Please take a moment this weekend to think about how the U.S. puts Black people in cages 6 times the rate of South Africa at height of Apartheid. Almost all people caged in the U.S. are poor. Think about how these horrors have been normalized and justified by the news you hear.
@alixabeth
We r also a country where child marriage is legal in 44 states (only DE, MN, NJ, NY, PA, & RI set age 18 w/no exceptions) & 20 states do not require any minimum age for marriage w/parent or judicial waiver. So, in 20 states a 10yr-old can marry her rapist if parents say so. Cool.
@NotATweeter16
@Yamiche
@PressSec
As a baptized and confirmed Episcopalian former Acolyte, I cannot overestimate how repulsive it is to me that Trump exploited my church the way that he did.
@NieraWebster97
@noctblues
“just being an out-of-their-league sociologist on an ethnographic study at the devil’s sacrament” is the best thing I have read on the bird all day and I am here to use that explanation as needed in my own life. Thank you.
@riteaid
@sebbaaaass
It is a violation of federal law to require a social security number for vaccination. We are in a pandemic and your store’s conduct is reprehensible and unlawful. Immigration status is not a factor for getting the COVID vaccine. Make this right and tweet that you have.
@okarounos
@MaryMoriarty
This is true in family court as well. Just standing up at all when the court is not hearing you is going to result n being told to sit down and cause two bailiffs to appear on either side of the litigant who is then considered a threat.
@PplsCityCouncil
Look at who we are. We Americans are selfish and cold to the plight of poor people. In many European countries squatters are protected. Not here. We are not caring or kind. We value property rights and free enterprise. Look at the human cost. Do not look away.
#DefundthePolice
@prisonculture
Sadly, many of us lawyers did. We r trained 2 believe that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice” means that our institutions are good & that systemic racism/misogyny can be flushed out. As a family law lawyer, I learned some time ago, this is false.
@kylegriffin1
HahahahahahahahahahHahahahahahahahHahahahaHahahahahaha
My side hurts from laughing.
As a lawyer often protecting my clients from bullies, I enjoy seeing a bully put in his place & show his real stripes. I find that the bully is always, ultimately, a complete coward. Always.
@but_im_kim_tran
@JoshuaPotash
Sadly, the entire Law & Order franchise, and every other law enforcement themed procedural drama are all copaganda and have done a terrible disservice to Americans.
@BeschlossDC
I am so looking forward to never seeing her or any of the tRumps again because they are gone from the people’s house, DC, NYC, Twitter, and loosing everything.
LAPD does this. Over my house in Leimert Park they fly so low they can see me flip them off. It is deliberate here. They fly way higher in Venice where I lived before. Cops love to terrorize Black neighborhoods.
@KlasfeldReports
@greg_doucette
Good for Mary Trump! She has retained savy counsel and she is listening to their advice (good on her) and her counsel clearly knows WTF they are doing (good on them). She is winning this fight and I will buy her book.
@PplsCityCouncil
@CD6Nury
Anyone who refers to Black people as “the Blacks” is a flat out racist white supremacist. Especially if it is said “in a moment of frustration.”
@chasestrangio
Pamela Paul does NOT speak for this cis white woman. I am happy to include trans, femmes, non-binary folx in my advocacy for abortion rights, and in no way do I ever view such inclusion as minimizing me as a woman. We can all work together and we are stronger when we do.
@JoyAnnReid
American Exceptionalism is a lie. Abortion is now less accessible in states of the United States than it is in any of the following Catholic countries 🧵:
Mexico
Guyana
Uruguay
Argentina
Columbia
Italy
Spain
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
1/25
@Toure
WP want everything to be “equal opportunity” and therefore “equal” and bristle at being held accountable for their ancestors actions, which is how they perceive CRT (same for Affirmative Action). White privilege to them is just “normal” and they do not want to give up any of it.
@kenolin1
I see that crazy man committing a crime in this video. Where was this? He was threatening. The store should have a protective order against him ever walking through their doors again. He presents a danger to the store’s EEs and customers.
@solomonmissouri
Yup. My maternal grandmother was born in 1896. In her late 70s she told me she tried to leave my grandfather with her two little girls in 1940ish and it was so hard to survive that she went back to the marriage. He was emotionally cruel to her their entire 50yr marriage.
