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Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg is being accused of staging her detention at a German coal mine protest after video surfaced showing the 20-year-old seemingly laughing with officers.
During the purported photo-up, video shows Thunberg smiling and laughing with who appears to be another protester. One officer, clad in riot gear and a helmet, has Thunberg by the arm, while another stands next to her with his hands clasped in front of him. A third officer laughs along with them.
Thunberg falls quiet and serious as a photographer snaps pictures of her and the officers standing still. In the background, a large line of riot officers is seen standing in a line some distance away. Several photographers swarm around Thunberg as two officers then lead her toward a parking lot.
"The fake arrest of #GretaThunberg," the Twitter account TVisCOOL! wrote, first sharing the clip viewed more than 6.2 million times as of Wednesday morning. "All set up for the cameras."