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I'm an artist + award-winning Investigative Reporter @LATACO | LexisOlivier @Gmail .com | 347-644-0191

Los Angeles, CA
Joined October 2008
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
8 days
Update on the @LATACO membership drive. We're @ 3,300 members. Jobs are are safe for at least the next couple of months thanks to all the donations, merch sales and premium members. But we still need 5,000 members to be fully sustainable. So we're extending our membership drive.
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4 years
An LAPD officer hit me in the stomach after I clearly identified myself as a journalist multiple times.
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1 year
An unhoused man who just got off of work "lost everything" during a sweep in Westlake when he returned to his tent and LAPD officers refused to let him retrieve his belongings (before they were tossed).
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LAPD officers shoved me and jabbed @joeyneverjoe in the stomach with a baton, sending him to the ground. We both identified ourselves as press repeatedly. @LATCO
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4 years
A group of LAPD officers just broke my camera mic, tackled me to the ground and beat me with their batons, after I identified myself as a journalist multiple times. @LATACO
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9 months
What do actors Shia LaBeouf, Pete Davidson, Benicio Del Toro and Jon Bernthal all have in common? They all seem to really love LAPD Newton Division, an infamous South LA LAPD division that activist refer to as "shooting newton" because of all the police shootings there.
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4 years
I was invited to a secret protest organized by BLM LA. Hundreds of protestors have arrived at Mayor Garcetti's house. @LATACO
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1 year
I spoke to more than a dozen unhoused residents in LA over the last 9 months about "sweeps." The majority of whom said they've lost belongings such as cell phones, clothes, money, computers, bikes and other belongings to encampment clearings. @lataco
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5 years
Common myths about the homeless in LA: 1. They're not from here (almost 70% of all the homeless have lived in LA County for 10 years) 2. They're mostly on drugs and mentally ill (70% are not) 3. They create most of the trash (illegal dumping is the biggest cause of trash)
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2 years
New from me: Roughly half of all COVID-19 relief funds sent to the City of Los Angeles last year under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) quietly went into the pockets of police officers. @LATACO (THREAD)
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2 years
How has L.A. spent their American Rescue Plan Act funds? According to a new report from the CAO, LA received $1.08 billion. Nearly 2/3 ($696 million) went to LAPD & LAFD salaries. About $240 million went to other dpts to cover salaries. $0 went to housing and shelters. @LATACO
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10 months
LAPD Officer Toni McBride shares photos from her wedding with her 120,000+ followers on IG.
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4 years
This sequence of photos represents less than 5 seconds of time and shows me getting jabbed in the stomach with a baton by an LAPD officer while reporting on Saturday.
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2 years
A woman who identifies as a journalist is pushed to the ground by an LAPD officer. A small group is being kettled near Skid Row right now. @LATACO
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2 years
A tense moment from earlier, an LAPD officer threatens to shoot protestors at point blank range if they advance any further. Then, they back off. @LATACO
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
3 years
One year ago. ➡️May 30, 2020 📸 Lexis-Olivier Ray
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1 year
Got a call from a number I didn't recognize while at work. It was my brother calling from Union Station. This morning he was unexpectedly released from prison!!!
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3 years
Toni McBride, the LAPD officer that fatally shot Daniel Hernandez earlier this year, is selling a "collectible coin" with a 3 leaf clover on one side and an LAPD badge on the other, through a company that also sells apparel and memorabilia that celebrates police violence.
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3 years
PERSONAL NEWS: Due to the support from @LATACO members…today I became The Tacos' first FULL TIME staff writer! I'll be working on investigations primarily but also writing about other stuff that you know me for. This is a huge milestone for our newsroom! I'm super stoked!💚💚💚
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L.A. Times crime reporter @JamesQueallyLAT being taken into custody earlier. We all got boxed in. James and I were trying to stick together. @LATACO
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1 year
Here's a longer version of the video showing Councilmember Kevin de Leon fighting protestors in Lincoln Heights last night.
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3 years
Hop contest in Elysian Park earlier today. @LATACO
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2 years
More shoving. At this point, the majority of protestors had dispersed. Behind me was mostly media and legal observers.
