Schadenfreude? Can be accepted!

A video distributed via Facebook and WhatsApp shows a group demonstrating and a tractor with a (probably) filled manure trailer.

The tractor drives around the group, reverses, opens the container and... well, cast off!

This video is currently appearing in the context of a farmer breaking up a left-wing Green activist camp. However, the statement remains unclear as to which, when and where!

Screenshot Mimikama.at
Screenshot Mimikama.at

A fact check

Yes, this video is actually real and a farmer actually took such action against demonstrators. But not in Germany. And not 2018. Not 2017 either, but in the spring of 2016 in England, more precisely Kirkham, Lancashire.

The protesting group included Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson. Emma Thompson and her sister Sophie took part in a protest there against so-called fracking (hydraulic breaking of the ground) on a field that was earmarked for fracking.

The demonstration was initiated by Greenpeace and was a protest against the energy company Cuadrilla's plans to drill for shale gas at two locations in the region. The group ignored an injunction obtained by Cuadrilla to keep protesters away from the facility, which has been in place since 2014.

The farmer who rented this field then used his manure trailer as a means of eviction.

 


If you enjoyed this post and value the importance of well-founded information, become part of the exclusive Mimikama Club! Support our work and help us promote awareness and combat misinformation. As a club member you receive:

📬 Special Weekly Newsletter: Get exclusive content straight to your inbox.
🎥 Exclusive video* “Fact Checker Basic Course”: Learn from Andre Wolf how to recognize and combat misinformation.
📅 Early access to in-depth articles and fact checks: always be one step ahead.
📄 Bonus articles, just for you: Discover content you won't find anywhere else.
📝 Participation in webinars and workshops : Join us live or watch the recordings.
✔️ Quality exchange: Discuss safely in our comment function without trolls and bots.

Join us and become part of a community that stands for truth and clarity. Together we can make the world a little better!

* In this special course, Andre Wolf will teach you how to recognize and effectively combat misinformation. After completing the video, you have the opportunity to join our research team and actively participate in the education - an opportunity that is exclusively reserved for our club members!


Notes:
1) This content reflects the current state of affairs at the time of publication. The reproduction of individual images, screenshots, embeds or video sequences serves to discuss the topic. 2) Individual contributions were created through the use of machine assistance and were carefully checked by the Mimikama editorial team before publication. ( Reason )