China’s ‘I can’t breathe’ video falsely flagged as Taiwanese police

2018 video of Chinese cop in Shenzhen kneeling on woman's neck used by pro-China propagandists to smear police in Taiwan

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/12
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Video footage of a Chinese-looking police officer kneeling on a woman's neck has been reposted on a variety of social media platforms in the Philippines, along with the false claim it took part in Taiwan.

The disturbing footage shows a Chinese police officer in a black uniform kneeling with all his might on a young woman with long hair who screams for help.

The incident occurred in China's Shenzhen in 2018. The victim later accused the police officer of abuse of power after the woman requested a copy of the surveillance video, which shows a quarrel between her and a building's security guard.

The Chinese woman identified as "WeChat Early Autumn" (微信初秋) gave her account in a Weibo blog on Dec. 9, 2018, the day after the footage of the assault taken by her companions went viral. She said that after rejecting her request to watch the footage, the police officer dragged her to a bench and then dug his knee into her neck for approximately one minute.
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