the first thing the enemy tries to do is isolate revolutionaries from the masses of the people, making us horrible and hideous monsters so that our people will hate us - assata shakur
Manufacturing consent:
Boston Dynamics robot dog featured in New York fashion week. This comes at a time when Los Angeles City Council is voting on approving the donation of a robot dog to LAPD. These things will be used to harm our communities. They aren’t cute.
Students have seen hundreds of schools + universities flattened in Gaza. They’ve seen Palestinian students + teachers martyred.
Our youth rose up to call out their university’s complicity in this endless death and Genocide Joe has more critique for them than Israel. SHAME!!!!
Biden, a few moments ago:
“Destroying property is not peaceful protest. It's against the law.
“Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes & graduations …none of this is peaceful protest.”
not even back in LA for 48 hours and this pig in a unmarked LAPD vehicle somehow rear ended my partner while she was driving back home from work last night
what’s the probability of that happening? Y’all got caught trailing my family
THREAD: The murderer of
#CharleyAfrica
, Frank Martinez, was getting ready to participate in the Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday, but I wasn’t going to let this killer cop march around the community. Martinez was instructed to leave after I let paradegoers know who he was
Killer cop Ivan McMillan started moving different as soon as I pointed him out as the one in charge of their incursion into the camp and called out his first name
For the record, this “victim” stands around 6'6” pushing 270+ pounds. One of the biggest pigs I’ve even seen
Jamie's daughter, Jacqueline McBride, just killed an unhoused woman by the name of Mariela Cardenas Wednesday night. His other daughter, Toni McBride, killed Daniel Hernandez in 2020. HIS FAMILY ALONE HAS SHOT 8 PEOPLE. This neo-Nazi and his daughters are LAPD heroes
The Los Angeles mayor says she wants to diversify the city's police force... by lowering the department's standards for recruitment. How is that good for the officers or for public safety? Dan discusses with police union head Jamie McBride.
Last night
@RickCarusoLA
held a private meet and greet + I made an appearance
$30 million won’t make us forget about the 30 years of sexual abuse Caruso helped cover up at USC. It won’t make us forget that he’s an anti-abortion Republican. It won’t make us forget he’s anti-Black
LAPD Senior Lead Officer Elizabeth Southern threatened to call DCFS after I said “fuck you pigs” when her partner said hello
Before I started filming she said “don’t listen to him, he’s high on drugs” + as soon as I asked for their names/serial #’s, they called a supervisor 🧵
THREAD: At the age of 16, Joan Tarika Lewis became the first sister to join the Black Panther Party in 1967. Tarika quickly climbed the ranks of the cadre and at one point was a lieutenant, helping to train new recruits and run one of the Panther offices in West Oakland
this pig claimed she was off-duty and that she had fallen asleep at the wheel.
but once her supervisor showed up on scene, he said she didn’t have to provide her drivers license cuz she was actually on-duty
which one was it
@LAPDHQ
?
Traci Park couldn’t be bothered with questions about the murder of Keenan Anderson so she decided to tell LAPD that she felt unsafe because two Black people had the nerve to engage with her.
LAPD then went on to claim that we were interfering with her conducting city business
The LAPD execution of
#TakarSmith
was reminiscent of a firing squad. Takar's "crime" was being Black, schizophrenic, and in the midst of a mental health crisis.
One of his murderers is Joseph Zizzo, who spent years murdering people abroad as part of the Marines.
LA CITY COUNCIL TODAY: Protests continued as city council voted to end COVID eviction protections at the end of January. This is their “business as usual”
This council is corrupt. This council is racist. This council is in constant betrayal of poor people 🧵
@AbcarianLAT
As a stay at home father, my baby comes with me to protests. In fact, numerous city hall staffers and councilmembers have remarked how calm he is during our disruptions over the last 2 months. Maybe you should focus on why Kevin de León decided to come back into chambers today
Yesterday, Kevin De León assaulted me just before his celebration of another tiny tool shed village. This attack took place in full view of the LAPD.
He snatched my phone and in the process hit me in my face. Is this who you want to be your next mayor Los Angeles?