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3 years
SCOOP: Emails show that the LAPD worked w/ Dataminr -- a controversial social media surveillance company -- during the #GeorgeFloyd protests. The LAPD has previously denied using the system to track BLM protests. @LATACO
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4 years
LAPD Newton Division officer Toni McBride having breakfast w/ her dad Jamie McBride last week. Jamie is wearing a "Shootin' Newton" t-shirt, a reference to the LAPD Newton Division's violent history of shootings. In April, Toni killed Daniel Hernandez after shooting him 6 times.
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4 years
LAPD pushing a shoving me down a public sidewalk after I repeatedly identified myself as a journalist. @LATACO
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2 years
My little brother is in prison. He got *9 yrs* for a desperate robbery. He chuckles when I tell him about my success as a writer. Growing up he was the reader/writer and I was the visual person. He's written 3 volumes of poems while locked up. Here are a few he shared w/ me.💚
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3 years
Last week I unexpectedly received a letter from the LA City Attorney stating that they "received a report" alleging that I violated "Section PC409 Riot-remaining after warning to disperse" the night I was *reporting* on the Dodgers celebrations and was attacked by LAPD. @LATACO
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4 years
A group of LAPD officers just broke my camera mic, tackled me to the ground and beat me with their batons, after I identified myself as a journalist multiple times. @LATACO
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10 months
The @latimes refuses to acknowledge me for breaking this story and starting a conversation that has reached more than 10 million people!
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10 months
LAPD Officer Toni McBride shares photos from her wedding with her 120,000+ followers on IG.
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1 year
While reporting on a sanitation cleaning this morning an LAPD supervisor got in my face and questioned my status as a reporter: "You have some credentials I can see that show that you're a reporter sir?"
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3 years
After nearly a year, the LAPD determined a complaint filed on my behalf alleging that officers used excessive force and broke my camera equipment (while I was reporting for @LATACO ) to be "unfounded". Meaning "the acts alleged did not occur" in the manner described.
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4 years
A group of LAPD officers just broke my camera mic, tackled me to the ground and beat me with their batons, after I identified myself as a journalist multiple times. @LATACO
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3 years
ICYMI: I broke a BIG story yesterday about the LAPD's use of a controversial system that tracks social media. If you Tweeted about BLM protests last yr, there's a good chance your Tweets were forwarded to the LAPD. Even if you don't live in LA. @LATACO
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3 years
LAPD violently arresting a protestor earlier near Lemoyne and Park Ave. Dozens of protestors and media have been boxed in. Nobody is able to leave. @LATACO
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
2 years
I'm in DTLA covering protests in response to the Supreme Court overturning #RoeVsWade . Hundreds of people are currently marching east on 4th Street. Follow @LATACO for updates.
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3 years
Tacos heal everything
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3 years
SCOOP: Two dozen LAPD officers live out of state according to LAPD data obtained by @LATACO . While the majority of officers live in neighboring western states, at least one officer lives in Tennessee, and another lives as far as...New Jersey.
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4 years
6:47 AM, outside the official residence of @MayorOfLA , @BLMLA supporters take a dance break.
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1 year
NEW: Karen Bass is up nearly 10,000 votes after the most recent update. Bass - 50.8% Caruso - 49.2%
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
3 years
-Narcan is a medication that is used to reverse opioid overdose -"Saint Gates" is a reference to Daryl Gates, LAPD chief during the 1992 uprisings. Gates once said, "Casual drug users should be shot" -40MM "less lethal" munitions have caused serious injuries in the last 6 months
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
2 years
After months of searching, being ignored and losing out on spots, today I picked up the keys to my new studio space! Super stoked (and a lil nervous) for this next chapter. BIG THANKS to everyone that helped me get here, especially everyone that owns my artwork. 🙏🏾💚🍻
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2 years
Days after putting LAPD on blast, @FilmThePoliceLA was hit with a rare "eavesdropping" charge. According to city attorney records, the LAPD has only presented 36 eavesdropping cases in 5 years. 2/3 of those cases were rejected. Only five cases were filed.
