James Queally
@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social
Crime: Real & Imagined.
L.A. Times Courts/Chaos Reporter
Alleged Author: Russell Avery Novels (Formerly Polis, Now Counterpoint)
Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
My next novel, SURVIVING THE LIE, is out in August 2026.
L.A. Times Courts/Chaos Reporter
Alleged Author: Russell Avery Novels (Formerly Polis, Now Counterpoint)
Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
My next novel, SURVIVING THE LIE, is out in August 2026.
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Ex-cop wanted on murder charge flew overseas, lived in L.A. for a year without arrest
Former LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was indicted for murder by an L.A. County grand jury in September 2024. He was able to leave the U.S. four times and live in Carson for more than a year before bei...
www.latimes.com
Ex-LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was indicted for murder.
Then, he spent a year flying internationally and living at his Southern California home without DHS or L.A. authorities trying to arrest him.
Latest from the "Wait... what?" files w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Then, he spent a year flying internationally and living at his Southern California home without DHS or L.A. authorities trying to arrest him.
Latest from the "Wait... what?" files w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reposted by James Queally
D4vd's family members are fighting grand jury subpoenas in the case of a dead teen found in the singer's car
D4vd's family members are fighting grand jury subpoenas in the case of a dead teen found in the singer's car
The father, mother and brother of singer known as D4vd have tried to quash a subpoena to testify in California in the case of the teenager found in the singer's Tesla.
www.latimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
D4vd's family members are fighting grand jury subpoenas in the case of a dead teen found in the singer's car
Secrecy surrounds hiring of LAPD messaging guru with Hollywood background via @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Secrecy surrounds hiring of LAPD messaging guru with Hollywood background
The City Council approved $191,000 for an LAPD director of internal communication, even as police officials tried to keep their preferred candidate under wraps.
www.latimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Secrecy surrounds hiring of LAPD messaging guru with Hollywood background via @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Court records show a federal agent hid his criminal history from the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. Did it submarine two assault prosecutions? My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Officer's criminal record a factor in dismissed charges against L.A. anti-ICE protesters
Charges against two L.A. demonstrators were dropped after lawyers raised concerns about a Federal Protective Services officer who allegedly hid his criminal record from the Department of Justice and m...
www.latimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Court records show a federal agent hid his criminal history from the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. Did it submarine two assault prosecutions? My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
An L.A. soccer coach who is charged with sexually abusing and killing one of his teenage players now faces 9 additional counts of sex abuse against another minor, prosecutors announced today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Prosecutors add charges against L.A. soccer coach accused of raping and killing teen
Soccer coach Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino was charged with sexually abusing and killing a teen last year. Prosecutors on Tuesday filed an additional nine counts of sexual abuse against him involving an...
www.latimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
An L.A. soccer coach who is charged with sexually abusing and killing one of his teenage players now faces 9 additional counts of sex abuse against another minor, prosecutors announced today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Ex-LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was indicted for murder.
Then, he spent a year flying internationally and living at his Southern California home without DHS or L.A. authorities trying to arrest him.
Latest from the "Wait... what?" files w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Then, he spent a year flying internationally and living at his Southern California home without DHS or L.A. authorities trying to arrest him.
Latest from the "Wait... what?" files w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Ex-cop wanted on murder charge flew overseas, lived in L.A. for a year without arrest
Former LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was indicted for murder by an L.A. County grand jury in September 2024. He was able to leave the U.S. four times and live in Carson for more than a year before bei...
www.latimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Ex-LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was indicted for murder.
Then, he spent a year flying internationally and living at his Southern California home without DHS or L.A. authorities trying to arrest him.
Latest from the "Wait... what?" files w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Then, he spent a year flying internationally and living at his Southern California home without DHS or L.A. authorities trying to arrest him.
Latest from the "Wait... what?" files w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Listen, whatever Kid Rock does tomorrow: We all stood by as a society and let Maroon 5 do the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
In Atlanta.
We are not absolved.
In Atlanta.
We are not absolved.
February 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Listen, whatever Kid Rock does tomorrow: We all stood by as a society and let Maroon 5 do the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
In Atlanta.
We are not absolved.
In Atlanta.
We are not absolved.
Broken Social Scene - Almost Crimes
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February 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
It's the Washington Generals dunking on the Harlem Globetrotters.
L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.
Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.
Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump's Justice Department charges activists
The federal public defender's office in L.A. was 5 and 0 against prosecutors in trials related to immigration raids and protests. Trial No. 6 was last month.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
It's the Washington Generals dunking on the Harlem Globetrotters.
L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.
Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.
Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
I am now a one issue voter and that issue is throwing everyone who works at Ticketmaster in the prison that Bane comes from in the Batman movies.
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am now a one issue voter and that issue is throwing everyone who works at Ticketmaster in the prison that Bane comes from in the Batman movies.
Happy New Ratboys Day
February 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Happy New Ratboys Day
So is this like ... pro wrestling politics boomerang theory?
I've often said President Trump's initial political ascendancy reminded me of JBL's out of nowhere 2004 proto-MAGA main event heel run.
Now, Brody King is suddenly a main event player based, in part, on his real life detest for ICE.
I've often said President Trump's initial political ascendancy reminded me of JBL's out of nowhere 2004 proto-MAGA main event heel run.
Now, Brody King is suddenly a main event player based, in part, on his real life detest for ICE.
February 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
So is this like ... pro wrestling politics boomerang theory?
I've often said President Trump's initial political ascendancy reminded me of JBL's out of nowhere 2004 proto-MAGA main event heel run.
Now, Brody King is suddenly a main event player based, in part, on his real life detest for ICE.
I've often said President Trump's initial political ascendancy reminded me of JBL's out of nowhere 2004 proto-MAGA main event heel run.
Now, Brody King is suddenly a main event player based, in part, on his real life detest for ICE.
Hope some of you can make it to this tonight! A live reading from me and some other talented authors who created Dark Waters Volume 3! Join us at 530 Pacific / 830 Eastern.
February 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Hope some of you can make it to this tonight! A live reading from me and some other talented authors who created Dark Waters Volume 3! Join us at 530 Pacific / 830 Eastern.
Thinking of all my friends at the @washingtonpost today.
Also thinking about how "finding a way to legally bar billionaires from owning great newspapers" might be rocketing up my "Best Use Of Time Machine" power rankings.
Also thinking about how "finding a way to legally bar billionaires from owning great newspapers" might be rocketing up my "Best Use Of Time Machine" power rankings.
February 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Thinking of all my friends at the @washingtonpost today.
Also thinking about how "finding a way to legally bar billionaires from owning great newspapers" might be rocketing up my "Best Use Of Time Machine" power rankings.
Also thinking about how "finding a way to legally bar billionaires from owning great newspapers" might be rocketing up my "Best Use Of Time Machine" power rankings.
Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr. — who was killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve — are calling on the California A.G. to launch an independent investigation, accusing LAPD Chief McDonnell of being biased toward ICE. Latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Attorneys for man killed by off-duty ICE agent call on California A.G. to investigate
Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr. — who was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year's Eve — called for California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to take over the investigation of the incident, claimin...
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr. — who was killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve — are calling on the California A.G. to launch an independent investigation, accusing LAPD Chief McDonnell of being biased toward ICE. Latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Broken Social Scene tour where I don't need to fly to a random city in a different time zone to track them down? Yes please and thank you.
Love, The City of Los Angeles.
Love, The City of Los Angeles.
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Broken Social Scene tour where I don't need to fly to a random city in a different time zone to track them down? Yes please and thank you.
Love, The City of Los Angeles.
Love, The City of Los Angeles.
Interested in some short fiction that might, just maybe, be a tad therapeutic given the state of our world?
Then I hope you'll join me on Wed. Feb, 4that 5:30 PDT/8:30 EST, for a Crowdcast from the people that made Dark Waters Volume 3 possible!
crowdcast.io/c/9dhwlefphy5f
Then I hope you'll join me on Wed. Feb, 4that 5:30 PDT/8:30 EST, for a Crowdcast from the people that made Dark Waters Volume 3 possible!
crowdcast.io/c/9dhwlefphy5f
February 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Interested in some short fiction that might, just maybe, be a tad therapeutic given the state of our world?
Then I hope you'll join me on Wed. Feb, 4that 5:30 PDT/8:30 EST, for a Crowdcast from the people that made Dark Waters Volume 3 possible!
crowdcast.io/c/9dhwlefphy5f
Then I hope you'll join me on Wed. Feb, 4that 5:30 PDT/8:30 EST, for a Crowdcast from the people that made Dark Waters Volume 3 possible!
crowdcast.io/c/9dhwlefphy5f
Trump officials have repeatedly released inaccurate information when trying to justify ICE shootings. Is it creating a credibility crisis for federal law enforcement in court?
My latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
My latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump officials have tried to justify ICE shootings. Is it backfiring in court?
The Department of Justice has lost five cases in Los Angeles against defendants accused of assaulting immigration agents, leading former government officials to warn that the Trump administration face...
www.latimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Trump officials have repeatedly released inaccurate information when trying to justify ICE shootings. Is it creating a credibility crisis for federal law enforcement in court?
My latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
My latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
I have covered protests pretty regularly for 12+ years.
I follow them where they go.
The one time I got put in flex cuffs, LAPD brass realized that wasn't the best idea and cut me loose in an hour.
Journalism is not a crime.
I follow them where they go.
The one time I got put in flex cuffs, LAPD brass realized that wasn't the best idea and cut me loose in an hour.
Journalism is not a crime.
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I have covered protests pretty regularly for 12+ years.
I follow them where they go.
The one time I got put in flex cuffs, LAPD brass realized that wasn't the best idea and cut me loose in an hour.
Journalism is not a crime.
I follow them where they go.
The one time I got put in flex cuffs, LAPD brass realized that wasn't the best idea and cut me loose in an hour.
Journalism is not a crime.
I have no idea how you make Sex Criminals -- one of the most batshit comics you will ever read -- into a TV show, but I am incredibly excited they are trying
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
‘Sex Criminals’ Series Based on Comic Book Scores Prime Video Order
Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon and Tze Chun are adapting the Image Comics title by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I have no idea how you make Sex Criminals -- one of the most batshit comics you will ever read -- into a TV show, but I am incredibly excited they are trying
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
NEW: Corruption case against L.A. Councilmember Curren Price can move to trial, judge rules www.latimes.com/california/s...
Corruption case against L.A. Councilmember Curren Price can move to trial, judge rules
A Los Angeles County judge ruled Wednesday that there is enough evidence to take L.A. City Councilman Curren Price to trial on embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest charges.
www.latimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:49 AM
NEW: Corruption case against L.A. Councilmember Curren Price can move to trial, judge rules www.latimes.com/california/s...
It is likely, but not guaranteed, that L.A. City Councilman Curren Price's prelim hearing will wrap up this afternoon. At that point, a judge will determine whether or not prosecutors can take him to trial on perjury, embezzlement and conflict of interest charges. Stay tuned.
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
It is likely, but not guaranteed, that L.A. City Councilman Curren Price's prelim hearing will wrap up this afternoon. At that point, a judge will determine whether or not prosecutors can take him to trial on perjury, embezzlement and conflict of interest charges. Stay tuned.
The amount of times I start writing a story in our CMS, pause to take a break, and then see the inch count is 6.66 is ... way too many.
Is my laptop about to open the Hellmouth?
Is my laptop about to open the Hellmouth?
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The amount of times I start writing a story in our CMS, pause to take a break, and then see the inch count is 6.66 is ... way too many.
Is my laptop about to open the Hellmouth?
Is my laptop about to open the Hellmouth?
The wealthy continue to capture journalistic organizations to destroy them. Feel free to convince me otherwise.
Weiss is about a year behind The Washington Post, if you're curious where this is headed.
This does not sound good: "Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The wealthy continue to capture journalistic organizations to destroy them. Feel free to convince me otherwise.
The first shot in the L.A. newspaper wars has been fired.
Yeastie Boys — who as a native New Yorker I can confirm makes mediocre ass bagels — launched a big California Post promotion yesterday.
The Internet roundly dunked on them. All references now scrubbed from their IG.
Yeastie Boys — who as a native New Yorker I can confirm makes mediocre ass bagels — launched a big California Post promotion yesterday.
The Internet roundly dunked on them. All references now scrubbed from their IG.
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The first shot in the L.A. newspaper wars has been fired.
Yeastie Boys — who as a native New Yorker I can confirm makes mediocre ass bagels — launched a big California Post promotion yesterday.
The Internet roundly dunked on them. All references now scrubbed from their IG.
Yeastie Boys — who as a native New Yorker I can confirm makes mediocre ass bagels — launched a big California Post promotion yesterday.
The Internet roundly dunked on them. All references now scrubbed from their IG.
Reposted by James Queally
January 24, 2026 at 6:51 PM