A manipulated photo of a civil rights attorney and activist, Nekima Levy Armstrong, posted by the White House on its official social media account sparked controversy after depicting her in a distressed state following her arrest at a church service protest, according to the NY Times. The photo showed Ms. Levy Armstrong with tears streaming down her face and disheveled hair, appearing to cry out in despair.
The incident occurred after Ms. Levy Armstrong was arrested for protesting and transported from the federal courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., to the Sherburne County Jail, the NY Times reported. She described the experience of being shackled as feeling akin to slavery. "They Couldn’t Break Me," Ms. Levy Armstrong told the NY Times, despite the circumstances of her arrest.
In other news, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined an "ICE OUT" protest in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County with his wife, Molly McNearney, and their children, Fox News reported. Kimmel posted a photo to his Instagram account showing his family holding signs with anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) slogans such as "Deport ICE" and "Raise Good Girls and Pretti Boys," a nod to the fatal shootings of Nicole Renee Good and Alex Pretti last month, according to Fox News. This follows Kimmel's support of Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey's profanity-laced response to the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent, Fox News noted.
Meanwhile, in Colombia, the BBC joined Colombian commandos on a mission to find cocaine labs in the jungle. The BBC reported that the commandos, a police special operations unit armed by the Americans and originally trained by Britain's SAS, were heavily armed and faced a tense situation when going after any part of the drug trade in Colombia.
In Australia, a 13-year-old boy, Austin Appelbee, was hailed as a hero after swimming for hours to get help for his family after they were swept out to sea, the BBC reported. Austin Appelbee told the BBC "I didn't think I was a hero - I just did what I did," after swimming to shore to seek rescue for his mother, Joanne, brother Beau and sister Grace, who were clinging to two paddleboards. His mother feared he may not have made it.
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