This morning we cut the ribbon
to the much anticipated Tiny Home Village in
#EagleRock
. I’m proud of all the teams that have come together to build 48 tiny homes with 93 beds for our unhoused Angelenos in Eagle Rock. Together, we will bring hope through housing.
#tinyhome
Paul Krekorian and the rest of city council didn’t want to take a look at themselves in the mirror today.
If they looked at their reflection, they’d see the same racism and anti-Blackness they lie about being against. What else did these mirrors reflect in council chambers? 🧵
Last night, Villanueva debuted a copaganda video on how detrimental the unhoused are for businesses
You’ll see
@LACoSheriff
blame a tent as the reason this restaurant wasn’t in business
Who wants to tell him that Johnie’s has BEEN CLOSED FOR 22 YEARS!!!
Accident happened on the highway so CHP were the ones responsible for the investigation so why was LAPD asking my partner if she was injured and if our vehicle was damaged and then measuring up where the damage was on our car to their leg
At the end of the day, no killer cop deserves peace on our streets. This isn’t the first time LAPD has threatened my family and it won’t be the last, but for people like Nithya Raman who shower praise unto Senior Lead Officers - this is who they really are.
RICCI SERGIENKO AND LORENZO DE FERLITTA WERE ARRESTED JUST NOW. BEING BOOKED AT CENTRAL STATION AFTER CRASHING A CARUSO PRESS CONFERENCE
PLEASE CALL 213-486-6606 TO DEMAND THEY BE RELEASED.
RIGHT NOW: LAPD is denying entry to members of the public saying chambers are at capacity. They say around 100 people are inside despite capacity for chambers being listed as 234. This is a desperate attempt by Paul Krekorian and company to silence protestors
LAPD Police Commission President Erroll Southers still hasn’t taken responsibility for his role in founding the infamous Santa Monica PAL program that paved the way for over 200 children to be molested. Erroll doesn’t think this abuse is worthy of comment
A Santa Monica cop molested 200 kids over decades working at the Santa Monica PAL (Police Activities League), started by newest
@MayorOfLA
-appointed member of the
@lapdcommission
, Erroll Southers. This is "community policing"
#LAPCFAILS
Later, Helper couldn’t keep the story straight. He said the officers felt afraid because they were being “harassed” by me.
Harassment to them is someone asking for information they are required to provide according to LAPD policy. A Black man with a baby made them afraid…
Caught Adam Schiff at the Golden Dragon Parade and called out this genocide supporter for his continued support of Israel “in its time of greatest need”
Adam deserves no peace as he cheers on Israel martyring over 13,000 children in Palestine
As I made my way back to the parade, SLO Edward Kellogg said “I can’t wait to see your wife” and insinuated that I beat my partner and that’s why I don’t like the police - not the LAPD’s long standing history of repression, dehumanization and destruction of Black bodies
Frank finally caved and made his way to his vehicle across the street. As he started walking, he threatened me with arrest if I “challenged him to a fight” or “walked up behind him”. The simple act of calling out Frank murdering
#CharleyAfrica
was deemed a threat
This killer cop needed 6 fellow Senior Lead Officers (SLO) and a supervisor to escort him back to his car. During Frank’s walk of shame, these pigs continually made veiled threats about my partner and specifically my 19 month old son
Flores pushed me for asking what he would arrest me for and seconds after, he threatened my 19 month old baby asking "how's your son, how's he doing” while fidgeting with something in his left hand. Flores was trying to find any reason to get his hands on me as you can see.
Kevin de Leon’s chief of staff called 911 on me yesterday, first claiming I was stalking his staff and then saying I made threats of violence against them - neither of which is true.
Jennifer Barraza and the rest of KDL’s staff continue to perpetuate anti-Blackness
SLO Reyna Quintanilla went as far as commenting on the color of my partner’s sweater in hopes of intimidating me. They all joined in on the fun.
Reminder SLOs are described by the LAPD as the “up-close-and-personal embodiment of the LAPD”
Gabby Medina grabbed Ricci’s phone, kept yelling about how we were on private property while literally holding Ricci’s private property, and marched all the way out of the event with it.
