Please Don't Edit or Excerpt This Recording of the Mayor's Town Hall.
Mayor Karen Bass held a town hall in November to take questions from community members about the ongoing ICE raids and LAPD's violent response to the protests over the summer.
Joey Scott
Joey Scott is a freelance investigative reporter and photographer based in Los Angeles. He writes about policing, surveillance, and politics.
Interviews
Anthem For No State
An interview with journalist and historian James Stout about his new book, Against the State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava.
Commentary
An LASD deputy is recovering from hurt feelings after finding a cartoon pig on his coffee cup.
The department says the cartoon undermines public safety and community trust.
Essay
2025 Recap
Reflections on an awful year before the new year.
Cops
LAPD gets the OK from city council to remain a militarized police department for another year.
A motion to limit the department's deployment of tear gas and 40 mm rubber bullets failed to pass.
Cops
The Los Angeles Police Department is likely violating state law by failing to publish its use of force reports from the No Kings protest in June.
State law AB48 requires police to file the reports within 90 days of their protest response.
Cops
LAPD projects to defund the city further by overhiring officers, drawing ire from city council.
No funding has been identified to cover the $3.56 million overspending.
Cops
The LAPD are defunding the city.
Police liabilities and community service.
Commentary
Of Note 10/17-10/24
A roundup of notable news
Essay
Who Gets to Decide Who Lives or Dies.
The Supreme Court voted not to intervene, and Anthony Boyd's execution in Alabama will go forward tonight.
Essay
Don't Rain on Parades
Thousands turn out for No Kings rally in Los Angeles,
Essay
They're not sending their best.
An attempt at strongman propaganda exposes ICE's weakness.