Google LASD Gangs

"A Tradition of Violence" podcast out now! #lasdgangs #googlelasdgangs

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For more on the fallout and demise of Knock LA:

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Ground Game LA is violating the copyright I hold & in spite of several takedown notices. I am currently suing them in federal court for this.
Journalists do NOT endorse candidates. I will say this though: stay away from dishonest voter guides.

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To be clear: I have ZERO affiliation w/ Knock LA & its political endorsements, particularly of LA County Sheriff.

Knock LA is a political blog of Ground Game LA. They are illegally displaying my reporting on their website. This falsely boosts their credibility & relevance.

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LA Sheriff’s Dept Cpt Ben Torres sued LACo saying he didn’t get promoted due to his tattoo ID'ing him a member of the Regulators, a gang of deputies. His case was dismissed after LACo said it already has other people with deputy gang tattoos in leadership

https://t.co/7eRpM3qBKy

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AB Hernandez, a student at Jurupa Valley High School, has been the target of a right-wing campaign to ban trans athletes from California youth sports.

A group of adults, including two elected officials, gathered to heckle 16-year-old transgender athlete during her track meet.

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@LibertyHill @YsabelJuradoLA @jillianforCD2 @Transparent_CA @LApubdefunion Another point here: Akio “Ace” Katano is married to Meghan Choi, the executive director of @GroundGameLA.

These racist ideas are held by people running a group that has #BlackLiveaMatter in their bio.

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Here is @GroundGameLA member Akio “Ace” Katano insinuating that I, a Black woman, am illiterate.

Here are screenshots of the pro-Israel candidates Ground Game LA made in their voter guide.

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I’ll also mention here that Akio “Ace” Katano was an author of the Ground Game LA voter guide.

He also works as a public defender for LA County. Sad to see a public employee engaging in the racist tropes of Black people being illiterate.

Salary via @Transparent_CA

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@GroundGameLA @LAPublicPress Here is @GroundGameLA member Akio “Ace” Katano insinuating that I, a Black woman, am illiterate.

Here are screenshots of the pro-Israel candidates Ground Game LA made in their voter guide.

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@GroundGameLA @LAPublicPress If you are looking for some real voter guides, @LAPublicPress has assembled a guide to the guides.

Use this. Stay away from this ghoulish, propagandized animation of Knock LA, and support the free and independent press.

https://t.co/1JtHRDDhl4

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Several people have reached out to me about this voter guide.

This was NOT produced by the journalists you’ve come to affiliate with Knock LA. This was made by political group @GroundGameLA & only contains endorsements of candidates who have hired them for campaign services.

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@KnockDotLA It’s a quid pro quo.

This voter guide was produced by @GroundGameLA, not the journalists who built the newsroom. GGLA endorses people who hire them for campaign services.

Exhibit A:

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I’m here at the @LASDHQ Lancaster station where the family of Francisco Nunez is calling for a transparent investigation into his disappearance and death.

Francisco was last seen in LASD custody, and turned up dead 5 days later. My story: https://t.co/1amDK9QVpq

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After I wrote the history of deputy gangs inside the LA Sheriff’s Department, @LASDHQ began surveilling me.

In just 7 months, department members sent over 800 emails about me & began monitoring my social media.

Read the records here:

https://t.co/fFKIvEK11s

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MUST READ FROM @cerisecastle 🚨

The LA Sheriffs Department has a long rotten history of violence & corruption. This investigation by Cerise is just the next piece that shows how far LASD will go to harass and intimidate anyone they deem an “enemy.”

THIS IS #LASDgangs

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I wrote the history of deputy gangs inside of the LA County Sheriff’s Department. Then they started surveilling me, according to internal emails.

New from me for @LAPublicPress

https://t.co/rh7ksNA4lX

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BREAKING: A 14 year old witness to the disappearance of Francisco Nunez, who I interviewed in May, has been shot by @LASDHQ deputies.

Nunez was last seen alive in LASD custody. His body was discovered 5 days later, feet from where he was seen last.

https://t.co/ru9AzlwtKM

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The @aclu_socal is calling for a federal investigation into LASD’s deputy-led jail violence after the LA District Attorney declined to prosecute deputies who were caught on video forcibly slamming an incarcerated man into a cement wall.

https://t.co/jVWlAWhyp5

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If you have more questions about @GroundGameLA's quest to kill local journalism and build up a propaganda blog, please check out my pinned tweet: https://t.co/K5Anu3B4yh

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I gotta say, I am pretty disgusted by a leftist org with #BlackLivesMatter in their bio using the reporting I risked my life for to trick other journalists into writing for them...all while they haven't paid people who did work for them in the past.