Alabama sheriff's 'thugshot' Christmas tree draws complaints

[Jimbuna]

A sheriff's department in the US state of Alabama has come under fire over a Facebook photo showing a Christmas tree adorned with mugshots of suspects.

It called the decorations "thugshots" in a Facebook post on Thursday that drew thousands of negative comments.

Local civil liberties groups have described the post as "despicable".

A sheriff spokeswoman for Mobile County Sheriff's Department defended the image, saying it represented criminals who were repeat offenders.

In a Facebook post sharing the image, the department said: "We have decorated our Tree with THUGSHOTS to show how many Thugs we have taken off the streets of Mobile this year! We could not have done it without our faithful followers!"
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