All while Caruso’s minions and Branimir put their hands on us, bumped us and assaulted us
WATCH: we disrupted a Rick Caruso campaign event today on the USS Iowa. Rick was joined by 1%
@JoeBuscaino
and a bunch of rich people.
Rick doesn’t want to talk about the millions he’s donated to anti-abortion causes. Or the 30 years of sexual abuse he covered up at USC or….
LAPD pig Andrew Mathes said he couldn’t provide his serial number or business card because it wasn’t feasible as he was in the “middle of a tactical operation”
but this is what Mathes defines as being “busy” - lollygagging on his phone
LAPD strategically chose Lt. Andrew Mathes as one of the pigs to lead the sweep of the Divest LA From Genocide encampment in front of City Hall
Mathes is no stranger to those in Skid Row. In 2016, he was named in a lawsuit by
@LACANetwork
and others for civil rights violations
I wanted to express my eternal gratitude to every single person who has reached out, shown love, and truly protected me over the past two days. Your solidarity gives me strength 💜
Here’s Lt Ensley lying on my name saying I have a reputation of battery + that I was arrested for battery, but when pressed on his bullshit, he couldn’t back it up
Ensley then says the reason LAPD were following me out of
@metrolosangeles
HQ was to “make sure you get out safe”
Martinez’s partner, Al Flores, ran from over 2 blocks away to join in, catching up once everyone had stopped
Flores immediately began to escalate, claiming I was too close to Frank while Frank said I was “harming him”. In reality, Flores was tired of me embarrassing his partner
Gordon Helper wouldn’t provide the just cause for Southern taking her photo until after she left.
He then explained that the way I was portraying myself and acting in front of my child gave them concern that the child was not being cared for the right way. This is the LAPD
RIGHT NOW: LAPD is denying entry to members of the public saying chambers are at capacity. They say around 100 people are inside despite capacity for chambers being listed as 234. This is a desperate attempt by Paul Krekorian and company to silence protestors
You can hear Elizabeth Southern on the phone with her supervisor Gordon Helper saying “we got one of the activists down here”
I never requested a supervisor. All I wanted was their names and serial #’s - which they have to provide according to the LAPD’s own policy
Southern decided to take a picture of me and my child likely to file a report with DCFS.
First she said I was high on drugs, then takes a photo to use in her false report but can’t provide her name and serial number after 7 minutes of asking for it
One of Kevin de Leon’s honorees today was Joshua Medina who took part in the violent arrest of photographer Tyson Heder during the LAPD raid on the Occupy LA camp in 2011. At one point Medina punched Heder twice in the face after “speckles of spit" hit his face shield
To no one’s surprise, Kevin de Leon called the cops on us. These pigs came in talking about “enforcing the rules”, but killer cop Taylor Mc Laws strutted up with a thin blue line pin on his shirt pocket + his supervisor Sgt Gomez didn’t know if Mc Laws could wear it or not
Looks like
@BLMLA
gave Kevin de Leon a wake up call this morning 👀
A year removed from the racist audio leak + KDL still needs a reminder that Los Angeles hasn’t forgotten about his anti-Blackness + anti-Indigeneity. His time on the council needs to come to an end and it will!
LAPD killed one of our organizer’s sister. They’ve beat and arrested several of us. An LAPD police commissioner called to have DCFS separate my family, but this DSA-LA white boy feels comfortable enough insinuating we are in bed with the LAPD
who’s the real agent of the state?
Gary Gilbert, co-owner of the
@cavs
, has been advocating violence against anyone who expresses support for Palestine and is now sending threats to anyone who dares to show up tomorrow to this zionist PR stunt that “we’re armed and ready for you punks”
Zionists are constantly making false accusations of pro-Palestine activists “inciting & threatening violence.”
Meanwhile, the Zionist owner of
@cavs
is in our DMs making actual threats of gun violence!
@musoftolerance
MUST cancel this IOF propaganda event for EVERYONE’S safety.
There’s no question that the LAPD is targeting my baby. Chief Michel Moore is now on record saying that I use my child as a tactic - FOR WHAT?