@cory_loebsack
@PplsCityCouncil
@krablegg_
@LAPDHQ
I sure did. But I also saw the “bro back pat” he gave the perpetrator as though the perpetrator needed soothing. The EMT’s are also shits. I see 6 bad cops who all need to be fired and charged. And it’s never gonna happen.
@zakiscorner
The asshole did not obey the LEO commands to stop, and a number of officers ran over to help cuff him. Why wasn’t he slammed face first onto the pavement, as we always see in arrest videos? Something is different here. What is it?
@LAPDHQ
This is the time for LAPD to Stand Down and allow the people to assemble and express themselves without police presence. A tactical alert is a waste of our tax $ and another reason to
#DefundThePolice
.
@zunguzungu
I read it. The view that a fallopian implanted zigot is a “baby” is not science & should not be indulged by doctors. This entire essay is absurd and deeply offensive. The idea that a doctor has to be “pro-life” (anti-abortion zealot) in order to provide sensitive care is absurd.
@CheriJacobus
This might be a good time to use my middle aged white lady privilege thusly: go to the manager and demand that they be told to leave bcuz they are intimidating/endangering the other patrons. If manager disagrees, I LOUDLY say why I am leaving & leave w/ as many patrons as I can.
@JadedAbby
I was not able to protect my younger sister. But I survived. Confronting almost always results in total denial. It is the predator’s MO. I became a lawyer and spent twenty years protecting women and children from other monsters like my stepfather.
@corneliusdjones
@shaunking
As soon as I saw that a white officer tazed Tyre, I asked the same question!!! WTF??? All we see are the faces of the five Black officers who beat Tyre, but not the white officer first tazed him.
@Toure
More typical police calls that require a different kind of professional: Homeless resident issues; Truancy; Runaways; Drug Addiction. We do not need a cop with a gun on any of those calls.
@SheRatesDogs
The guy sounds like a predator (they won’t allow a “no”). Then I see in comments that he met her once 2 years ago when she was 16 and he was 22. I am now certain the guy is a predator. Eeeweeww.
@StreetWatchLA
@SvenAntifaCat
Excellent work
@StreetWatchLA
! Hold them to their statement and make sure Jerico Development actually does more than stop the music/light torture. They say they have resources. I want to see a plan of action and $ that helps their unhoused neighbors NOW. Plz keep the pressure ON
@Toure
The police are demonstrating why we need to abolish them. They are incapable of ending their brutality even as everyone is watching them. They feel certain of their power, consolidated by the police unions that fund local politicians’ campaigns.
#DefundThePolice
is the only cure.
If the woman decides to have the baby, or put the baby up for adoption, the man may never know he caused an unwanted pregnancy with his irresponsible ejaculation, or that there’s now a child walking around with 50% of his DNA.
As a professional woman at the youngest edge of the boomer generation, I know about “put up and shut up” and having to be grateful to men for my seat at the table. No more. I have refused those rules for a while now. Disrupt. Denounce. Demand. This thread is worth the read.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman elected to the US Congress. And it shows! It shows in the way she refuses to put up and shut up. It shows in the way she refuses to be grateful because the white boys let her in their club called Congress
@everydaywithdom
Those tests mean nothing in the context of what happened to your brother. Keenan was murdered by a cop. And the other cops there are accomplices.
@SvenAntifaCat
@LAPDHQ
Hello. Lawyer here.
@SvenAntifaCat
is 100% correct. No warrant, no info. And do not ever leave your house to talk to the cops outside. They ask you to “step outside” bcuz then they no longer need a warrant to arrest you! And do not let them in either.
@joeyneverjoe
Thank you so much for this. For weeks afterward I used the line “I yield my time fuck you” exhaustively. Best moment in LA policies ever!
This thread explains in 8 tweets how we got Trump and what to do now.
@CheriJacobus
knows what she is talking about. Be smarter, people. Research. Read. Turn off the news.
I remember seeing GOP outcast, clownish Roger Stone in his wide-striped mobster suits on TV here & there in some association with Trump. But that was it. I think Ailes & O'Reilly played ball with him bcs they thought he was a clown and it'd be fun. Zucker was a different story /2
@GracieUSA1
@Sigmundine2
@LeciaMichelle11
@LauraNo
@Stephdurann
@batfan25
I am a ww, trying to be an ally & I still fumble. Back in 2020 I fumbled on Twitter & was called out harshly. I apologized, followed many more Black voices, listened more, amplified instead of commenting, & became more effective as an ally. Check out who I follow for guidance.
