After the Department of Homeland Security’s official X account posted a video featuring a group of Black teenagers that many have called out as fake, Kristi Noem, the director of the department, was called out by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA). The representative demanded that the video be deleted, or Noem would have to answer for the apparent digital manipulation in Congress.
According to Raw Story, on Oct. 17, the DHS posted the video, which depicts several young Black men posturing in a park, with a caption that conveys that the group was openly threatening Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. However, it was not long until users on social media found the original video, wherein the threat, issued in jest, was actually aimed at Iran, not ICE.
The DHS captioned their version of the video, “FAFO,” an acronym that is an abbreviation for a popular Black American saying, ‘F— around and find out.’ The caption continued, “If you threaten or lay hands on our law enforcement officers we will hunt you down and you will find out, really quick. We’ll see you cowards soon.”
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The person believed to be the original creator of the video allegedly responded, in a post shared by Democratic congressional candidate Danny Glover, that he was shocked that something that was created as a joke was actually being used by the federal government as a scare tactic.
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