Mug shots

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what are mug shots? 

this definitely is one such:


and this:

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however, it's another kind of mug shot that's more interesting because what is pictured is a human being.

this is not a mug shot:


this one is:

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A mug shot, mugshot, police photograph, or booking photograph, is a photographic portrait taken after one is arrested. The purpose of the mug shot is to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of the arrested individual to allow for identification by victims and investigators. Most mug shots are two-part, with one side-view photo, and one front-view. They may be compiled into a mug book in order to determine the identity of a criminal. In high-profile cases mug shots may also be published by the media. (wikipedia)

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The mug shot was invented by Allan Pinkerton, a famous U.S. detective of the 19th Century. The Pinkerton National Detective Agency first began using these on Wanted posters from the Wild West days. By the 1870s the agency had amassed the largest collection of mug shots in the United States. The paired arrangement may have been inspired by the 1865 prison portraits taken by Alexander Gardner of accused conspirators in the Lincoln assassination trial, though Gardner's photographs were full-body portraits with only the heads turned for the profile shots. (wikipedia)

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The term derives from mug, an English slang term for face, dating from the 18th century.

The phrase is also sometimes used to refer to any small picture of a face used for any other reason. (wikipedia)

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Benito Mussolini, 1903


Al Capone, 1931


Elvis Presley, 1970

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Jim Morrison, 1963


Jim Morrison, 1970


Frank Sinatra, 1938

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it takes all kinds, from the vintage charming to the uncharming:





and the current:


Lindsay Lohan


Charlie Sheen

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she's got good company.  in the league of lindsay lohan.

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Bonnie and Clyde, 1926


Bonnie Parker


Clyde Barrow

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Vladimir Lenin, 1895


Leon Trotsky, 1900


Joseph Stalin, 1911

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Al Pacino, 1961


Axl Rose, 1980


David Bowie, 1976

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Mugshots can come out one of two ways, the normal stern faced way and then the way these folks decided to take them. Enjoy! (The Funniest Mugshots of All Time, by Luis Perez)

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This guy rules. I don't care what he did.

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some crimes mug shot people are accused of:


This lady was arrested for being topless
and attacking someone at a storage unit.


This guy was arrested for shooting
a perfectly good parked airplane in Arizona.


Batman was arrested for hanging on a wall in Petoskey, Michigan.

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This guy was arrested after using his skateboard
to bash a photographer who attempted to take a shot of his hair.


This guy stabbed someone while getting his hair cut in Stamford, Connecticut.


This lady beat a school bus driver and dropped her pants when the cops came.

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This lady was arrested in Arizona for burglary. This was her disguise.


This guy was arrested for holding a Juggalo tailgate.


This guy was arrested for possession of an open container.

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This woman claimed to be a “vampire”
and attacked an elderly man,
biting him on the face and arm.


This 27-year-old man with a troll hair
was busted on a suspicion-of-battery charge.


These three guys were arrested for trying to steal a stuffed alligator.


This guy killed his neighbor’s
pygmy goat, and was found
in his bedroom, dressed in a
bra and panties, next to the
dead animal.

all pictures and text from replies #20 to #24 are from http://www.buzzfeed.com/

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