It would be fun seeing how much less than 6’3" he manages. If they could weigh him too, that would be great.
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Good God, why would you do that to poor Mary?
Seven pounds is healthy enough without being a bowling ball.
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I just did a google image search for “Atlanta mugshots” to see what came up and it looks like most suspects are just photographed against a nondescript gray background these days. Looks like the height indicator and little placard featuring the suspect’s name and booking number aren’t really a thing anymore, at least not there.
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Some sit, some stand, depending on what’s available.
My theory is that sitting was the norm when when all the cameras were still on tripods, film speeds were slow and you needed someone who was trained to use a camera. After all, the practice started around the mid 1850ies. So for quite a time you needed something like a scaled down version of a photo studio, including a lab to develop and print the pictures. Getting someone to sit in a chair makes it much more convenient for the photographer. Fixed distance, fixed lighting, people’s heads usually are in the frame without having to adjust anything.
Then new technologies like Polaroid cameras became available that were easy to use, had faster films and didn’t need the lab. So now any cop or clerk could take a “good enough” picture just like that and right there and then.
I think this was the point where standing began to replace sitting.
Then, 20, 25 years ago, digital.
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I remember that! I’m kinda surprised they let him do it. Don’t they tell the arrestee to not smile?
How depraved do you have to be to use a mugshot as campaign material? That there is banana republic material.
If he must serve time in a Georgia prison cell, it seems like that sentence might be tougher than a Federal prison.
See what Cool Tools said on July 31st in a review of this book (which seems timely):
“The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is thought by convicts to operate a better system than most states. The prisons are cleaner, with more desirable food, and the prison staff is better educated, trained, and paid. It is fair to say that most prisoners would prefer to do federal time, day for day, as compared to state time.That said, federal prisoners are usually allowed fewer material possessions than state convicts. Individuals serving time in state prisons may have their own televisions, collections of books, music, clothes, and posters or pictures hung on their cell walls. Federal prison cells are more austere. These prisoners are restricted to only basic items, such as five books, toiletries, and a few changes of institutional clothes, no television. All of these possessions must be able to fit in one small locker.”
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Prisons in the GA system are not the worst in the country, but they are pretty fucking bad, sadly.
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Does he get to wear his elevator shoes?
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Well… not “sue” per se… just renegotiate the transactional nature of their relationship.
“Dis ees just beesness, my darlink Donald!”
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I want a picture of the pad where they take prints from his tiny, tiny fingers.
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We don’t know. Maaaybe something bad, maaaybe something good.
But I’m looking forward to having a go.
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Prediction: For the mugshot he will – yet again – reward us with a great Benito.
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Crime lab asst.: “We’re completely out of print ink!”
Fingerprint tech: “Actually… look who’s up next.”
Crime lab asst: “Yes! More than enough!”
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What’s the copyright situation with mugshots in Georgia? Could they be printed on, say, t-shirts?
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As far as I know, photographs issued by public entities are available for the public to use however they want. 
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Up to and including making a suspect look blacker.
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Fortunately DARPA designed the internet to survive almost anything, even an orange tantrum.
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Scroll down to Georgia:
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1903 / 20 years old:
ETA:
In case anybody wonders about the form - he was arrested in Switzerland. More here.
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That’s not his more familiar lighting 
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