An anonymous Twitter account made unsubstantiated claims against Bellevue police officers. Thanks to anti-police activists and blue check mark accounts that willfully ignored the red flags, the claim went viral.
A Twitter user named @Heynongman was created in September 2022. His first tweet claimed Bellevue police randomly harassed a black family walking downtown. He said they wanted to “search the baby stroller” but the father said no.
“The officers escalated the situation by getting closer to the kids and the stroller which made the father rightfully defensive,” the man claimed.
He then offered photos that don’t show what he claimed happened. And he tagged left-wing accounts to amplify his
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