EXPOSED: 'Social experiment' showing black 'thugs' smashing car adorned with Trump stickers is a HOAX as filmmaker is blasted for 'perpetuating hate'
A 'social experiment' set up by a YouTube star showing black men destroying a car with Donald Trump stickers all over it has been exposed as a hoax.
Joey Salads set up the video, which has already racked up nearly 1 million views since it was posted on Monday, to show what happened after he got a car, put Trump paraphernalia on it, and 'parked it in a black neighborhood'.
After five black men destroyed the car, Salads made a gross generalization and concluded: 'As you can see from this video, the black community is very violent towards Trump and his supporters.'
But video footage from another angle exposed the 'vandals' as actors waiting patiently on the sidelines while a cameraman first trained the lens on Salads.
Salads, whose real name is Joseph Saladino, hails from Staten Island, New York, where he has repeatedly come under fire for his controversial and misleading 'social experiments' and prank videos.
Salads has been vocal about his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and many of his followers on Twitter were quick to conclude the men in Monday's video were Hillary Clinton fans. Many expressed racist sentiments.
Others slammed Salads for falsifying the events, with one Twitter user writing: '#JoeySalads doing America another disservice by making fake a** videos to perpetuate hate.'
In the video, Salads does not specify where he is and what demographics make up a 'black' neighborhood.
Salads establishes the premise of the experiment by stating that 'a lot of black people don't like Trump'.
After the YouTube prankster steps out of the frame, suggesting he let the camera roll for 30 continuous minutes 'to see what happens', one man approaches the car before returning with four others.
But eagle-eyed skeptics were quick to point out that a metal rod mysteriously appears in the bottom right hand corner of the shot after the '30 Minutes Later' title screen about 17 seconds into the video.
With no explanation of how it got there, the editing suggests the metal rod was planted there since it serves as a useful prop later on.
The rod was conveniently available to one of the actors, who used it to hit the car a few times, while his friends threw rocks into the windows and tore off Trump banners.
Another video, which appears to be taken from inside the building overlooking the parking lot where Salads' was filmed, emerged online.
The aerial shot showed the five men in the same clothes, standing off to the side, while the camera was trained on Salads as he appeared to be giving his opening monologue next to the car.
- YouTuber Joey Salads posted video of Trump car in 'black neighborhood'
- Said he put Trump stickers on car in order to see what reaction would be
- Video purports to show black people destroying the car after 45 minutes
- Salads, a vocal Trump supporter, concluded the video by saying 'the black community is very violent towards Trump and his supporters'
- The 'social experiment' has been viewed nearly 1million times in 24 hours
- But aerial view footage emerged online, exposing the men as actors waiting off to the side while the cameraman shot Salads' scenes
- Eagle-eyed viewers also noted a mysterious metal rod appeared after a jump cut; the rod was later used by one of the actors to hit the car
- Twitter users slammed Salads for 'perpetuating hate' with fake videos
A 'social experiment' set up by a YouTube star showing black men destroying a car with Donald Trump stickers all over it has been exposed as a hoax.
Joey Salads set up the video, which has already racked up nearly 1 million views since it was posted on Monday, to show what happened after he got a car, put Trump paraphernalia on it, and 'parked it in a black neighborhood'.
After five black men destroyed the car, Salads made a gross generalization and concluded: 'As you can see from this video, the black community is very violent towards Trump and his supporters.'
But video footage from another angle exposed the 'vandals' as actors waiting patiently on the sidelines while a cameraman first trained the lens on Salads.
Salads, whose real name is Joseph Saladino, hails from Staten Island, New York, where he has repeatedly come under fire for his controversial and misleading 'social experiments' and prank videos.
Salads has been vocal about his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and many of his followers on Twitter were quick to conclude the men in Monday's video were Hillary Clinton fans. Many expressed racist sentiments.
Others slammed Salads for falsifying the events, with one Twitter user writing: '#JoeySalads doing America another disservice by making fake a** videos to perpetuate hate.'
In the video, Salads does not specify where he is and what demographics make up a 'black' neighborhood.
Salads establishes the premise of the experiment by stating that 'a lot of black people don't like Trump'.
After the YouTube prankster steps out of the frame, suggesting he let the camera roll for 30 continuous minutes 'to see what happens', one man approaches the car before returning with four others.
But eagle-eyed skeptics were quick to point out that a metal rod mysteriously appears in the bottom right hand corner of the shot after the '30 Minutes Later' title screen about 17 seconds into the video.
With no explanation of how it got there, the editing suggests the metal rod was planted there since it serves as a useful prop later on.
The rod was conveniently available to one of the actors, who used it to hit the car a few times, while his friends threw rocks into the windows and tore off Trump banners.
Another video, which appears to be taken from inside the building overlooking the parking lot where Salads' was filmed, emerged online.
The aerial shot showed the five men in the same clothes, standing off to the side, while the camera was trained on Salads as he appeared to be giving his opening monologue next to the car.
