Lexis-Olivier Ray

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[Lexis-Olivier Ray @ShotOn35mm]

EXCLUSIVE: How an alcohol-fueled underage prom party, led to a fight between a high school campus supervisor and their own daughter, and an off-duty LAPD officer threatening to kill a 17-year-old girl. All before the officer was allegedly shot. @LATACO

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Reporter @ShotOn35mm of @LATACO was ticketed by police, kettled and shoved with a baton while covering a “May Day Strong” rally in LA on May 1. https://t.co/An7NTpHTKU

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@NickSternPhotos @LAPDHQ At least three other journalists — @TinaDesireeBerg, @mel_buer and @shoton35mm — were detained in the police kettle alongside Stern that night.

All three were ultimately released without charges. https://t.co/MM6HlPQNTG

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Reporter @ShotOn35mm, on assignment for @LATACO, was pepper-sprayed by @DHSGov and pushed by @LAPDHQ while covering a protest against immigration raids Jan. 30 in LA.
https://t.co/HhhGiokxuV

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LAPD Disperses Dodger Fans in Echo Park with Horses

By @ShotOn35mm

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LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @ShotOn35mm

[Film The Police LA @FilmThePoliceLA]

The new Police Commissioner Jeff Skobin asked Chief McDonnell if he saw the video of the LAPD shooting at @ShotOn35mm. I know from internal LAPD sources that McDonnell has, in fact, seen the video.

Chief McDonnell straight LIED to the Commissioner.

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A LAPD officer driving an SUV through a crowd of people knocks over and injures a man in Downtown Los Angeles. @ShotOn35mm

[Film The Police LA @FilmThePoliceLA]

LAPD targets reporter @ShotOn35mm with a 40mm less lethal. Officer then said he’s “fake press.”

This violates state law, the restraining order and the injunction.

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“There is a common misconception that we store rocket or jet propellants on site; however, JPL has not worked on jet or rocket propulsion for over 60 years,” a spokesperson for JPL told L.A. TACO.

The full story: https://t.co/LCcgFM7H6Q

By @ShotOn35mm

[James Queally @JamesQueallyLAT]

.@ShotOn35mm has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the LAPD, alleging city officials have repeatedly interfered with his ability to cover sweeps at homeless encampments. https://t.co/YXh7cuUK1r

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Lexis-Olivier Ray (@ShotOn35mm), an award-winning journalist for L.A. Taco, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department this week.

The L.A. Times has all the details: https://t.co/Ir6gI1ukwD

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After claiming Gabby Giffords, the retired American politician turned gun-control advocate, also attended the event at Damian with Tucker Carlson, a staffer confirmed that she wasn't even in Los Angeles at the time.

Full story: https://t.co/OWE517ZvcR

By @ShotOn35mm

[Lexis-Olivier Ray @ShotOn35mm]

When I asked the spokesperson if Caruso could name any prominent Democrats that were at the private event that rougly 100 people attended, I was given three names: Mark Cuban, Eric Schmidt, and Ari Emmanuel.

[Lexis-Olivier Ray @ShotOn35mm]

A staff member for Gabby Giffords tells me that Giffords wasn't at this event with Caruso, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kevin McCarthy. In fact, she wasn't even in L.A. that evening.

A Caruso spokesperson told me: "There were a lot of people there and Rick was mistaken."

[Rick J. Caruso @RickCarusoLA]

We need less angry rhetoric and more problem-solving; otherwise, we're never going to be able to fix what ails us as a city, state, and nation.

This past week, I joined the All-In Conference and was then invited to join a dinner group with around 100 people representing voices across the political spectrum, from Democrats like me and Gabby Giffords to Republicans and independents.

Conversation, listening, and breaking bread matter, and it's what real leaders need to do if we want to move forward.

I have always done so and always will.

[Lexis-Olivier Ray @ShotOn35mm]

I'm back on X for the first time in months. What did I miss?

[Lexis-Olivier Ray @ShotOn35mm]

Hi Rick, I'm the @LATACO reporter who wrote the story about the Damian dinner. Do you have a list of all the dinner attendees you can share?

[Lexis-Olivier Ray @ShotOn35mm]

@ICUStat @el_tragon_de_LA @LATACO Pretty please

[Lexis-Olivier Ray @ShotOn35mm]

Hi Rick, I'm the @LATACO reporter who wrote the story about the Damian dinner. Do you have a list of all the dinner attendees you can share?

[Rick J. Caruso @RickCarusoLA]

We need less angry rhetoric and more problem-solving; otherwise, we're never going to be able to fix what ails us as a city, state, and nation.

This past week, I joined the All-In Conference and was then invited to join a dinner group with around 100 people representing voices across the political spectrum, from Democrats like me and Gabby Giffords to Republicans and independents.

Conversation, listening, and breaking bread matter, and it's what real leaders need to do if we want to move forward.

I have always done so and always will.

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A spokesperson for Damian told L.A. TACO: “Just to be clear, this event was planned by a third party that only used the venue on a day that Damian was closed. Damian did not provide food or services for the event, and we were not informed of the guest list.”

By @ShotOn35mm

The full story: https://t.co/L43M5iqGH7

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Nunez is accused of towing the federal vehicle during the August 15 arrest of Tatiana Mafla-Martinez, a TikToker who had been documenting immigration raids in Los Angeles. He faces 10 years in federal prison.

By @ShotOn35mm

The full story: https://t.co/B5qmtiGTRo

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Journalist @ShotOn35mm was shoved by a @LAPDHQ police officer while covering an immigration protest in downtown LA on Aug. 12.

"There’s definitely things that we missed because we were not able to move around freely," he said.
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