The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is being criticized after posting a video of a Black content creator with a false caption claiming he threatened ICE agents.
The clip, which appeared on DHS’s official X account, showed a group of young men standing on a field with a caption reading: “ICE we’re on the way. Word in the streets cartels put a $50K bounty on y’all.”
The alarming message quickly went viral, but users soon discovered it was doctored. The original creator, known on TikTok as @mrfloridajhit, says he never posted that caption and that his account had been hacked.
In a statement on his Instagram Story, he wrote:
“I did not post that video or the caption on that video. My account was hacked… I have no clue how they were able to get that video.”
He later uploaded another video explaining that the clip was originally part of a TikTok trend about Iran, not ICE or law enforcement. He said it was meant as creative content and not a threat.
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“It was literally a joke, bruh. I posted that months ago about Iran. I didn’t make that caption or repost it. Now the federal government’s involved with something I didn’t even do.”
After DHS’s repost, the creator says he started receiving threats and being called names online. He emphasized that the other people in the video were simply friends who agreed to participate and had no idea about the false caption attached later.
Social media users are demanding DHS issue a correction and take accountability for spreading misinformation that could have put innocent people at risk.
