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There are many mysteries surrounding the breakdown of public safety in Los Angeles City Hall and deputy mayor Brian K. Williams' bomb threat is a big one. You can attend his sentencing hearing this afternoon at Roybal and maybe get some answers. RIP 90272.
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A pretty big fire is burning at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo/ Manhattan Beach

Massive Fire After Explosion at Refinery in Manhattan Beach El Segundo - The refinery involved in the blast has been identified as Chevron Products Company in El Segundo.

South Bay folks, close your windows and mask up. If you're driving, set air to recycle. The Chevron refinery in El Segundo just blew up.

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holy shit the Chevron refinery just went up

DAILY MEMO: At least 43 People Abducted in Southern California in One of The Largest ICE Raids in Recent Memory

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@eltragon.bsky.social

BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow at 11 a.m.

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Erika Armenta v. City of Santa Ana, Luis Casillas, Isaac Ibarra

FILED: Erika Armenta, wife of Noe Rodriquez, is suing the city of Santa Ana and officers Luis Casillas and Isaac Ibarra.

Complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Backstory: www.calonews.com/communities/...

Opinion | Free speech includes the right to call political opponents 'fascists' Top Trump officials say heated political rhetoric is illegal “incitement.” They're wrong — it’s free speech.

You have the right to call President Donald Trump a fascist.

(new @msnbc.com column)

SAPOA invested taxpayer dollars in brokerage account while it operated the medical trust fund in a deficit
story: inadvertent.substack.com/p/santa-ana-...

-administration of SAPOA's health benefits
-cause of $3m overpayment in 2023
-reason why the health benefit account is in a deficit
-a forensic audit of the SAPOA's accounts dating back 10 years
-improper use of funds by SAPOA leadership (current or former)

Request for Investigation into Santa Ana Police Officers Association’s Use of Public Funds 09.29.25 2

Letter to AG: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Despite the overpayment, the SAPOA's account is operating in a $600k+ deficit, according to Vazquez's letter citing a discussion with the city manager.

Vazquez asking AG to investigate:

Santa Ana councilmember requests probe into police union’s use of public funds The city of Santa Ana contributes taxpayer dollars to the police union’s independently managed health benefit account.

ICYMI: An audit found that the City of Santa Ana overpaid $3m to the Santa Ana Police Officers Association's health benefit account.

Council member Ben Vazquez is calling on the AG to investigate the potential mismanagement of funds by the SAPOA.

report by Destiny Torres
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DHS keeps arguing in court that people filming their agents in public amounts to violence, and justifies their attacks on press and protesters.

But would this ICE officer have been suspended without the videos taken by press and protesters?

Of course not!

KEEP. FILMING. EVERYTHING.

Americans rallied for Kimmel. It’s time to do the same for Mario Guevara Atlanta journalist faces imminent deportation for reporting the news

Jimmy Kimmel's worst case scenario was moving from prime time to a podcast. Mario Guevara's is being shipped to El Salvador and facing more of the persecution he fled 20 years ago.

If that happens, the chilling effect will be impossible to measure.

Blink and you might have missed it.

Erroll Southers, a controversial appointment to the LAPD commission, was approved by the LA City Council today.

But it was done in an unusual way -- it was allowed to run out the clock by the council failing to do anything by today's deadline to act on.

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for over 100 days. Now, he faces deportation —for just doing his job.

The same energy that defended Jimmy Kimmel should be used to defend Guevara, a journalist who is not facing any charges.

Watch @seth-stern.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com for more.

Fixed it for you @nytimes.com

If you want to actually support work that aims to NOT shield police in secrecy, support my database at nosecretpolice.net

regime, all while police across the state surveil, shoot and kill members of the public with full support of those same democrats.

CA is a champion of police secrecy. Access to police records is still limited and state legislators are actively working to further shield cops in secrecy (AB1178).

No, we’re not North Korea. We’re part of an imperial state that has supported a genocide abroad and is ethnically cleansing cities using ICE under the guise of immigration enforcement.

The bill says that police supervisors can authorize masks. This bill is dems posturing as resistance to the Trump

People are protesting the indefinite cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel. #hollywood #jimmykimmel @jimmykimmel.com

Who Says Israel Is Committing a Genocide in Gaza? Everyone on This List After almost two years, more and more politicians, experts, and human rights groups are finally using the G-word to describe Israel's violence in Gaza, but the list is still relatively short.

NEW: 20 US politicians now say Israel is committing genocide.

First Jewish members to do so—

Bernie Sanders: "The intent is clear. The conclusion is inescapable: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza."

Becca Balint: "…the trauma of the Holocaust serves as a reminder of the power of speaking out."

Huntington Beach, CA - Members of Patriot Front, and several explicitly Neo-Nazi active clubs marching through Huntington Beach right now. Led by “Culture War Criminal” Ryan Sanchez, they are mostly being received warmly by a Charlie Mirk memorial demonstration at Huntington Beach Pier.

Huntington Beach, CA - Crowd a bit more apprehensive now, though many are discussing joining or taking Neo-Nazi literature. Saw some 10ish year olds with flyers in their hands. Patriot Front members all standing by a sign that says “crush the left.” Some chanting “unite the right/crush the left.

What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.

New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:

ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.

Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.

Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:

Update: 1,040 rounds of nonlethal ammunition were fired by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) at anti-ICE protesters in DTLA on June 8th. 669 were 40 mm rubber bullets. They were pulling rounds from boxes as shown below. The dept documented causing only six injuries from the muntions.

BREAKING: Federal judge issues preliminary injunction against LAPD to restrict use of force on press.

First line: "It is déjà vu all over again." Cities 25 year history.

Judge in LA Press Club v. City of LA also issued injunction against DHS yesterday in LAPC v. Noem.

Big wins!!!

Full order:

You'd think cops would have learned to stop trying to intimidate @bencamach0.bsky.social by now.

www.techdirt.com/2024/06/28/c...

BREAKING: Federal judge in Los Angeles issues preliminary injunction against Department of Homeland Security to restrict use of force against press, legal observers and protesters.

Judge in LA Press Club v. Noem calls out "surprising savagery" of DHS officers:

"The First Amendment demands better."

Quote card from investigative reporter Ben Camacho

Investigative reporter @bencamach0.bsky.social was sent a cease and desist letter by Santa Ana Police Officers Association on Aug. 27, demanding that he not attempt to contact any officers for comment, a routine newsgathering activity:

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