In his eyes, Black children are devices to accomplish an end. It’s dehumanizing and representative of the LAPD
Today at city council: LAPD told
@AxumSelassie
that his one year old baby was being “too disruptive.”
LAPD Sgt. Clark told Jason to “take care of your kid.” This is fucking ridiculous, anti-Black racism happening in council chambers.
He’s called
@RashidaTlaib
an animal and has advocated for wiping “sub-human Hamas animals” off the face of the earth.
He also wanted to remind people that Israel has plenty of nuclear bombs. This genocide supporter is ready to kill anyone who is pro-Palestine
THREAD: George Mason Murray was the Minister of Education for the Black Panther Party from April 1968 to July 1969. As an English instructor at San Francisco State College, his controversial firing was the catalyst for the longest strike by college students in Amerikan history
I was next up to bat.
@LACoSheriff
likes to talk about “paid activists” and the “white people’s city council” as if he isn’t a millionaire or paid six figures to be the king of the overseers. He seems to forget he’s white too
HE WILL NEVER BE WELCOME IN SKID ROW
#GoogleLASDGangs
Hey look! It’s the highest paid Christmas tree deliverer in the history of Los Angeles, Kevin de León. I hear if you’re nice, he’ll even compare your child to luggage instead of a handbag.
When I ask SLO Jorge Zambrano for an explanation on why Southern said I was high on drugs. He said “I don’t think she was referring to you” and when I asked who she was talking about he said “I can’t speak for that”
LAPD bringing in
#BlackHistoryMonth
with pigs on horseback to remind us of the Black history they like to celebrate AND a Black owned food truck operated by Dulan’s Soul Food
Greg Dulan said he supports the LAPD + would welcome working with the KKK. His daddy’s name is Adolf btw
THREAD: I quit
@foodforwardla
3 weeks ago today after 5.5 years there. Food Forward is going around telling partners, volunteers, and donors that I left to "pursue other opportunities" Naw, I left because I was worn out from working at an anti-Black + discriminatory non-profit
So the
@LAPPL
thinks a motion to disarm LAPD officers inside city council chambers is “irresponsible”
A reminder that senior lead officer Haissam Sabra, who murdered a Mark Miles in 2012, is one of the pigs stationed inside those very chambers
L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez called this week for the city’s policy analysts to determine whether the council has the power to require that every police officer assigned to council meetings be unarmed
A few of us caught
@RickCarusoLA
earlier in Skid Row filming some propaganda. He was flanked by his bodyguards and security from the Downtown Center Business Improvement District.
We made sure he heard from the people as he scurried into the building like the rat that he is
Since the LAPD bombed a South Central neighborhood, Al Labrada has been promoted to assistant chief. When the ATF report was presented to the community that lived on 27th and San Pedro, they didn't even bother to translate to Spanish 🧵
They sure love them some Trump at LAPD HQ. Today I spotted a sticker of Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan in military garb with a sticker below of Biden pointing up with the phrase “I did that!”
This is who Karen Bass just gifted $87 mil to with the hope of hiring a 1,000 more pigs
At LAPD HQ - officer at the front says he is wearing a Thin Blue Line pin for his “falling brothers and sisters,” even though LAPD Chief Moore said this symbol is no longer allowed in LAPD buildings.
Also, he’s watching Trump on Newsmax on the TV.
Chairman Fred Hampton was talking about you
@sc
Black revolutionaries been talking about capitalism before you was born. Do yourself a favor and read up. This is an especially egregious thing to say given today is the last day of Black August
53 years ago today, Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Jerome Huggins were assassinated by a member of the United Slaves (US) Organization at UCLA’s Campbell Hall. These two valiant revolutionaries gave so much to our movement and to the Black Panther Party
At yesterdays city council meeting, Paul Krekorian kicked out legal observers from
@NLG_LosAngeles
for a second day in a row for “disrupting”
The day before LAPD manhandled an observer for no reason. When Sgt Clark was asked about whether that was their policy, he had no comment
Provocative column by
@Erika_D_Smith
about our
@FOXLA
@latimes
mayoral debate:
"We had a real L.A. mayoral debate. It can happen when idiot protestors don't spoil it."
