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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Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after the White House shared an altered image
A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church has released her own video of her arrest, after the White House posted a manipulated image online. The video, shot by civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong's husband and released by her organization, shows her being approached by federal agents. At no point does she appear to cry, contradicting the White House's portrayal. In the video,…
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Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version
A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church has released her own video of her arrest, after the White House posted a manipulated image online.
'How do you trust the White House?' Anchor corners Republican lawmaker on doctored images
MS NOW anchor Katy Tur squeezed Republican lawmaker Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) regarding White House fabrications and shared click-bait targeting U.S. citizens and protestors.“How do you trust the White House when they're saying ‘we're getting all the worst of the worst’ … when the numbers don't back it up, and then also when they're putting out fake imagery,” said Tur, referring to a White House shared image of a protester edited to transform her exp…
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