Police Think a Man Is Trying to Frame Black Lives Matter for Vandalizing His Truck

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Police are calling bullshit on a Texas family who filed an insurance claim alleging that supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement graffitied their truck earlier this month, according to the Washington Post.

Scott Lattin and his family made a police report, a Dallas-Fort Worth Fox affiliate said, claiming that the damage was in retaliation to the words "Police Lives Matter" written on their truck's rear window. The vehicle was keyed and spray-painted with "Black Lives Matter" across the side.

After the Lattin family's claims made headlines, they were able to raise about $5,500 in donations through an online fundraising campaign and spur angst and vitriol against the Black Lives Matter movement across the internet.

But when the police began investigating the crime, things just didn't add up. The Lattin family's report said that there was no damage done to the interior of the truck, but when Fox interviewed the family, someone had slashed the car seats and torn up the inside.

"The damage didn't look the same… the story wasn't quite the same," Police Chief Chris Bentley told the Post.

Scott Lattin, his wife, and his son were all taken into custody on charges of providing false information to the police. Lattin, however, maintains he is innocent. Bentley is not so sure.

When the Post asked Bentley if he believed that Black Lives Matter actually graffitied Lattin's truck, he bluntly replied, "No."