Posted on 08/25/2023 6:44:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it.
When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life. Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the United States, for the first time in history, under arrest and captured in the sort of frame more commonly associated with drug dealers or drunken drivers. The trappings of power gone, for that split second.
Left behind: an enduring image that will appear in history books long after Donald Trump is gone.
“It will be forever part of the iconography of being alive in this time,” said Marty Kaplan, a professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications.
In the photo, Trump confronts the camera in front of a bland gray backdrop, his eyes meeting the lens in an intense glare. He’s wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie, his shoulders squared, his head tilted slightly toward the camera. The sheriff’s logo has been digitally added above his right shoulder.
Some of the 18 others charged with him in Georgia smiled in their booking photos like they were posing for a yearbook. Not Trump. His defiance is palpable, as if he’s staring down a nemesis through the lens.
“It is not a comfortable feeling — especially when you’ve done nothing wrong,” he later told Fox News Digital about the moment.
Never mind that Trump, like all Americans, is innocent until proven guilty in court; the mug shot, and all it connotes, packs an extra emotional and cultural punch.
A mug shot is a visceral representation of the criminal justice system, a symbol of lost freedom.
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“Saw Sarah last night on Newsmax. After she said what she said about Civil War.. I turned to the wife and said: now Sarah will be arrested for “inciting violence” and “insurrection”.
Damn glad Sarah said what needs to be said!!!”
She is unafraid, as we ALL should be, when faced with such tyranny. It will come a time when we will be forced to show our forefathers that we aren’t a bunch of sniveling, cowering, woke wussies.
We know our enemy...just as we know what they want, what they think and what they’re capable of. History has shown us our dire future should we sit idly by and allow them to rule over us completely. All that’s required is for us to use that knowledge and make a choice. What do “we” want? It’s a no-brainer as far as I’m concerned.
Not mine. Copied off of Twitter. It would make a fantastic tee shirt.
That jerk needs to get “Nerd” tattooed on his forehead.
I swear he looks like Don Imus with a haircut in that photo. LOL.
“I’m glad he used that expression.”
I hope the mug shot has political value but expressions, like words, are cheap.
Well, somebody has to say it. How come Trump’s mugshot didn’t have the Sheriff’s seal over his shoulder? How come Trump is looking down into the camera? How come Trump isn’t standing in front of the height scale holding a placard with his case number etc? I know its a VIP arrest but why would Fulton county cut him any slack?
Try to keep in mind that although its pretty exciting and infuriating we’re more or less watching a movie. After a short intermission there will be another engineered indictment coming out of Michigan. So stayed tuned for that.
And always remember that Donald Trump comes and goes in a large full presidential motorcade with ambulance and 12-14 police motorcycle escort just as he did yesterday because I personally saw it. No other “former” President is accorded this. Only the sitting President gets an ambulance.
“… expressions, like words, are cheap.”
I can’t believe you would fault him for having an expression.. what was he supposed to do - look indifferent?
You're wrong there. Our "media" was enthusiastically leading the charge into a banana republic transformation.
“I can’t believe you would fault him for having an expression.. “
I hope that expression converts multitudes to his side but it won’t affect what happens in his trials unless juries are influenced by public opinion.
“.. it won’t affect what happens in his trials.”
I agree.
RAWR Naughty boy! *spanks*
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