While the Waller County officials have yet to comment on the “original” photograph, several graphic artists have taken to social media to refute the authenticity of it.
One graphic artist shared views on Facebook.
“First, even for a low res images, the pixel difference in the areas of concern are quite obvious. I have done a lot of retouching and this is a horrible job. The low resolution image is also troubling. Police departments use HD digital and have for sometime, even in the sticks. Why hack an image and down res it? Look at the abrupt way the pixels changes colors in the areas of question. IMO, THIS WAS SHOPPED.”
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the only defense of this reduced quality image and obvious oddities has been:
1) Of course, that's what conspiracy theorists think
2) of course, you don't support the police
3) insert race-baiting statement
Not a lot of logic to the defense. There are a lot of Qs to be answered about this picture. So far, the only defense is to attack the people asking the questions.
It's odd in this day and age for cops to think they could get away with such fakery. Then again, without this becoming a national story, maybe nobody ever notices. Maybe they HAVE done this before lol. I bet a lot of people are digging thru past mugshots to see other instances of this. At the time (if this is faked), the cops were probably thinking fast and didn't realize the floor color would give them away or that anyone would look at the pixelation.