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
4 years
NEW: Earlier today, LAPD circulated a memo to all personnel. The memo says: reporters DO NOT need credentials to cover protests, they only need to self-ID. Also, if an unlawful assembly is declared, a designated area is supposed to be created for media. @LATACO
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
10 months
LAPD Officer Toni McBride deleted photos she posted on Instagram of herself holding a semi-automatic firearm at her wedding. @LATACO
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10 months
LAPD Officer Toni McBride shares photos from her wedding with her 120,000+ followers on IG.
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3 years
UPDATE: According to the LAPD, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office will be reviewing 370 cases handled by John Motto, the retired LAPD officer seen on video using the n-word this weekend, following our reporting. @LATACO
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
4 years
The way the LAPD responds to protestors versus the way Firefighters do says A LOT.
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2 years
An unhoused man who just got off work was unable to breakdown their tent or save any of their belongings before sanitation workers threw everything into a trash compactor, this morning in Westlake. They arrived just after the sidewalk was blocked off. @LATACO
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2 years
NEW: Nearly 2/3s of the $1 billion+ received under the American Rescue Plan Act went to LAPD & LAFD salaries. Meanwhile $0 dollars were allocated for homeless solutions such as temp shelters or permanent supportive housing, despite growing crisis. @LATACO
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2 years
I 💚 Los Ángeles. It's a privilege to be able to write about this city 🙏🏾 @LATACO
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2 years
Since covering the protests on Friday I've been having trouble sleeping and have virtually no appetite.
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2 years
This week rapper/comedian @zackfox posted a 📸 of some incredible looking lemon pepper wings. But he wouldn't reveal the location, even after Steve Lacey offered to sign an NDA + give him $1,000. That's when I stepped in and solved the mystery. @LATACO
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Today was tough. Myself + the entire newsroom at @LATACO (minus our fearless leader @theglutster ) were furloughed. The next two weeks are crucial! We need thousands of new members to keep me and my talented coworkers on staff. Sign up to save LA TACO -
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1 year
NEW: Karen Bass's office said they're "unable" to send me the daily sanitation schedules that are sent out to service providers & sanitation crews. Disappointing to see the Bass administration following in the footsteps of Garcetti. Public records belong to the public!!! @LATACO
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
2 years
Just found out an unhoused person in my neighborhood that I wrote about and grew close to, died last month. I hadn't seen them in weeks, so instinctually, I searched the coroner's database. Shockingly, their name came up under recent deaths. I'm gutted. #RIPLionel 💚💚💚
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2 years
Sat down with Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon this morning for an interview. @LATACO
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3 years
BREAKING: L.A. County Medical Examiner-Coroner announces that it will conduct an inquest "into the circumstances, manner, and cause of death of #AndresGuardado ." The department plans to subpoena witnesses and documents. This is the 1st inquest in more than 30 years. @LATACO
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4 years
Found out today that @USCAnnenberg is offering me a spot in their 2020 Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship!! I'm going to learn from some of the country's top data journalist while also working on an in-depth 6 month investigation about public health. I'm so stoked!!!
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3 years
BREAKING: L.A. County issues new COVID-19 health officer order after reporting more than 1,500 new cases today. Masks will be required indoors *regardless of vaccination status*. Order will go into effect @ 11:59 PM on Saturday. @LATACO
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1 month
Bar hopping with my 96-year-old grandfather 💚
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2 years
VERY excited to announce USC's @ReportingHealth offered me a generous grant to cover sanitation cleanings AKA homeless "sweeps" for @LATACO ! Over the next several months, I'll be writing a series of stories primarily focused on the health impacts of displacement.
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4 years
It's 5:45 AM and I'm back at the Getty House. Over 50 @BLMLA supporters are outside of @MayorOfLA 's residence. @LATACO
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1 year
LOL, LAPD deleted their poll asking the public if they want to see more officers, less officers or the same number of officers patrolling their area.
