US EditionMinnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version
Nekima Levy Armstrong released a video disproving the White House's altered image portraying her as crying; 73% of recent federal arrests had no convictions, a report found.
- On Thursday, the White House posted on X a picture showing Nekima Levy Armstrong appearing to cry, while Levy Armstrong released her own video Friday showing she was handcuffed and not crying.
- Arrested Thursday for disrupting a church service, Nekima Levy Armstrong was detained during an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest where an ICE official pastors, while Kristi Noem, Homeland Security secretary, posted a neutral photo of the scene.
- Marques Armstrong captured federal agents approaching Levy Armstrong, with one saying `We have to put you in handcuffs,` while another filmed and warned `We don't want to create a false narrative,` adding `It's not going to be on Twitter.`
- Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen, St. Paul school board member, were released Friday, and Levy Armstrong said, `We are being politically persecuted for speaking out against authoritarianism, fascism and the tyranny of the Trump administration.`
- The timing — about 30 minutes after a DHS photo — raised questions as Katy Tur, MSNBC anchor, said the White House shared AI-generated images without disclosure, undermining public trust.
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The White House has generated controversy after posting on social media a manipulated image of a protester arrested during a protest against the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) in St. Paul, Minnesota. The altered photograph, which shows activist Nekima Levy Armstrong crying while she was arrested, was spread without warning that it had been modified with artificial intelligence.First, National Security Secretary Kristi Noem publish…
Activist: Arrest image manipulated by WH
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church released her own video of her arrest Friday after the White House posted a manipulated image online.
"Enforcement of the law will continue. Memes will continue," the White House responded.
Nekima Levy Armstrong saw the photo of her arrest on Thursday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, heavily retouched and then shared by the White House.
Protester arrested in Minnesota church disruption says she was told video would not be shared
A Minnesota activist charged in connection with a protest against federal immigration authorities at a church on Friday said an FBI agent told her that video of her arrest would not be shared, before the White House shared an altered version of the arrest online. “When I asked him about recording, he said, ‘Oh, it’s…
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