@michaelharriot
You are my new favorite Twitter person to follow! We all need your voice now more than ever. Thank you for helping me do better. Thank you for teaching history. This string is so interesting and IMPORTANT.
@KtownforAll
It is so wrong that there are so many empty hotel rooms right now as unhoused people are out in this rain. What is wrong with this fucking city? Where is our humanity?
@MayorOfLA
stop the sweeps and commandeer the hotels. People are dying.
@JoyAnnReid
Monaco
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Austria
Lithuania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland
And here are the actual laws in these countries, all of which are better than what is allowed as law in any US state (and is currently law in many of them):
2/25
@ECMcLaughlin
For the record, some of the most extremely misogynist family court judges I have ever been before in LASC are —- wait for it —-WOMEN. Men invented misogyny but plenty of women co-sign it. It is systemic.
Angelenos, we are lucky to have this talented person reporting here on the truth of what happens and who we are in this city. Bravo and well deserved kudos to
@ShotOn35mm
(his art —seen here on my living room wall — is fantastic too!)
Some personal news: The SPJ-LA board voted to honor me as one of their six "distinguished journalists" this year 🤯!! This is new territory for me and I'm grateful 😭. Shoutout to the team
@LATACO
for their support. And congrats to all of the other honorees! 💚💚💚
@chrissyteigen
Let’s also shelve
“You look tired” (always such a helpful and appreciated comment that boosts self confidence)
“How about a smile?” (Covid masking is saving me from that one) and
“Can I have a hug?” (another win for Covid social distancing)
@sebbaaaass
@_KennyUong_
@riteaid
This is not protocol. The county and the feds do not ask for a social security number and Rite Aid has no right to that information. A person’s citizenship does not come up in any Mega POD vaccination sites. Go on myturn for a appointment. Report RiteAid to health department.
@wsbtv
@Emma4Change
People are pissed off about all the murder of Black people by police. Did Wendy’s call the police on Rayshard Brooks instead of tapping on his window and asking him to move his car?
@JoyAnnReid
Mexico:
Since 2021, abortion is no longer a crime in Mexico, although its legalization varies by state. On September 7, 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court unanimously ruled that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, setting an important precedent across the whole country.
@PplsCityCouncil
@savannimalz
As a family law lawyer with twenty years experience securing Domestic Violence Restraining Orders for women and their kids, I am not surprised. Y’all, that 40% number is cops who SELF REPORT having committed DV. Self report. Let that sink in.
@whiskeybent1566
@erickbellomy
Sadly, you cannot tweet the particular details you tweeted and then say you are not defending the shooting. Tell me, WTF do those particular details matter? And for the record, this shooting has not made national news on CA or NY.
@FilmThePoliceLA
@treekisser
This is an appropriate method of dealing with people in a community who harm others and refuse to atone and make amends: SHUN THEM.
@kennethmejiaLA
This is the race I have been the most excited for! I gave early because you made a lot of sense and struck a chord w/me. But you were unknown. To see why you have done is —- amazing. CONGRATULATIONS🥳 to you and what a win for our city!
@DrProudman
This is so true. I will attest tho that I spent a summer living in Senegal where the community is over 90% observant Muslim & there4 almost no drinking. The streets were safe for me to do anything I wanted late at night ALONE. Alcohol+men = more danger for women bcuz of MISOGYNY.
@CharoShane
@prisonculture
This is the best statement concerning abortion rights that I have ever read. You articulate my issue with every pro-choice slogan and strategy that I knew was wrong back in the 1980s when I worked for CA NARAL. The movement is still deficient. I am unapologetically pro abortion.
@Wagnerian
@SamLutzker
I am a CA lawyer and I see an elder abuse claim, which does not require the police. I also see criminal assault. Please find her.
@nancywyuen
Yes. On a regular basis for my entire life. The pandemic year when I was always masked, hoodied, and wore sunglasses—was a rare and temporary reprieve.
@SammyKoppelman
Thank you. This entire thread could be about my Venice Beach community in Los Angeles. Us westside Venice “liberals” need to do better.
