White House Confirms It Altered Photo Of Activist Arrested In Minneapolis

The White House has confirmed that an image shared on social media was digitally altered, making it seem as if a prominent community leader and activist in Minnesota was crying during her arrest when in fact, she was not.

CNN's resident fact-checker, Daniel Dale, confirmed the image--posted to the official White House account on X--was altered to "wrongly make it seem like the defendant was sobbing." The post has not been removed, and remains online along with a series of posts about protesters and others arrested amid protests in Minnesota. Users of X have, however, amended a community note to the post describing the image as digitally altered content.