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1 year
So far, 2/3 voters say they would like to see less LAPD officers patrolling their area. @LATACO
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2 years
NEW: I confirmed with LAPD, Jermaine Petit, the 39 yr old who was shot by LAPD in Leimert Park, has been charged w/ felony assualt w/ a deadly weapon on a police officer & resisting an executive officer. Officers reportedly thought Petit had a gun but it was a car part. @LATACO
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4 years
This weekend, temps in L.A. will surpass 100 degrees. There are over 65K unhoused people in L.A. County. To beat the heat, the county suggests staying indoors during peak hours, drinking plenty of fluids and keeping pets indoors. How are unhoused people supposed to do this?
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3 years
While I documented an arrest from the sidewalk last night an LAPD officer pointed a "less-lethal" shotgun at me at point blank range. LAPD officers behind me were ordering me to move forward (towards the shotgun) while the officer in front of me was telling me to move back 🤦🏽‍♂️
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4 years
Just left the protest at city hall. In Echo Park right now grabbing tacos.
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1 year
After fantasizing about driving an old Toyota truck for years, I finally got one today 💚💚💚
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9 months
In an interview with KCAL News, Mayor Karen Bass claims that "touching fentanyl can kill you." Most toxicology experts agree that fentanyl cannot penetrate the skin on its own. According to UC Davis Health you can't overdose on fentanyl by touching a doorknob or $ bill. @LATACO
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2 years
I'm in the @latimes today! I wrote about why my local liquor store is an unofficial community center for Filipinotown and took photos of some of the regulars that pass through + popular summer products. Shot on 35mm film! Check it out -
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3 years
Contrary to what some people might assume, many of the unhoused residents in Echo Park Lake have lived in the community for decades. Yesterday, "The Queen of Echo Park", a 30 year resident of EP, explained how she ended up living in the park after being run over. @LATACO
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2 years
After about 5 hours of covering protests all over DTLA, I'm back at my bike and safe. That's a wrap for me. @lataco
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1 year
Little bro comes home in two weeks!
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2 years
My little brother is in prison. He got *9 yrs* for a desperate robbery. He chuckles when I tell him about my success as a writer. Growing up he was the reader/writer and I was the visual person. He's written 3 volumes of poems while locked up. Here are a few he shared w/ me.💚
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Selling copies of my infamous 2020 photo 'Dead 2 Me.' This will probably be the last time I do a general sale like this for awhile so if you've been eyeing one of these now is your chance! Shoutout to everybody that's already grabbed a copy 🙏🏾
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4 years
I've been injured by the LAPD twice in the past 6 months while working as a journalist. Both times I was able to capture the incidents on camera. Always be recording.
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2 years
Wow, what a night. Thank you @SPJLA for the recognition and to my team @lataco for all of the support! I'm on cloud nine right now, enjoying a cigar and a beer. But tomorrow I'm back to holding people in power accountable, with a renewed sense of determination. 💚💚💚
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3 years
Earlier this morning, after documenting LAPD officers take a suspect into custody at gunpoint in Hollywood, LAPD Officer Martin Perello used a flash light to obstruct my filming. When I approached him, he mocked me, then avoided giving me his serial number for 2 mins. @LATACO
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3 years
LAPD has let me and a group of press go without detaining us. They made us all show our press passes to avoid arrest. I'm safe 🙏🏾 @LATACO
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3 years
This was the kind of impact I wanted my reporting to have when I first started reporting on hand-washing stations way back in March 2020. 'City Reverses Decision to Remove Washing Stations From Encampments Following L.A. TACO Investigation' @LATACO
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3 years
NEW: Wasn't planning on reporting more on portable toilets and hand-washing stations but today I found out the City of L.A. is currently removing ALL OF THE UNITS. At the same time, COVID-19 cases have increased more than 500% in the last month. @LATACO
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4 years
LAPD has not yet declared an unlawful assembly but they've made it clear that they will soon. Protestors are kneeling on Irving in front of Garcetti's house.
