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    Commentary: Reactions to Donald Trump’s mug shot say more about us than him

    Much to the public’s glee, former President Donald Trump’s mug shot is in circulation. Fulton County, Georgia, Sheriff Pat Labat promised it, saying when Trump would surrender, he’d follow “normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status. We’ll have mug shots ready for you.” The purpose of the mug shot isn’t equality, and it isn’t even identification anymore. Mug shots are a modern ...
    by Chandra Bozelko, Chicago Tribune Aug 30, 2023 3 minutes
    In a handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, former President Donald Trump poses for his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta Trump was booked on 13 charges related to an alleged plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

    Much to the public’s glee, former President Donald Trump’s mug shot is in circulation.

    Fulton County, Georgia, Sheriff Pat Labat promised it, saying when Trump would surrender, he’d follow “normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status. We’ll have mug shots ready for you.”

    The purpose of the mug shot isn’t equality, and it isn’t even identification anymore. Mug shots are a modern fetish in this country, and the way people are reacting to these arrests proves it. The public and police love them because they’re pornography to those

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