A Texas law enforcement agency is facing backlash after posting — and then deleting — a mugshot that many online say crossed a line.

Earlier this week, Harris County Constable Precinct 2 shared a booking photo on its Facebook page showing 28-year-old Fant Jomecia, who had been accused of trespassing at a Houston apartment complex. The charge itself was relatively minor. The image, however, was anything but routine.

In the photo, Jomecia appears to be looking upward while a gloved hand grips her jaw, pressing into her cheeks and forcing her face toward the camera. The positioning — a physical manipulation of her head for the photograph — immediately raised alarm among those who saw it.

The caption accompanying the now-deleted post stated that Jomecia had been taken into custody and booked into Harris County Jail “without incident.” But for many viewers, the image itself felt like the incident.

“She absolutely shouldn’t be touched,” one commenter wrote online. “If a person doesn’t cooperate they stay in holding & possibly get disorderly conduct charges.”

Another wrote, “I’m very disturbed by this picture. I don’t like the force by the officer holding her aggressively like that. It’s not necessary. If she doesn’t want to cooperate, place her alone until she’s ready to do so. But do not forcefully do it. Not okay, ever. She’s a human being. No matter what she is accused of.”

The post was later removed from the agency’s Facebook page. No public explanation was immediately provided for its deletion.

Adding to the controversy, the trespassing case against Jomecia was later dismissed. According to a Harris County database, the district attorney’s office requested that the charge be dropped “in the interest of justice,” as first reported by the Atlanta Black Star. As of Saturday, Harris County jail records did not show anyone named Fant Jomecia in custody.

The Independent has reached out to Jomecia for comment.

While the precise circumstances of the mugshot have not been publicly detailed, the image has reignited broader concerns about the treatment of detainees inside Harris County’s jail system — a facility that has faced years of scrutiny over detention practices and alleged abuse.

In 2025, Harris County was hit with a lawsuit accusing a group of detention officers of striking a female inmate dozens of times. The suit stems from a 2023 altercation in which a guard allegedly hit the inmate in the face during a verbal argument, escalating the encounter into a physical confrontation.

In a separate 2024 case, three Harris County detention officers were charged with assault after an inmate was allegedly beaten into a coma. That case was ultimately dropped for insufficient evidence, but the allegations added to mounting concerns about accountability inside the jail.

Advocates argue that images like the one posted of Jomecia — even if taken during routine booking procedures — reinforce a troubling perception: that some detention officers treat people in custody as less than human.

The mugshot, critics say, did not depict someone resisting violently or posing an immediate threat. Instead, it showed a woman’s face physically manipulated for the camera — a moment that many believe should never have been publicized in the first place.

Harris County’s jail system has long struggled with overcrowding and understaffing. Since 2019, the county has operated under a federal consent decree related to its bail practices. The agreement, which stemmed from a 2016 lawsuit, requires the county to release most individuals accused of misdemeanors without requiring payment of bail.

The lawsuit argued that the previous system effectively punished people for being poor, keeping low-income defendants behind bars simply because they could not afford bail. The consent decree was designed to address those constitutional concerns.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has pushed to end the decree, arguing that it limits local discretion and impacts public safety. Civil rights advocates counter that the agreement is a necessary guardrail in a system that has repeatedly failed vulnerable detainees.

In Jomecia’s case, the trespassing charge has been dropped. Yet the image circulated widely before being deleted, leaving lingering questions about what happened in that booking room — and why.