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A video circulating on social media claims a group of Lemoore youth recently assaulted a woman and stole Donald Trump signs from residents’ yards. Local police say the video is misleading.
The video shows a man punching another woman in front of a house. Subsequent clips show a group of juveniles driving around stealing Trump-Pence signs from multiple yards and using profanity to express their dislike for the Republican presidential candidate.
Various social media posts determined the incidents happened in Lemoore.
Lemoore Police Chief Darrell Smith said police learned about the video and immediately started to investigate. After reviewing the video, Smith said, police determined that none of the locations shown in the video are in Lemoore. Police were unable to locate the assault victim or anyone who had Trump signs stolen from their homes.
“If it did occur in Lemoore, we were going to make sure they were held accountable,” Smith said.
Hanford police saw the video Sunday along with the caption, “White woman being beaten over Trump sign.” Hanford police Lt. George Hernandez said an investigation found that the fight and the sign thefts both occurred in Hanford, but they were not related.
“There is an assault that occurred, but it had nothing to do with Trump signs,” Hernandez said.
Police said the fight occurred around 7:50 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of North Douty Street. A juvenile reportedly witnessed the fight and recorded it with his cellphone. He left the scene after the fight.
Later in the day, police said the boy who recorded the fight and another boy both decided to steal Trump yard signs throughout north Hanford. The boys posted the videos of the fight and the thefts on Twitter and Snapchat.
The two juveniles who stole the signs were cited and released to their parents on theft charges. The juvenile who committed the assault was cited for assault and released to his parents. None of the suspects’ names were released because they are minors.
Hernandez said the fight was not related to the woman’s political views. He said the victim told police she never had a Donald Trump sign...