When the New York Police Department asked people to tweet photos of themselves with police officers on Tuesday, the campaign backfired, as many responded with photos depicting police brutality.
The backlash then took on in other cities, like Los Angeles.
#myLAPD at MacArthur Park on #MayDay 2007. pic.twitter.com/LKbflD10sI
— LA CAN (@LACANetwork) April 22, 2014
People in countries around the world also created iterations of the hashtag to tweet photos of arrests and protests.
In Greece, people used #myELAS:
να προσθεσω το λιθαρακι μου #myELAS #syntagma #PoliceBrutality police right? pic.twitter.com/fUJuiyVCMY
— George Panag (@George_Panagiot) April 23, 2014
#myNYPD #myELAS #miPolicia #DankePolizei #myPS #miaPolizia #Greece pic.twitter.com/6r2dJj1ceX
— Ygritte Snow (@AthenaDimiDimi) April 23, 2014
In Mexico, people tweeted with #MiPolicíaMexicana:
Comienzan tuiteros a enviar fotos de los excesos de policías de México similares a campaña #myNYPD #MiPolicíaMexicana pic.twitter.com/oYaed3OIkU
— Demian Sánchez (@psicdemian) April 23, 2014
