Essay
Raptured
We're still here, we still have each other.
Joey Scott
Joey Scott is a freelance investigative reporter and photographer based in Los Angeles. He writes about policing, surveillance, and politics.
Of Note
Of Note 9/15-9/21
Things of note in this week's modern dystopia.
LAPD
In a single day, the LAPD shot 1,040 chemical and less lethal munitions at anti-ICE demonstrators.
The LAPD's numbers, combined with CHP and LASD's use of force reports, bring the total number of less lethals used in June to more than 10,000.
Police
Tally so far: at the anti-ICE demonstrations in June, CHP and LASD fired 9,600 projectiles and chemical munitions at protesters.
Recently published use of force reports outlines their gratuitous and forceful response during June's anti-ICE demonstrations across Los Angeles.
Police State, USA
Do you feel safe, yet?
Not crime, but retribution
Of Note
Of Note: August 11, 2025
The Trump Olympics and saying no to TROs.
FOIA Friday
FOIA FRIDAY: The case of the missing and destroyed Flock Cameras.
The license plate readers keep disappearing and the costs to replace them are adding up.
Little Sheriff's Corvette
A car as copaganda
essays
Passive Restraints
A judge tells the Los Angeles Police Department to knock it off and stop hurting journalists at protests.
Essay
Flag and Pony Show
Over 30 Days of Occupation in LA
Say Their Names
Erasing Tragedy.
Trader Joe's in Silver Lake painted over a mural dedicated to Mely Corado, who was mistakenly shot and killed by the LAPD.
LAPD
The LAPD is (still) using Surveillance Software That Can Track Your Phone and Social Media.
Cobwebs Technologies, now Penlink Tangles, developed the software utilizing AI to track, surveil, and create profiles of individuals based on online and phone data.