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Fact check: Photo of police and protesters is from 2011 student demonstration

By: PA News

Published: 17:34, 20 November 2024

Updated: 17:40, 20 November 2024

A police officer watches a tractor during a protest by farmers in central London over the changes to inheritance tax (James Manning/PA)

A social media user posted a photo from picture agency Alamy of a crowd of police alongside the words: “Police turn out on a tuesday (sic) for the people that feed them, namely the farmers.”

The photo was taken during a student protest in November 2011, while the demonstration by famers against inheritance tax changes was held in London on Tuesday, November 19 2024.

Performing a Google Lens reverse image search on the photograph leads to the website of PA Media’s stock imagery agency Alamy where the picture is captioned: “Huge police presence during students protest in central London UK, about cuts to public spending and increase in tuition fees”.

The image is dated as being taken on November 9 2011, which was a Wednesday.

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