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Joey Scott

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LA-based investigative journalist covering policing, injustice, and inequality. I create job security for public records custodians in California. Documentary photographer. Signal: joeyscott.05 Venmo: @joeyneverjoe https://www.joeyscott.xyz/bylines/

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · Jun 8

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · Nov 11

I love public records. I love data. I think news outlets should prioritize photography in their stories. And I love whistleblowers, leaks, and tips. You can sign-up for my newsletter and options for contacting me securely w/ docs, leaks, tips, and other leads.

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"Do you want new wave or do you want the truth?"

Joey is an LA-based investigative journalist and documentary photographer. He covers policing, surveillance, protests, prisons, and inequality. He is also a job creator by keeping public agencies thro...

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 6h

THINGS/CHAIR.GIF

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 6h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 10h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 10h

Tucson has better Mexican food, imo

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 1d

and I feel fine

jamma10.bsky.social @jamma10.bsky.social · 2d

Toilet, Bristol UK circa 2015

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11h

There are ballistic goggles that are rated for being hit with projectiles, do NOT wear swim goggles. If it doesn’t pop out your eye, then you’ll lose it when it shatters the plastic.

There is PPE within a number of price ranges that ACTUALLY protect you. Please don’t be an idiot, get the right shit

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 15h

Pro tip to reporters and protesters: always have swim goggles in your pockets or bags. They’re small, $10 and if tear gas is used, slip them on & no matter how much you cough, you’ll still be able to SEE without burning eyes.

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 11h

Swim goggles can't survive a munition hitting you in the face and can cause your eye to pop out. Invest in your safety. Get goggles rated for ballistics and a good seal.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 14h

Out of most categories of reporting, I think “political reporting” has remained really homogenous, which explains some conventions. (To add, political reporting remains prized and reliant on access. I think the whole category should be upended — everything is politics!)

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 13h

A screenshot of a Dril post: my favorite feature of this site is absolutely no consequences for my opinions sucking fucking ass and me being 100% wrong about everything

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Cannonball Adderall @leupp.bsky.social · 13h

Can’t spell embarrassing without b-a-r-i

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 13h

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 18h

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 15h

One thing that can help is disabling app tracking on your phone. VPNs and online tracker blockers can help, too. But it’s nearly impossible to avoid it. You can make it harder by also not bringing your phone to protests or other first amendment activities.

Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 15h

Beverly Hills PD is another agency that uses it. A lot of departments purchase it using Homeland Security antiterrorism grants. They’ll keep justifying the purchases of it because of the Olympics and other large events coming to LA.

An invoice from Cobwebs Technology to Beverly Hills PD for $75,000. Beverly Hills PD purchase Web Intelligence platform.
Dated 10/11/22

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 15h

Penlink gives police geolocation data from the advertising data your phone collects when you use various apps and websites. Data like this is often public because commercial data brokers buy and sell it.

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 16h

I wrote about LAPD has been using the same technology since 2022 in 2023. I updated it to include their most recent “audit” of it which found there’s been no impact on the public’s privacy. Other California depts use Penlink, too:

www.joeyscott.xyz/the-lapd-is-...

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 1d

Remember that all of this is in defense of a detention center where people are being held in horrible conditions after being kidnapped off the street for no reason.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Again today, local police outside Broadview just aggressively arrested more protesters. Tough to tell exactly how many, but looks like 3-4 people were just detained.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Quick update on what we just saw here—*before curfew*, ISP troopers, Broadview PD and CCSO deputies began menacing demonstrators outside the ICE facility. Several arrests.

Pepper ball guns at the ready, a bit of a standoff going with remaining protesters. All people are doing is playing music.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

totally necessary for swat officers with rifles to be doing crowd control right?

two illinois state police swat officers stand in a street. one holds a pepper ball gun and the other holds a rifle.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d

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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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 1d

So fishy!!! I actually made a separate public records request just to learn what was the special technology they claimed to use to recover the deleted messages. I even asked for the user manual, because that’s obviously not exempt. They refuse to provide any info.

Hello,

Please re-open this request and ensure that you fulfill your duty to assist and search, pursuant to California law and court ruling described below.

For example only:
If your response means that the Office of the Mayor doesn't have the records but a specific IT office or finance office does, this is a practical basis that can be overcome and you must suggest the correct place to request such records.
If my use of the phrase "specialized technology" is not appropriately worded, you must provide assistance to help me rephrase the request.
If there are releasable records related to the "specialized technology" which are not as obvious to request as user guides and billing information, you must assist me in identifying those releasable documents as they may be responsive to the purpose of the request.
To be clear, the purpose of this request is to understand the nature of the "specialized technologies" that the City of Los Angeles has to recover other records.

Thank you,
Adam

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