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In early June, Tony Hawk was championed as a hero on social media for speaking out at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting. One problem: it wasn’t him.
The confusion came when an angry “Tony Hawk” called into a public Zoom meeting to voice, as many others did, frustration at the LA Police Department's handling of protests in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers. The caller urged, bluntly, for the resignation of LA police Chief Michel Moore.
Within moments, the real Tony Hawk – the pro skater and video game brand icon – saw his social media notifications erupt. Hawk, speaking on the phone from his north San Diego County office in Vista, in the US state of California, says that at first he was confused. Why was everyone tagging and celebrating him?
But Hawk wasn’t upset by the case of mistaken identity once he heard the recording of the Zoom meeting. “The sentiment wasn’t bad.”
Hence, Hawk did not go on a major offensive to “chase it down” and demand the removal of any posts, though he did make it clear that it was not him on the call. He dispelled the false claim by asking followers to make a donation to racial justice advocacy group Colour of Change.