James Queally

Playboy founder's widow warns Hugh Hefner Foundation about pictures of underage girls Crystal Hefner said she filed regulatory complaints alleging the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation possesses thousands of pages of the Playboy founder's journals and scrapbooks that may include nude pictures ...

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Slow Drown

The most fun part of returning to the office is blasting increasingly loud music in order to drown out my coworkers and actually get work done.

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Police cases under L.A. district attorney ending in dropped charges, losses and plea deals L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman's handling of police violence cases during his first year in office has been met with praise from law enforcement advocates — and criticism from those who say he...

During his first year in office, L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman has dismissed or severely reduced charges against several police officers accused of excessive force.

Hochman says he's just following the law. Victims families are growing frustrated. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

D4vd's family members are fighting grand jury subpoenas in the case of a dead teen found in the singer's car The father, mother and brother of singer known as D4vd have tried to quash a subpoena to testify in California in the case of the teenager found in the singer's Tesla.

D4vd's family members are fighting grand jury subpoenas in the case of a dead teen found in the singer's car

I smell an LA Times/Violent Masterpiece crossover promotional event … though it might just be me reading the paper and you screaming.

Secrecy surrounds hiring of LAPD messaging guru with Hollywood background The City Council approved $191,000 for an LAPD director of internal communication, even as police officials tried to keep their preferred candidate under wraps.

Secrecy surrounds hiring of LAPD messaging guru with Hollywood background via @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

You're fine haha. This is a .1/10 on the "people misrepresented something I wrote" scale.

Yes. The Ashleigh Brown case referenced in the article involved FPD's office. Just pointing out Redondo-Rosales case involved private counsel.

Thanks for sharing! (But Kacey is not a federal public defender, just FYI.)

Officer's criminal record a factor in dismissed charges against L.A. anti-ICE protesters Charges against two L.A. demonstrators were dropped after lawyers raised concerns about a Federal Protective Services officer who allegedly hid his criminal record from the Department of Justice and m...

Court records show a federal agent hid his criminal history from the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. Did it submarine two assault prosecutions? My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Prosecutors add charges against L.A. soccer coach accused of raping and killing teen Soccer coach Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino was charged with sexually abusing and killing a teen last year. Prosecutors on Tuesday filed an additional nine counts of sexual abuse against him involving an...

An L.A. soccer coach who is charged with sexually abusing and killing one of his teenage players now faces 9 additional counts of sex abuse against another minor, prosecutors announced today. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Ex-cop wanted on murder charge flew overseas, lived in L.A. for a year without arrest Former LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was indicted for murder by an L.A. County grand jury in September 2024. He was able to leave the U.S. four times and live in Carson for more than a year before bei...

Ex-LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was indicted for murder.

Then, he spent a year flying internationally and living at his Southern California home without DHS or L.A. authorities trying to arrest him.

Latest from the "Wait... what?" files w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social

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I’d argue the Maroon 5 halftime show constituted an actual crime and there should have been arrests

Listen, whatever Kid Rock does tomorrow: We all stood by as a society and let Maroon 5 do the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

In Atlanta.

We are not absolved.

BTAS Clock King is a criminally underrated villain.

YouTube video by BSSVEVO Broken Social Scene - Almost Crimes

Only logical theme song for today's story:

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L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump's Justice Department charges activists The federal public defender's office in L.A. was 5 and 0 against prosecutors in trials related to immigration raids and protests. Trial No. 6 was last month.

It's the Washington Generals dunking on the Harlem Globetrotters.

L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.

Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social

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No no in this version of Santa Prisca I'm waiting at the top in the Bane mask but instead of Venom the pure unadulterated fury I have over being unable to buy Broken Social Scene tickets this morning is being pumped into my veins.

I am now a one issue voter and that issue is throwing everyone who works at Ticketmaster in the prison that Bane comes from in the Batman movies.

Happy New Ratboys Day

So is this like ... pro wrestling politics boomerang theory?

I've often said President Trump's initial political ascendancy reminded me of JBL's out of nowhere 2004 proto-MAGA main event heel run.

Now, Brody King is suddenly a main event player based, in part, on his real life detest for ICE.

Hope some of you can make it to this tonight! A live reading from me and some other talented authors who created Dark Waters Volume 3! Join us at 530 Pacific / 830 Eastern.

Thinking of all my friends at the @washingtonpost today.

Also thinking about how "finding a way to legally bar billionaires from owning great newspapers" might be rocketing up my "Best Use Of Time Machine" power rankings.

Attorneys for man killed by off-duty ICE agent call on California A.G. to investigate Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr. — who was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year's Eve — called for California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to take over the investigation of the incident, claimin...

Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr. — who was killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve — are calling on the California A.G. to launch an independent investigation, accusing LAPD Chief McDonnell of being biased toward ICE. Latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social

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Too real. Too, too real.

Broken Social Scene tour where I don't need to fly to a random city in a different time zone to track them down? Yes please and thank you.

Love, The City of Los Angeles.

It's free (but you should totally buy a copy of DW3) I’ll be reading from my short story “Dos Caras,” which definitely doesn’t involve any much needed catharsis for anyone who lived in L.A. last summer.

Interested in some short fiction that might, just maybe, be a tad therapeutic given the state of our world?

Then I hope you'll join me on Wed. Feb, 4that 5:30 PDT/8:30 EST, for a Crowdcast from the people that made Dark Waters Volume 3 possible!

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The answer would appear to be yes.

Grand juries have continually refused to return indictments for AUSAs in cases against protesters in Chicago, L.A. and D.C.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. is on an near unheard of losing streak at trial in protest cases.

Trump officials have tried to justify ICE shootings. Is it backfiring in court? The Department of Justice has lost five cases in Los Angeles against defendants accused of assaulting immigration agents, leading former government officials to warn that the Trump administration face...

Trump officials have repeatedly released inaccurate information when trying to justify ICE shootings. Is it creating a credibility crisis for federal law enforcement in court?

My latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social

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