White House Posts Black Mugshots on Social Media; It’s Racism

by Nehemiah Frank, The Black Wall Street Times

Less than 12 hours after seizing control of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, the President of the United States—almost certainly guided by the twisted hand of Stephen Miller—weaponized the official White House social media page to resurrect one of America’s oldest and deadliest lies: the criminal Black male stereotype, posting Black mugshots.

In a grotesque display of state power, the administration began parading the arrest photos of Black men like hunting trophies—men who had not yet seen a judge, spoken to an attorney, or exercised their constitutional right to due process. These are American citizens. Fathers. Sons. Brothers. Human beings. And yet, they were reduced to mugshots, broadcast to the world by the highest office in the land, as if guilt were a foregone conclusion.

The White House’s decision to post images of Black men under the banner “Operation Making D.C. Safe & Beautiful” echoes a long and troubling history in America. Since Reconstruction, law enforcement and political leaders have used public displays of Black suspects to reinforce stereotypes and justify discriminatory policies.

The original article details more history.

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