A video that shows police officers knocking over a man in a wheelchair has been viewed thousands of times on social media with a claim that it was filmed during protests against Covid-19 restrictions in Australia in 2021. But the video has been shared in a false context; it was filmed in the US. The clip has circulated in reports about police arresting a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020.

The video was shared on Facebook on November 19, 2021.

Its caption, written in both Korean and English, reads: "Australian system pigs beating up a crippled black c0vid tyranny protester".

The video circulated online alongside the false claim as protests rocked Australia over the country's Covid-19 measures.

In August, hundreds were arrested after violent clashes between anti-lockdown protesters and police in Australia's two largest cities, AFP reported.

Protests against vaccine mandates for construction workers were staged in September.

In November, thousands decrying Covid-19 inoculations gathered in cities around the country.

The same video was also viewed more than 9,000 times with similar Korean and English-language claims here, here and here on Facebook, and here on Twitter.

But the video was actually filmed in the US.

A reverse image search on Google of screenshots from the video showed the same footage was embedded in this Newsweek report on July 16, 2020.

"Police have arrested a man who was allegedly thrown out of his wheelchair by officers in Tuesday's Black Lives Matter...

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