Galipo said he filed a damages claim Monday against the LAPD and the city of Los Angeles, a precursor to a lawsuit. Sanchez, a Southwest Division patrol officer who has been with the police department since May 2012, is on paid administrative leave.ĭale Galipo, attorney for the French family, again insisted the shooting was not only unwarranted, but ``one of the most egregious shootings I have seen.'' Russell and Paola French's son, 32-year-old Kenneth French, was killed when Los Angeles Police Department Officer Salvador Sanchez opened fire the afternoon of June 14 inside the Costco store after what the officer's attorney has described as a life-threatening assault by Kenneth. ``I said we have no guns and my son is sick. ``I begged and told him not to shoot,'' Russell French told reporters at the Ayres Hotel in Corona. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook.LOS ANGELES (CNS) - In a tearful news conference, the Riverside couple wounded when an off-duty Los Angeles police officer fatally shot their developmentally disabled son during what the lawman contends was an act of self- defense at a Costco in Corona decried the shooting Monday and said they presented no danger to the officer. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Hany Farid, May 6, email exchange with USA TODAY Siwei Lyu, May 6, email exchange with USA TODAY Slate, March 11, The People Behind the Joe Biden Sticker That Has Colonized America’s Gas Pumps
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USA TODAY, June 7, Gas prices surge again to record high but the driver is refineries, not oil prices PolitiFact, June 1, No, a Costco gas station pump screen did not display a message that said ‘Blame Joe Biden’ĪP News, June 2, Image of Costco gas pump screen was altered Costco officials said they did not create any such message for the gas pump screens, and digital forensic experts say the image shows evidence of manipulation.
Blame Joe Biden." The photo is manipulated. sovereignty Our rating: Alteredīased on our research, we rate ALTERED an image that shows a Costco gas pump screen saying "Don’t blame us. Thanks to our members for bringing these to our attention."įact check: False claim about Biden, WHO and U.S. "These are in no way affiliated with or approved by Costco. "There have been several reports of scams and manipulated images related to Costco gas stations across various social media platforms," reads the statement. "The Costco gas station post/image you are referring to is not affiliated with or approved by Costco," Costco representatives said.Ĭostco also posted a statement on Facebook in response to the altered image. "These patterns are known as the Moiré pattern, it is an artifact due to the mismatch between the camera sensor's pixel grid and the LED screen."Ĭostco told USA TODAY in an email exchange that the message was not authorized to appear on its gas station screens. "You will notice some patterns showing up in the background of the LED screen as semi-regular grids," Liu said.
Siwei Lyu, a digital forensics expert at the University of Buffalo, detected a sign of photo manipulation when zooming in on the image. "The floating 'Yes' above the Costco panel, (and) the two (uses of) 'Yes' on the screen are nearly identical, suggesting a copy-paste manipulation," said Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert at the University of California Berkeley’s School of Information. In addition to the word appearing twice where the debit and credit options are often found, it also seems to be on the machine above the digital screen. There are several reasons to conclude the image is manipulated, according to digital forensic experts.įor one thing, the word "Yes" in the photograph appears to be doctored. USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook users who shared the claim for comment.įollow us on Facebook! Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Gas pump screen is digitally altered Costco representatives said the company did not put that text on any of its pumps. Similar posts have amassed hundreds of interactions on Facebook.ĭigital forensic experts told USA TODAY the image was altered. The post accumulated more than 12,000 shares and 800 reactions in less than a week. Costco just went digital," reads the caption of the post.
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