Was Greta Thunberg's Detention By German Police Staged? A Fact Check
By Archis Chowdhury Social media is rife with videos showing Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg being held by German police as photographers come and take pictures, with the claim that it shows her recent detention by the German police being staged as a publicity stunt. BOOM found this claim to be false; the German police denied these claims andtold Reuters that Thunberg was detained, and not arrested, and was eventually released after an identity check. A spokesperson for the interior ministry of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where Thunberg was detained, told the BBC that ...