Twitter’s community notes DEBUNKS false narrative that 'white supremacist' nurse stole Citi Bike from black man
Libby Emmons | 05/19/2023
A nurse who is 6 months pregnant was put on leave from her job with a New York hospital this week after she was accused in a TikTok video of trying to steal a Citi-bike from a group of young black men. The immediate assumption was that the viral video showed a pregnant woman attempting to steal a bike from a group of young men.
Twitter's new Community Notes function, however, came into play when users started pointing out the absolute absurdity of the story. The question among people who actually know how to think began to be why a pregnant nurse, exhausted after a 12-hour shift at a Bellvue Hospital, would try to steal a bicycle from a group of young men.
Meanwhile, vitriol, anger, hatred, racial slurs, were all slung at this woman. She was put on leave from her job despite there being no indication, other than the video, that she had done anything to warrant a suspension.
https://twitter.com/BellevueHosp/status/1658465672190361600The video was used as a cry of racism, with NBC writing "many social media users pointing out the risk placed on the young
lack men being accused of wrongdoing in situations involving white women." . . .
https://humanevents.com/2023/05/19/twitters-community-notes-debunks-false-narrative-that-white-supremacist-nurse-stole-citi-bike-from-black-man
