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.
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Don't Rain on Parades
Thousands turn out for No Kings rally in Los Angeles,
They're not sending their best.
An attempt at strongman propaganda exposes ICE's weakness.
Raptured
We're still here, we still have each other.
Of Note 9/15-9/21
Things of note in this week's modern dystopia.
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.
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.
Do you feel safe, yet?
Not crime, but retribution
Of Note: August 11, 2025
The Trump Olympics and saying no to TROs.
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
Passive Restraints
A judge tells the Los Angeles Police Department to knock it off and stop hurting journalists at protests.
Status Update
Flag and Pony Show
Over 30 Days of Occupation in LA
Mely Corado
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.
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.
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The LA Heat Can Melt ICE
A brief summary of the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.
Police Shooting
Like His Life Meant Nothing
$30 could've gotten you a new gun from the Hemet Police Department
essays
ICE agents needed; no empathy required.
Skip the job fair and join a fascist police force instead.
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College Students Rise Up.
The attack on UCLA's student Palestinian solidarity encampment a year later.
Please help, my city is broke
Los Angeles is in its austerity era.
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Knock LA Wins Lawsuit to Unseal LA Sheriff’s Department Search Warrants
LASD searched protesters’ phones and other property after being arrested at a Dijon Kizzee demonstration on August 31, 2020.
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Another year and another LAPD budget increase
Despite calls to defund the police, this year's proposed budget asks for an $118 million increase to fund 780 new cops, two new helicopters, and more.