Media Wonders Why Trump's ICE Lied, Forgetting US History
But this isn't some novel Trumpian innovation. This 'do not trust your lying eyes' strategy is as American as apple pie and systematic denial. From the infamous Rodney King beating, where officers were acquitted despite video evidence, to countless police brutality cases where body camera footage is dismissed or 'lost,' the state's playbook has always been about controlling the narrative,
regardless of observable facts. It's not just ICE; it's a systemic failure to hold power accountable, stretching back decades. This isn't an anomaly, it's a feature. Why are we so surprised when an administration, or any state apparatus, attempts to discredit inconvenient truths caught on camera? Perhaps because it exposes a deeper, more uncomfortable truth: the institutions we're told to trust
are perfectly willing to delegitimize inconvenient evidence when it threatens their authority. The 'lying eyes' aren't ours; they're the ones constantly trying to obscure the uncomfortable realities of state violence. One might wonder what other atrocities have gone unchecked when the public was told to simply look away.