21 yrs ago, 18 yr old Esequiel Hernandez was herding his goats when he was murdered by a team of US Marines deployed to the Mexican border.
Being a US citizen didn’t save him, nor did only being 300 yards from his home.
The Marines were never changed.
Reminder that YOU KNEW YESTERDAY that it was going to take A WHILE to count all the votes and TRUMP WAS GOING TO USE EARLY RETURNS TO TRY TO DECLARE VICTORY AND STOP COUNTING
After LAPD murdered employee Mely Corado in a Silver Lake Trader Joe’s, the company arranged a donation of $125,000 to the department. Tell Trader Joe’s to rescind this insult.
If you're not on the ground at
#EchoParkRiseUp
, here's something to do: you're going to email your council office.
No, not the members. Their field staffers. The ones who have to look you in the face at your neighborhood meetings.
We'll make it easy for you.
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#BREAKING
: At least 1 person was hit by a truck in
#Hollywood
as they protested the
#BreonnaTaylor
case. The truck left the scene after the crash, was pulled over by
@LAPDHollywood
and the driver handcuffed but was later RELEASED. We're working to determine why he was let go
People across the US have come together with one demand:
#DefundThePolice
& reinvest in our communities.
#8cantwait
proposes cosmetic reforms that do nothing to reduce the size and power of the police state.
We reject this attempt to co-opt the energy and urgency of the moment.
You know we at Ground Game feel like the troops just don’t get enough attention at our sporting events, and it would seem as though Ahmad Damra of the Indiana National Guard feels the same, which is probably why he’s shouting racial slurs at people here! Make him famous folks!!!!
Notice all the phone alerts you're getting from the mayor saying how he'll shoot you if you're up past bedtime.
But there's no way he could have used it to tell you about voting changes, when/where ICE is operating, "know your rights" for tenants/immigrants...
If you black out your socials rather than sharing the VITAL information the media refuses to cover, congratulations - you’re working for the police. Protest and justice hashtags are already getting clogged with empty performance. Think for one goddamn second.
#BlackOutTuesday
HEY CALI: If they’re calling it now that means that early returns and exit polls are huge, but we have to get every delegate and every vote we can! STAY IN LINE, stay strong, support each other, bring food and water to the folks in line. LET’S GET IT
#UPDATE
: LAPD Confirms that the second victim who died in the NoHo shooting at Burlington was a 14-year-old girl, whom they believe was killed by a stray bullet fired from an officer's firearm.
How on Earth does
@MayorOfLA
plan on enforcing a curfew when over 60k LA residents are unhoused?
This is giving cops the excuse they’ve always wanted to do use unbridled force against unhoused people and conduct mass roundups of them.
Today marks an important moment in our city’s
#transportation
history - for the first time all transportation leadership positions are held by women. When women at the table, we recognize circumstances where policy changes can improve the lives of women and children.
#WomenLead
There’s no denying it –– this has been a hard year.
This championship win means so much to our city and the people who call it home.
Thank you
@Lakers
for bringing us together. We’re lighting the night in purple and gold to celebrate.
#ForKobe
#DidYouKnow
every Monday and Thursday your Hollywood Officers work with local non-profits to assist and deliver food & PPE to seniors in the community?
Our street medics are being specifically targeted by LAPD.
We have a need for additional PPE if you can donate it, or sell it to us at a discount.
If you or a friend have motorcycle jackets, bicycle helmets, paintball masks, kevlar gloves, or the like, please let us know.
L.A. is proud to be home to the largest Armenian diaspora. We stand with the people of Armenia. I urge our leaders in Washington to conduct the sustained and rigorous diplomacy necessary to bring peace to the Artsakh region. Turkey must disengage.
Better angle of the assault by CHP - makes it clear that the driver accelerated into the crowd before anyone struck the car, protesters physically shoved out of the way by the hood. Vehicular assault.
Police and sheriff department helicopter fleets.
New York City: 🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁
Los Angeles: 🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁
Chicago: 🚁🚁
Houston: 🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁
Philadelphia: 🚁🚁🚁🚁
Phoenix: 🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁
1) lied about the man having a replica firearm
2) the lighter was obviously nowhere visible when he was shot so who knows where it came from
3) they got the body worn footage in just hours so every time they don’t release it you know it’s on purpose
The scene of an ongoing investigation into a shooting that occurred tonight in LAPD’s Newton Division.
These people obviously didn’t decide to make the right decision & stay home tonight. Luckily they weren’t injured, but it could’ve been tragic for so many.
Be smart. Be safe.
The
#EchoParkRiseUp
residents have declared tonight a win. They will be allowed to stay another night, but will have to do this all over again tomorrow. Please get some rest and turn back out at 7am.
(Here’s a portion of the cops they just had up against us for reference)
We heard them loud and clear for four years: racism, fascism, misogyny, transphobia, resentment, fear, narcissism. Done listening, thanks.
Also Kasich is an anti-worker ghoul who shouldn’t be allowed to go out in public
You can hear he’s worried his unit will see this, but he’s probably just being modest. Can’t imagine why anyone would wanna take a knee at our ball games with heroes like this in attendance! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💂♀️💂🏻♂️💂🏻♂️
@ONENorthside
@chicagodsa
@CDRosa
@peopleslobbyusa
A cop slapped a handcuffed man dying of a drug overdose. Called him a “bitch.” Shoved a baton in his mouth. That cop got suspended 6 days. But the cop who revealed the cruelty was expelled from the cop union. Now faces 20 years prison for whistleblowing.