Read the column here and watch us LIVE on FOX 11 7PM tonight.
Reflections showed pigs like Jovanna Hernandez, a member of the
@LAPDHQ
city hall detail for protests. She was in the LAPD vehicle that hit protestors at Pershing Square during the 2020 uprising. At her urging, her trainee drove right into the intersection
A tense moment in Downtown LA near Pershing Square when an
#LAPD
patrol car appears to knock down a couple of protesters and is then chased away by the crowd.
#LAProtests
@CBSLA
@KCBSKCALDesk
When we found out Will Jones Jr was still coaching for Valencia HS, it only made sense to catch him at the place closest to where he stole the lives of Valentina Orellana-Peralta & Daniel Elena Lopez. Notre Dame HS is just a 10 min drive from the Burlington Coat Factory 🧵
We’re at the Valencia vs Notre Dame High School football game.
LAPD Officer killer cop William Dorsey Jones Jr. is still coaching high school football. We had to let the community know.
WE SEE YOU WILLIAM
#JusticeForValentina
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office will not file criminal charges against City Councilman Kevin de León or the activist with whom he got into a physical altercation late last year at a Christmas-tree-lighting event.
THREAD: Karen Bass went on Talib Kweli’s podcast + copped to working w/ the LAPPL on the George Floyd Policing Act. Many have cited the $4 mil the LAPPL have spent on attack ads against her as a reason to vote 4 Bass, but y’all forgot that when Eric Garcetti ran for mayor in 2013
Yes this is the same Lt Ensley who surveils the majority of activists and organizers on here. The same Ensley who participated in the gang rape of his fellow pigs. The same Ensley that associates with neo-Nazis.
The event was held at a home with a little under 100 people in attendance. I was the only Black person there + as soon as I started to confront Rick, numerous yt people put their hands on me, including this Karen who pushed me twice to protect her savior
LAPD’s own investigation of Al Labrada found him guilty of being a creep and a liar, but guess what?
A hearing on whether to terminate him was scheduled for October, but he chose to retire which will allow him to keep his pension - likely over 250k a year until he dies
Al Labrada aka "AirTag Al", ex-2nd in command at LAPD, found guilty by disciplinary hearing of SEVEN counts, incl.
- stalking subordinate with AirTag on her car
- lying to investigators
- witness tampering
Labrada retired in lieu of termination. Might face criminal charges?
peace police at this biden fundraiser protest told me “don’t agitate the cops”, “don’t stand in the crosswalk, this is our action not yours” and one after backing into me to make way for a car said “are you gonna punch me” cuz I said they were doing the work of the oppressor…
I asked Chief Moore if it was standard for the LAPD to release the photo of people arrested for rape.
@LAPDChiefMoore
knew who I was alluding to and said Lopez was “suspected of being involved in other similar occasions” Where’s the follow-up from the media on this?
The LAPD often posts pictures of people accused of rape. Especially rape of children.
Not sure why they failed to include pictures in the announcement of the arrest of their own cop. Of course they posted that announcement after 10PM because they’re shameless like that.
Meanwhile, you got Carlos Tovar, who fired 8 shots at a Black man in 2021, being a creep and staring down my baby
Looks like he was promoted to Senior Lead Officer after his out of policy shooting in 2021. This is the LAPD
I didn't even know how to title this b/c there's so much going on. The shooting itself was ruled out of policy. But provably false claims abt threatening finger guns helped Ofc. Tovar avoid greater reprimand. Oh and LAPD hit a passing Lyft driver's 🚗 too.
Paul Krekorian will tell you that city council has done all they can in regards to Kevin de León, but when it comes to protestors, he’s more than eager to enact “more forceful steps” to silence us. This sustained protest has revealed this council's long history of anti-Blackness
I stood and listened for a while as his fervent followers clamored over Rick including one who said he bought a house in LA just to vote for Caruso. Another said she was so happy he’d be cleaning up the streets + another said “it’s about time one of us got into power”
William Dorsey Jones Jr.
