyright protection for its productions, something…

Does a bodycam video authentically show a black female lawyer arguing with an "arrogant cop" after she was trying to throw out trash at her office? No, that's not true: The video in which a woman who says her name is "Linda Jones" gets in a confrontation with a police officer originated on a YouTube channel that says it publishes…

Does a viral clip authentically document a scene showing a Black FBI agent being stopped by a police officer while driving a car? No, that's not true: The footage originated from a site that publishes reenactments, according to its own disclaimer. That page, weeks old as of April 10, 2025, is not a government website. The claim appeared in a…

Does a purported bodycam video authentically show an "Officer Miculitzki" stopping a blind Black man on the street and calling his cane a dangerous weapon? No, that's not true: The video originated on a YouTube channel that says it publishes scripted content. Copies of the video went viral on social media without that disclaimer present. The video (archived here) was…

Did the Soviet Union pioneer water fluoridation? Did it use it on prisoners in the Gulag system to control them? No, that's not true: The United States was the first country in the world to implement this technology, and there is no indication that the Soviet Union had the capability of ensuring the delivery of fluoridated drinking water to all…

Did the Central Intelligence Agency come up with the term "conspiracy theorist" to discredit the views of those casting doubts on the results of the official investigation into the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy? No, that's not true: Archival materials show that the term was in use before November 22, 1963, when the 35th president of the United States…

Does Mike Lindell's "Absolute Interference" video, his third that purports to prove 2020 election fraud, contain only proven statements? No, that's not true: It contradicts itself and recycles claims that have been debunked before, relying on discredited and anonymous guests who make unsubstantiated and disproven allegations. The video's orienting claim is that foreign and domestic actors hacked the election through…