post shared on social media Lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr. is said to have claimed that he died mysteriously after filing a claim for compensation.
Verdict: Misleading
That claim is inaccurate.
Fact check:
California recently introduced a reparations bill in the state legislature at the end of January. politiko report. This package does not include cash payments as part of the compensation package.
A post shared on Instagram said Cochrane died under mysterious circumstances. The post includes a video of Cochran speaking about his lawsuit against the federal government.
The caption reads: “Before his mysterious death, Johnnie Cochran was suing the government for slavery compensation (sic).”
Cochrane did not die mysteriously. In 2003 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and in 2005 died According to , due to complications of the disease Los Angeles Times.
The lawyer received treatment at the following hospitals: Cedars-Sinai at the Los Angeles Medical Center in 2007 as part of a research program to study possible treatments for the tumor. Cochran’s widow, Dale Cochran, donated to research at the Cedars-Sinai Institute.
Before his death, Cochran was working on a compensation case.The project was called compensation evaluation group, CBS News report. (Related: Video claiming Chinese Communist Party is destroying mosques)
This isn’t the first time misinformation has been shared online. Check Your Fact debunked claims that images showed anti-Netanyahu protests in Tel Aviv.
