It Seems White House Used AI to Edit Photo of ICE Protesters’ Arrest
The White House appeared to share a doctored photo Thursday after arresting two people it said were involved in an anti-ICE protest during services at a Minnesota church on Sunday. The White House photo next to the ad, it looked like one of the targets was crying, while an original photo shows Otherwise.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X that Nekima Levy Armstrongcivil rights lawyer and activist from Minneapolis, had been arrested with another protester Chauntyll Louisa Allenmember of the Saint Paul Public Schools Board of Education.
“Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,” Bondi posted.
After the announcement, the White House shared the following photo of Levy Armstrong:
But like Anna Bower from Lawfare highlightedAn early photo shared by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — who otherwise looks exactly the same — does not show Levy Armstrong crying.
The arrest came after protesters entered Cities Church in St. Paul on Sunday, where David Easterwood, who heads the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in St. Paul, also serves as pastor. Protesters disrupted service by chanting “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Bonne.”
The disruption quickly went viral among the MAGAverse and the Trump administration promised to press charges, despite turning a blind eye to ICE and the Border Patrol. violence against Christian clergy in previous incidents. Vice President JD Vance earlier Thursday accused the demonstrators of Saint-Paul to scare the “little children”.
“These people are going to be sent to prison for as long as we have the power to do so. We’re going to do everything we can to enforce the law,” Vance said during a visit to Toledo, Ohio, and plans to travel to Minnesota later in the day.
FBI Director Kash Patel said in an X post that Allen was charged under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, a law designed to prevent people from intimidating or interfering with anyone trying to participate in a service at a religious center or get help at a reproductive health clinic.
On Tuesday, Levy Armstrong called for Easterwood’s resignation.
“You cannot lead a congregation while leading an agency whose actions have cost lives and sowed fear in our communities,” Levy Armstrong said. “When officials protect armed officers, repeatedly deny serious investigation into killings like Renee Good’s, and signal that they can prosecute peaceful protesters and journalists, that’s not justice, it’s intimidation.
This story has been updated.
