A Texas newspaper came under fire this week after it published a favorable photo of suspected police shooter Hollis Daniels, who is white.

In its Tuesday story about Daniels’ alleged shooting of a police officer, the Houston Chronicle used a photo from social media that showed the suspect smiling and hugging a woman.

“I appreciate how you raised me, and all the extra love that you gave me,” a caption included with the photo said.

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“Everybody needs to [know] he was a great person and amazing friend,” one person in the Chronicle‘s story was quoted as saying. “I would have never thought he would do something like that, ever.”

The paper also shared the photo on Twitter, where it did not go over well with users who pointed out that mugshots were often used for black suspects.

Texas Tech student accused of killing officer grew up in Seguin with well-known family. https://t.co/jldnLgmxZc pic.twitter.com/acgoD5aVEL — Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) October 10, 2017

Playwright Max Sparber‏ pointed out that the Chronicle had often used mugshots for white suspects but there was no record of the paper publishing a photo of a smiling black suspect hugging someone.

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And one is a football player. Easy to find his non mugshot photos too — 4-1 (@NationOfEagles) October 11, 2017

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Well I just stole this from someone so who's keeping track with me on the nonsense pic.twitter.com/aRNAe5Mj7J — Allen Michener (@youfontknow) October 10, 2017

Anyone who doubts white privilege: look at how this white cop killer is portrayed & compare to media depiction of young black men. — amy_moss_ (@amy_moss_) October 10, 2017

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Specifically black men who never even posed a threat. — Rae Davis ✊ (@Rummyy) October 11, 2017

Come on guys really with the picture choice — Brad Gray (@Old_Man_Gray) October 10, 2017

He’s a cop killer. But he gets a cute photo. #whiteprivilege — Connie C. Keys (@hotelkeys) October 10, 2017

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Wow! But didn’t he kill a cop? And this is the way he’s portrayed? Shame on you @HoustonChron pic.twitter.com/ZDhVSWQ9dW — Otis Livingston (@OlivingstonTV) October 10, 2017

Really? WTF is this, the "affluenza" defense? the guy KILLED A COP! — my cats' zombie (@ladykayaker) October 10, 2017

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Right?! I almost puked when they brought up the Instagram post. Who gives a shit?! — ZOMBIemily (@applextree) October 11, 2017

I also don't give a flying fuck about him being related to some actor I've never heard of. This is so white privilege. — Sarah (@art_ticulate) October 11, 2017

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Dad was city councilman. Owns local movie theater. Mom is a writer. This article is more about showing they were good parents. It's CRAP — Holly (@NrsHolly) October 11, 2017

They're both murderers. Why does one get to be a good guy from a well known family with lots of beloved friends instead of a criminal? pic.twitter.com/7eGc64fYHM — Turquoise T-Rex (@TurquoiseTrexx) October 10, 2017

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Another reason why we kneel #TakeAKnee — L-BQQGIE ⚡ (@AbstractPoetic1) October 11, 2017

This is such a joke. He literally killed a cop and there's only one paragraph about it while y'all talk about his childhood and cute things. — c (@cheliznavidad) October 11, 2017

And some wonder why people are taking a knee? This is a really grotesque display of white privilege, @HoustonChron. Do better. — Pattipalooza (@ganglywhitegirl) October 11, 2017

It’s pretty disgusting how the media sides with murderers in the name of whiteness — James St. Hatfish (@KennyUnfazed) October 10, 2017

Y’all in the media will never learn. Jeez your journalism degrees didn’t teach you a lick of common sense I see. — Bam (@OVO_CamMaz2) October 11, 2017