US EditionUsing Detainees and Prisoners as Photo Props Has a Long History in American Politics
Images of detainees have been used for over a century to support immigration crackdowns, law enforcement recruitment, and political campaigns, officials and experts say.
- Detainees and prisoners have been used as visual props in American politics for over a century to demonstrate authority and power.
- Photos of people in custody, sometimes behind bars or in shackles, have been a hallmark of Trump's administration and its immigration agenda.
- Visuals of incarcerated people are powerful because humans tend to believe what they see over what they are told, according to experts.
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Using detainees and prisoners as photo props has a long history in American politics
Photos and video of immigrants in custody have been a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s administration, and illustrate his agenda to crack down on immigration.
The Minister of Public Security, Luis Cordero, referred to the statements of presidential candidate Johannes Kaiser, who during his...
The campaign closures of the presidential candidates have not been exempt from controversy.On Tuesday the events of José Antonio Kast and Jeannette Jara took place, and yesterday Wednesday it was the turn of the candidate of the Libertarian National Party, Johannes Kaiser in the Plaza de la Aviación in the municipality of Providencia.Precisely in that place, the candidate again criticized the advances in human rights, ensuring that unlike the le…
The images are as current and current as they were old and a century ago: people in custody, sometimes behind bars, sometimes handcuffed, under the watchful eye of the authorities. Sometimes as a backdrop, sometimes in the foreground, always by the decision of someone with authority. They have been a distinctive visual seal of the government of US President Donald Trump—part of his agenda to suppress immigration and carry out mass deportations.
The images are as current and of today as old and of a century ago: people in custody, sometimes behind bars, sometimes handcuffed, under the watchful eye of the authorities. Sometimes as a backdrop, sometimes in the foreground, always by decision of someone with authority.
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