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A Los Angeles police officer points a "less than lethal" shotgun at a group of reporters and protestors on Thursday night, as officers take someone to the ground during an arrest. 📸by Lexis-Olivier Ray @LATACO
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4 years
UPDATE: I found out through a public records request that on May 12, the District Attorney's office *declined to charge the driver that I witnessed run over an unhoused man. @LATACO
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2 years
Some personal news: The SPJ-LA board voted to honor me as one of their six "distinguished journalists" this year 🤯!! This is new territory for me and I'm grateful 😭. Shoutout to the team @LATACO for their support. And congrats to all of the other honorees! 💚💚💚
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The honorees are @LATDoug , staff writer for @latimes ; freelance journalist Alessandra Bergamin; broadcast journalist @ianmastersmedia ; @LATACO investigative multimedia reporter @ShotOn35mm ; @SpecNews1SoCal anchor @Kdubblive ; and photojournalist @RickAdamsNews .
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3 years
A Black freelancer photog for the @nytimes said the police did not believe his press credentials were real as they beat on his car and eventually forced him out, "a situation that has happened to him and other Black journalists many times, he said."
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1 year
SCOOP:The CARE program was supposed to be a “services-led” approach to cleaning encampments. But according to new data few unhoused ppl in LA have been sheltered as a result of "CARE sweeps.” And almost nobody has been moved into permanent housing. @LATACO
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3 years
For 7 months the LA City Attorney hung charges over my head for allegedly failing to disperse while reporting for @LATACO . During that time I feared for my life, lost work and became paranoid. Today the statute of limitations has finally expired! Pls read.
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3 years
A sanitation worker called LAPD on me for documenting a sweep this morning. @LATACO
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1 year
Honored to receive an Anthem Award ( @anthemawards ) in their Health Innovation category for my texting service for unhoused residents and service providers w/ @LATACO @JoinSubtext
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2 years
Got to see the interior of the famous Westlake Theater in MacPark for like 30 seconds. It reopened recently and a guy who seemed like the manager let me glimpse behind the white walls separating the old theater from the new swap meet. It's nearly 100 yrs old. @LATACO
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3 years
In addition to an LA Times reporter multiple NLG legal observers were also detained tonight near Lemoyne and Park Ave. LAPD is still slowly making arrests. I'm staged with other press on the sidewalk hoping they let us loose. @LATACO
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
2 years
INBOX: In a letter to @LAPDChiefMoore the @ACLU_SoCal says that "documented instances of LAPD officers harassing journalists strongly suggest ongoing, targeted retaliation against individuals who shed light on the police actions LAPD would prefer the public never saw." @LATACO
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
2 years
We're embarking on an ambitious new project @lataco ...creating a taco guide for every single neighborhood in LA County!!! We'll also be delving into the history for each 'hood. First up, Artesia...
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
2 years
Excerpt from my (brief) @SPJLA speech last night: "The next time someone tries to say I'm not a 'real journalist' I'll say you're right...I'm a *distinguished* journalist" 🎤🤣 @LATACO
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
3 years
Spent the majority of last night jogging, driving and filming with @FilmThePoliceLA while he kept an eye/ear on the cops. Screen grabs from my new 📹 project w/ @LATACO .
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
4 years
Despite being arrested two nights in a row, he's back on the streets again tonight leading a protest across the city. When I asked him what motivates him to do that he said, "I protest everyday just being a black man in America. This is for future generations, this isn't for me."
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
4 years
He told me he was arrested for breaking the curfew, beaten up, handcuffed and bound by the legs and stuffed into a squad car where he remained for over 4 hours (he's over 6'4"). Today he said he was still regaining circulation in his hands and feet.
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
1 year
NEW: LAPD Officer Martin Perello received a four day suspension for using a flashlight to flare out my camera lens and refusing to ID themselves, while I was reporting in Hollywood for @LATACO .
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
3 years
I have another big L.A. law enforcement story dropping tomorrow morning on @LATACO 👀
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
3 years
Who is going to do the story on Sven? The street cat that has been showing up to the BLM led protests in front of @MayorOfLA 's residence for the past few days.
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Lexis-Olivier Ray
4 years
Today, speaking at a press conference, @MayorOfLA claimed that hand-washing stations across the city were being maintained on a "daily basis." Afterwards I checked a hand-washing station @ Coronado Street and London Street. It was completely dry (no soap or water).
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