Adam Rose

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I'm the press rights chair for the Los Angeles Press Club. I personally know 7 of 10 victims. They had press IDs issued by LAPD, LASD, LAPC, TNG, NPPA, and maybe PPAGLA. Further, California law which I helped write protects all 10, as does a judge's order from last month. Zero wiggle room here.

In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death | Will Bunch On Friday, LAPD cops allegedly battered and detained journalists at a protest — the ugliest of the many threats to U.S. press freedom.

10 journalists were put in cuffs and/or violently assaulted by LAPD on Friday night.

@willbunch.bsky.social wrote his Sunday @inquirer.com column about what this means for press freedom nationally.

My description: “Utter lawlessness by the LAPD... they seemed thirsty to crack skulls.”

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In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death | Will Bunch On Friday, LAPD cops allegedly battered and detained journalists at a protest — the ugliest of the many threats to U.S. press freedom.

The press freedom crisis in America isn't only billionaires bowing down at big outlets like CBS, the Post. In L.A., elsewhere, indie journalists at protests are getting beat up or arrested by cops, a chilling sign of an authoritarian U.S. police state

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/los-...

US Marshalls are DOJ, so separate federal thing. They're not part of DHS agencies that have been active on the ground in LA recently (and also distinct from local police like LAPD, LASD, CHP, etc.).

DHS agents harass Univision @uninoticias.bsky.social reporter Salvador Duran as he’s covering their raid in Los Angeles, asking “You a U.S. citizen?”

www.instagram.com/reel/DNHPEP-...

Yeah, they're clearly violating the TRO from this case. And yes, that $500k settlement was the first one of five damages claims by press against LAPD from 2020-2022 that I expect to settle soon-ish. Probably far from the largest, to boot.

To translate for Americans: Mo Salah is roughly the global equivalent of a guaranteed first-ballot NFL Hall of Famer and perennial MVP candidate still QBing an iconic franchise. Worldwide soccer legend. He has a large spotlight and he's using it.

Sure, handle there is adjoro.11

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Hollywood released a dramatic reenactment of what it's like being a journalist covering protests in Los Angeles:
✅ Alphabet soup of bumbling agencies threaten you
✅ Dragged away in handcuffs
✅ Nervous moment
✅ Prosecutor has no clue
✅ Laugh in face of police
✅ Walk free

Love resilience of these wonderful Los Angeles journalists, smiling in face of moronic LAPD as they’re unlawfully put in zip ties. ❤️

All press released last night without charges. Several injured but doing OK today. Can’t wait for judge to see this photo. Should be in Louvre or LACMA or something.

All good! Always ask questions, never trust implicitly. :-)

California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)

Yes, FPS was especially bad in early June.

Thanks re: guide! I haven't been able to track protesters, unfortunately. In part there are just so many, in part they may have identity/privacy concerns. Press is my focus and hopefully protecting them extends further. I track their experiences here:

I started putting more info/links/evidence in the thread.

I'm press rights chair of the LA Press Club and was personally in touch with 7 of the 10 journalist victims last night. Our lawyers were on the scene and spoke with 2 of the others. Trying to reach the last one soon.

Co-sign suggestions from Joey above.

LA Press Club also has an emergency fund here. (And if press is looking for emergency funds, contact me re LAPC, and I can also put you in touch with funds at RSF, CPJ and/or NPPA.)

California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)

Thanks! Appreciate any/all footage at this point. There are 10 press victims I'm aware of from last night, listed here in the light red/purple highlight around line 30:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Generally speaking they need "indicia" of being press, to use a term from the Index Newspapers case in the 9th Circuit. Here's a memo outlining more under California law. Technically, an iPhone is plenty of equipment to do the work.

This is the worst part to me. These journalists were just doing their job. They were doing the most important job in democracy, which is to inform the public. And LAPD brutalized them for no reason.

LAPD is completely lawless here. Absolutely rogue. While this isn't even the worst thing last night (which are the injuries LAPD caused), I suspect this is the part that's going to really anger the judge because LAPD is demonstrating they don't care what the judge ordered them to do.

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I can confirm LAPD did the rioting last night. LASD wasn't there. FPS (part of DHS) was there and has similar uniforms to LAPD. I think FPS arrested a couple protesters earlier. Here's a field guide to the uniforms:

Here’s an account from Tina, one of the journalists attacked by LAPD last night. WARNING: Thread has graphic photos of her finger split open.

California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)

I've updated my tracking spreadsheet of police-press incidents with the 10 journalist victims of LAPD misconduct on Friday night. Starts ~ line 32. Temporarily marked light red as I get more details.

We're wayyyyy over 100 incidents of law enforcement misconduct toward press around LA this summer.

As always, @acatwithnews.bsky.social a champ getting video. I'm told no dispersal order before LAPD rioted.

One of press on ground here told me he had a $10,000 camera rig (you can't see the gear in this clip because he's lying on top of it after LAPD shoved him to the ground and into the gutter).

I'm in touch with @acatwithnews.bsky.social @tinadesireeberg.com @melbuer.bsky.social @plasticjesusart.bsky.social @jwhendricks.bsky.social, will be pulling evidence from their feeds. If you know other accounts with evidence please tag me, DM me, or email pressrights [at] lapressclub [.] org

This is why we need journalists out there. They independently verify conditions ("a party" matches what I've seen at same spot other nights) and bear witness to how law enforcement wields power against public ("most brutal arrest I've ever seen"). We must protect press so they can be our eyes+ears.

LAPD and City officials seem afraid to talk to me b/c LA Press Club is suing them (already won a TRO). I texted press deputy for Mayor Bass twice, called but he didn't pick up. I called PIO (LAPD PR), seemed like deer in headlights. And I emailed a LOT of LAPD brass and city leadership. Crickets.

There's been a 24/7 protest outside of Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown LA. Tonight there was a march from MacArthur Park to MDC, so a little larger crowd than usual. I only heard about the march through journalists I knew planning to cover it.

To illustrate the state of life in America right now:

Several journalists who were bleeding and needed stitches because of assaults by LAPD drove around to urgent care facilities only to find them closed, then wavered on going to emergency rooms because of high costs of treatment there.

All press who were cuffed/detained/arrested are now out thanks to the rapid response of the fantastic pro bono lawyers who have been working their tails off for press rights in Los Angeles.

I haven't confirmed, but I believe the legal term for LAPD's conduct tonight is "unmitigated sh*tshow."

HUGE kudos to attorneys @peterbibring.bsky.social and @westonrowland.bsky.social, who got down to LAPD's riot tonight. There are two photojournalists who LAPD cuffed and weren't going to release (at least one taken away in a squad car), but apparently may be out any moment thanks to their efforts.