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#EchoParkRiseUp
#ResignMitch
By refusing to meet with the camp Mitch rejected the most effective partner for transitioning people to housing. By sending LAPD to destroy the camp, he shattered trust relationships that government service providers spent years building.
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If you live in LA and are wondering what you can do to help trans kids, you can start here by fighting against the aggressive criminalization of the largest unhoused trans youth population in the country
See how your neighborhood measures up on wearing masks. We need 100% usage across L.A.
Please wear your mask and encourage your loved ones to do their part. That’s how we’ll flatten the curve.
Not posting the Adam Toledo video, but to followers who still get defensive when groups like ours say abolish police:
We have done, and will continue to do so much work to try and educate you around this. Abolition isn't a meme.
The deadliest police force in the country tried to send it's paramilitary arm to the home of its most vocal political opponent, and their excuse is that it was just a prank.
There is absolutely no reason to think the military will not behave in the same unrestrained, unaccountable, and illegal way during this border deployment as they have overseas for the last 17 years of the war on terror.
They’re not anti-mask protesters, they’re anti-public-health protesters. They’re opposed to the idea that anyone should be allowed to defend themselves against their bosses and customers.
The solidarity you showed with your unhoused neighbors at
#EchoParkRiseUp
was inspiring. Our hearts are full.
The encampment organizers are asking that you stand with them again tonight, and rally at the parking lot of 1631 Sunset Blvd at 5:00 PM.
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We're delivering assistance to Angelenos facing economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting Monday, with our new Early Pay LA program,
@LADOTOfficial
will offer a $20 discount on parking citations paid within 48 hours.
In regards to the city’s proposed new ordinance, there is literally no where for anyone to go. Every single city, neighborhood, and building in the county complains about unhoused ppl existing near them for different reasons. We have been over and over this with them. They know.
A thing Angelenos need to come to terms with, and Californians generally, is that their political establishment is full of right-wingers who simply understand that they can’t win as republicans
CAL FIRE Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party. The fire began at…
“Did joe biden” is trending and it’s not even a hashtag. Everyone just has separate questions about crazy shit he’s done already tonight lol
#DemocraticDebate
Cops just shot a young woman in the back of the head with a rubber bullet, knocking her to the ground bloody, then shot at the people who came to pull her out of the line of fire.
People living in tents and dying in the streets doesn’t threaten capital or white supremacy. Unhoused people building community to serve their own needs does. The housed demanding that the agency of the unhoused be recognized does.
#EchoParkRiseUp
FRIENDS! Dozens of protesters for black lives were arrested in Beverly Hills tonight. Last time BHPD held protesters overnight in unhealthy conditions without even water. Call and demand their immediate release!
CALL TO ACTION
The anti-LGBT bigots who have been harassing parents and school boards in SoCal want to bring their hate tour to Los Angeles on Tuesday.
WE WILL NOT ALLOW IT
TURN UP FOR LGBT RIGHTS
8/22 @ 8:30am, Grand Park across from City Hall
#protecttranskids
#nohateinLA
As you can see,
#8cantwait
accomplished its intended goal - a set of reformist half-measures that elected officials can grab onto to preserve the murderous status quo and hide from the anger of their constituents.
Don’t fall for it.
#DefundThePolice
Just filed a motion for our next Board meeting urging the Sheriff's Department and all 46 local police depts to adopt
#CampaignZero
's 8 Policies for reducing police brutality.
All credit to
@deray
,
@MsPackyetti
&
@samswey
for their policy framework. In LA County,
#8CantWait
.
Where the fuck was this energy when
@mikebonin
was making lonely one-man votes bc he was the only councilmember who believed that homeless people were people? When he faced such extreme abuse from fascists & his own colleagues that he chose to retire for his own mental health?
“True leaders know how to cheer and scold. They rally and summon the goodness and tolerance in all of us. Bonin did all of that…” A
@LATstevelopez
gem.
@latimes
The California National Guard is being deployed to Los Angeles overnight to support our local response to maintain peace and safety on the streets of our city.
The fact that the only time it’s illegal to possess these objects is when trans people are doing so at a protest with violent transphobic fascists present says everything you need to know about the LAPD and city council.
At a protest near Wilshire Bl & Rampart Bl, 2 groups clashed. Smoke bombs/projectiles were thrown at ofcrs & a dispersal order was issued. Several dozen people were arrested. Numerous items in violation of 55.07 LAMC were found discarded including a stungun, knives, pepper spray
The LAPD has lost 8 members of our family to this devastating pandemic.
Fred, Terry, Raymond, Valentin, Erica, Philip, Dexter, Patricia—you will never be forgotten.
We thank you for your dedicated service. May you all Rest In Peace.
It is apparent that we cannot rely on our government structures to sufficiently meet the needs of our community members at this time. We have worked quickly to develop a
#MutualAid
infrastructure to respond as best we can to COVID 19. Donate here:
LAPD claims it screwed up so badly during the protests last summer that…it needs $67 million more 🥺
Not a single person has been held responsible for their violence. There has been no accountability at any level, and there never will be if they have their way.
#DefundNotReform
This guy is proposing a $200 million INCREASE in funding to the most murderous police force in the country right now and giving them 54% of our budget.
While TYT-investor Jeffrey Katzenberg was lobbying the LA City Council to pass an anti-camping ordinance targeting LA's homeless, Ana Kasparian was ranting against homeless camps for creating "crime" and "open air drug markets."
(Thank you again
@dianebullock
for finding this).
Now's a good time to revisit this powerful letter written by the residents of Echo Park Lake to
@MitchOFarrell
.
These are our neighbors. These are our friends. We will stand with them. Join us on Wed at 7am to resist the displacement.
#EchoParkRiseUp