White Home shares altered picture of arrest of civil rights lawyer

By MELISSA GOLDIN

The Trump administration on Thursday misrepresented the arrest of a outstanding civil rights lawyer for her position in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.

On its official X web page, the White Home shared a picture of Nekima Levy Armstrong that confirmed her in tears with, her arms behind her again, standing in entrance of somebody carrying a badge round their neck.

The issue? Levy Armstrong wasn’t really crying. The picture was manipulated to make the second extra dramatic than it really was.

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CLAIM: A picture exhibits civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong crying whereas being arrested in Minnesota.

THE FACTS: That is false. The authentic picture, which exhibits Levy Armstrong with a impartial expression, was altered to make her seem emotional.

Jordan Kushner, an lawyer for Levy Armstrong, stated he was current at his shopper’s arrest and stated any movies and pictures put out by the administration exhibiting her crying have been manipulated photos.

“It’s simply so outrageous that the White Home would make up tales about somebody to attempt to discredit them,” Kushner stated. “She was fully calm and composed and rational. There was nobody crying. So that is simply outrageous defamation.”

He added that video Levy Armstrong’s husband shot “dismantles what they declare” and that the video could be launched quickly.

Amid rising questions in regards to the picture, White Home Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorr wrote on X Thursday afternoon: “YET AGAIN to the individuals who really feel the necessity to reflexively defend perpetrators of heinous crimes in our nation I share with you this message: Enforcement of the regulation will proceed. The memes will proceed. Thanks on your consideration to this matter.”