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Criminal x immigration law. Attorney. Leftist. Pasifika. Queer. Lover of Tucson & Los Angeles. Arizona Wildcat fan. Header: Vianney Harelly. they/she/ella @lastreetcare.bsky.social | @nolympicsla.bsky.social

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Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · Jun 22

I’m going to make a thread about how the feds have changed their tactics here in Los Angeles because the community has forced them to adapt.

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Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 6h

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Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 7h

Snell was robbed, I feel bad for him 😭

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YOOOOOSHHHHIIIIIII

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bobo tucci @no-flashlight.bsky.social · 7h

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Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 7h

Is “number of hitters struck out swinging outside the zone” a stat?

Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 7h

LOOK AT MY PITCHERS MAN those stat lines 😮‍💨

Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 7h

What’s our “left bases loaded on base” stat for the postseason?

Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 7h

Even when we could get a grand slam, Shohei is swinging at absolute shit. Somebody smack him upside the head!!

Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 8h

Send Shohei & Freddie to a shrink! We need BASE HITS not grand slams!!

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Holy shit how bad can you be

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.

Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6

Article excerpt: Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.

Article excerpt: ...They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.

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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 8h

Terrific news out of California. Read the whole thread to learn just how nefarious Lexipol’s policy was, and how the California legislature shut it down. Hats off to @steelandballast.bsky.social for bringing this story to light.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

A new California law will effectively ban officers from questioning the families of people killed by police before alerting them to the news of their loved one's death.

This practice was popularized by Lexipol, the nation’s largest developer of law enforcement policy manuals. 🧵

California cops can no longer conceal police killings while interrogating loved ones for dirt

A Reveal investigation helped spark a crackdown on a disturbing, widespread practice.

www.motherjones.com

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Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 8h

Send Shohei & Freddie to a shrink! We need BASE HITS not grand slams!!

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Emphasis on the first.

Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 9h

What am I watching???? Can I please have the Fundamentals department for the Dodgers??

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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 18h

Reminder for those attending 50501 SoCal’s No Kings protest this Saturday. The organizers have a history of coordinating with LAPD pigs ahead of their parades. Here’s communication between the 50501 SoCal founders and LAPD regarding last April’s protest.

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Brendon Yuen <
Tuesday, March 25, 20254:06 PM
BRIAN CORWIN
EVAN MARTINEZ;CHRISTOPHER SUK;MICHAEL BOYLE;Joann Calderon (DOT Spcl Events);Gerardo Cervantes;Justin Rong:justin.m.kim@lacity.org;Tyler, John W@CHP;Velasquez, Steven P.;bwclinks@lasd.org
Re: 50501 SoCal Unites
ATTENTION: This email originated outside of LAPD. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
I will be attending the meeting.
I will have also asked a few other individuals in charge of planning to attend as well.
Brendon
On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM BRIAN CORWIN <35723 @lapd.online> wrote:
Good morning,
I sent out the invite for the meeting tomorrow for the event 50501 SoCal Unites scheduled on April 5, 2025. The meeting is over TEAMS and is set for 930am. If you are able to attend it please rsvp. If you have any questions please let me know.
Thank you,
Brian Corwin
Sergeant I Special Events
35723 @lapd.online

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Brendon Yuen <
Thursday, March 27, 2025 10:24 AM
BRIAN CORWIN
EVAN MARTINEZ; CHRISTOPHER SUK:MICHAEL
BOYLE;pierre.riotoc@lacity.orgjjasmine.hy@lacity.org;bwclinks@lasd.org;Velasquez,
Steven P.;Tyler, John W@CHP;emily@50501socal.org;Joann Calderon (DOT Spcl Events);Brenda Mariona;Gerardo Cervantesjustin.m.kim@lacity.org;Justin Rong;shawn.connolly@lacity.org
Re: 50501 SoCal Unites
ATTENTION: This email originated outside of LAPD. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
I will be attending the meeting.
Brendon
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM BRIAN CORWIN <35723@lapd.online> wrote:
This is a follow-up meeting prior to the event on Saturday April 5, 2025.
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Join the meeting now
Meeting ID:
Passcode:
Dial in by phone
United States, Los Angeles
Find a local number
Phone conference ID:
For organizers: Meeting options | Reset dial-in

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 1d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 4d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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The LA Reporter @thelareporter.bsky.social · 1d

LAPD turns out in force to Westlake CARE+ operation: ‘We were raided, treated like criminals’

thelareporter.la/p/lapd-turns...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

In the case of Mr. Cruz, we have a very literal "show me your papers" arrest.

He was chilling with a friend when ICE officers demanded to see his papers. He didn't have them on him, so they detained him and interrogated him. He was eventually released — but with the ticket.

Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.
The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the Tribune.
“They asked us if we have papers. I said I do but I don’t have them on me,” Cruz, a 60-year old man with heart problems originally from El Salvador, recalled in Spanish.
The agents stood Cruz up, put him in their truck, drove around in circles, and asked questions, he said.
Where was he born? What is his name? Who is his mother? Who is his father?
“I told them, they are dead,” Cruz said. The agents said they needed the information anyway so they could look him up in their databases. Eventually, the agents verified that he is, in fact, legally in the country. And they let him go.
But not before writing him a $130 ticket for not having his papers. Cruz’s friend, who is homeless, did not have legal status and was taken away by the feds.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d

"Maria" is rolling up raisins under the hot Madera sun. To earn $70, she has to roll 1,000 sheets! Each row has around 250 sheet. It's hard grueling work walking on the burning sand for hours rolling one sheet after another. #WeFeedYou

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Totoro in a Bucket Hat @ailaminad.bsky.social · 1d

Please check out @reporterliz.bsky.social’s story on a sweep in CD1, Eunisses Hernandez’s district. Eunisses ran as an abolitionist & is backed by DSA, yet her office continues to destroy encampments 🚨 AND NOT OFFER ANY HOUSING! NOT EVEN TEMPORARY SHELTER! 🚨 Ugh just please read her piece.

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LA Street Care & Mutual Aid @lastreetcare.bsky.social · 1d

Thread following up on our Thursday morning livestream of a sweep in LA City Council District 1, represented by Eunisses Hernandez. Here’s the live posted as a reel. www.instagram.com/reel/DPmH-Mn...

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