#40366
. He spent the last past three years working as a "community relations officer" and started his own non-profit called Officers for Change aimed at mentoring at-risk youth in low-income communities
Killer cop Caleb Garcia-Alamilla was class president of his LAPD recruit class (3-23). He’s a former marine that is the latest example of the pipeline of murderers that flow from the military to police.
This video was taken on 8/25/2023 at LAPD graduation ceremony
Curren Price gave Kevin de Leon a handshake and pat on the elbow at the end of the city council meeting today.
When confronted about it afterwards,
@CurrenDPriceJr
said I’m friends with everybody. 3 months ago, KDL’s actions were unforgivable, but now they are forgotten
For Hugo to come into our abolitionist space
@TheRBNSNSPACE
and have his staff call the cops on a Black man, his own fucking constituent, is so repulsive
This is the white savior of the LA “progressive” left. Mike Bonin gushed over Joe Buscaino as they recognized his time on the council.
Bonin considers Busciano a brother and said that they share a very similar perspective on a lot of things
December is here and we still have the same demands for city council: NO RESIGNATIONS, NO MEETINGS!
Today Paul Krekorian chose to give white women multiple warnings for disruptions, but as soon as a Black woman spoke up, he immediately called for
@marakyadey
’s removal
Killer cop Ivan McMillan murdered 24-year-old Francisco Mondragon in 2007. Francisco had schizophrenia and was killed at his board and care facility. Ivan isn’t a “victim”, he’s a killer
As I was being escorted out for disrupting a city council meeting yesterday, Paul Krekorian said
“When does he start getting arrested instead of explaining things to him. When do we place him under arrest?”
John Lee laughed and said “You say that about a lot of things Paul”
This isn't Joseph Zizzo's first time shooting someone with schizophrenia while apart of the LAPD. He shot 16-year-old Moises Palacios in 2013 who thankfully survived the encounter.
@LAPDEnsley
@metrolosangeles
oh look the white supremacist still can't provide any details on the lies you told about me. speaking about rules, what rules did you and your fellow pigs break as centurions?
white women had more smoke for me than the LAPD last night. crazy how they claim to be anti-zionist, but in reality the only thing they are anti is Black
peace police at this biden fundraiser protest told me “don’t agitate the cops”, “don’t stand in the crosswalk, this is our action not yours” and one after backing into me to make way for a car said “are you gonna punch me” cuz I said they were doing the work of the oppressor…
Marqueece Harris-Dawson rocking a Black Panther Party People’s Free Food Program sweater in the same week he voted to take money from a food aid program + gift it to the LAPD’s overtime account
He is what Fred Hampton would characterize as an ideological servant of US fascism
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez was the lone vote at City Council today against taking money from a food aid fund to give to expand an LAPD cadet program in North Hollywood.
CM's Soto-Martínez and Raman voted to re-allocate the money:
Today while Karen Bass spoke at City Council to kick off
#BlackHistoryMonth
, LAPD threatened me with arrest and said they would call DCFS to take my infant away because I had the nerve to ask for the names and serial numbers of LAPD pigs within council chambers.
Jessica Alba thinks you should vote Rick Caruso for mayor because as a billionaire he understands Angelenos “deeply at their core”
That’s why as a developer, he’s built ZERO affordable housing units and wants to add more pigs to the most murderous police department in the nation
Hugo literally has yt people running interference for him. He should be able to speak on his vote to reallocate money from a food aid fund to the LAPD. He should be able to speak on police violence in his district + his vote to increase the LAPD's budget, but he chooses not to...
At today’s
@lapdcommission
mtg, Chief Moore said the LAPD has already logged 3,000 HOURS to protect this vacant property including the use of overtime.
Last Tuesday, they deployed 80 of their personnel led by their “elite” Metro division to clear the building of taggers
The developer that left the building empty for years isn’t going to be paying for anything. This is a waste of city resources.
The graffiti is beautiful. Seize the towers and house the unhoused.
THREAD: Li’l Bobby Hutton is by far one of the most known members of the Black Panther Party. Bobby was always on the front lines, ready to ride for the revolution. Much of his story has been told, so let's dive into how he inspired the best of us