White House Uses AI To Alter Photo of Minneapolis Protester

January 26, 2026 - Hip Hop
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Anniversary of George Floyd's death
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On Thursday (January 22), the Trump administration boasted of its arrests of several demonstrators at a church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. And in a move that has become a signature of Trump’s second term in office, they released a photo online of one of the protest leaders while in federal custody – a photo which was found to be digitally altered to show her openly crying.

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