@DrEmmaKatz
As a Los Angeles FL lawyer, I have seen many a case of DV (including coercive control) & financial abuse by men over high income breadwinner women. Men’s power over women is a feature of our culture. Judges often mistake female breadwinner as the one w/power. Nope.
@AndrewDLewis
@LindaLucks1
comment is correct. She is a Venice old timer like me. I left because of the hateful “moderate Dems” who call the police on the unhoused and build massive homes they want protected. They want Venice to be Newport Beach. No more diversity or community.
@phooksmom
@RNfoureyes
I am a DV lawyer and this was my first thought — exactly. Choking in DV situations is an indicator of an intent to kill. The kid learned this somewhere.
@cafealopex
@KateRoseBee
At this moment in US history we each must decide if we are willing to be like the family that hid Anne Frank and her family. I will help DV/abuse victims hide. I will aid and abet abortion. I will do nothing when I see someone stealing from a grocery store. I have made my choice.
@danaolitaogden
@alixabeth
Note that my state, CA, that can be so progressive in so many other ways, allows child marriage with parent consent. Insane, isn’t it?
@Sifill_LDF
@BreeNewsome
Police lie in their reports ALL THE TIME. I litigate domestic violence restraining orders to protect women and kids. Most police reports of DV incidents contain lies and omissions. Then they lie on the stand. Corporate owned press needs to get a grip.
@LudditeDesign
@ShotOn35mm
@joeyneverjoe
@LATCO
It appears by these videos that LAPD violated Penal Code Sec 409.7(a)(2) today, a number of times. Do any of the members of the press who were assaulted tonight (I saw at least three incidents) have counsel?
@ECMcLaughlin
I am so sorry and I understand. I raised two sons as a single mother and a new lawyer. I see you. It can be incredibly difficult in normal times. Pandemic times make it insane. My clients are in your shoes. Hang in there. You are likely doing better than you think you are. 💕
@CharoShane
@lesbrains
I am a lawyer and live in Los Angeles. I will aid and abet abortion. CA protects me from all the insane laws to harm those who aid and abet.
I just venmo-ed $1000 for We The Unhoused to help fund Theo Henderson’s Power Up. Give something yourself, please. Post confirmation here as a reply and I will match your gift — up to $1000 more from me in total.
@rgay
@CoatlicueLisa
I can't watch it. Both-sides-ism is wrong. Racism is not a political issue. Misogyny is not a political issue. It is just about right and wrong. There are not two sides to Black Lives Matter. There are not two sides to police brutality. There are not two sides to bodily autonomy.
@MichaelaOkla
@doykitto
I wish to support your disclosure. I had 2 abortions (& 2 children. The abortions allowed me to go to and complete law school. I signed an Amicus Brief in the USSC June Medical case as a lawyer who had an abortion during law school, without which I may not have become a lawyer.
@jbarro
Too many liberal WP use the words “horrifying” “devastating” and “tragic” to describe property damage during BLM protests in Santa Monica. They need to get their priorities straight. Property damage is fixable. The murder of Black people is horrifying, devastating and tragic.
@Toure
WP’s entire existence in this country is a use of the white race card. WP have defined the societal standards, which are white centered, and just by pointing to such standards, a WP is using the white race card. The term “race card” is white centered & racist.
@EricMGarcia
This is horrifying. I had a judge in a custody trial during COVID (before vaccines) deny my client’s ADA request to appear remotely for trial. He had trial w/out her and awarded custody to the father who sexually molested the child. [My client and child disappeared to safety]
@ShotOn35mm
Well, for the last hour LAPD has had a chopper flying VERY LOW in a tight circle OVER MY HOUSE. LAPD flies this low only over Black neighborhoods. There is a study proving that LASD does it. Let’s expose that LAPD uses choppers to terrorize Black Angelenos.
@kennethmejiaLA
@chelseahandler
There are kids without masks! There is no social distancing and they are in a crowd indoors! Who are these parents sending their teenagers to in-person school in the midst of a pandemic? WTAF?
Every time. Every time you see some bullshit happening, put your body on the line. When you see cops engaging w/a Black person, stop, and “don’t let that person be alone.”
@DocMellyMel
speaks at the intersection of Lincoln/Venice where
#KeenanAnderson
was murdered by LAPD
@TheoHen95302259
I just venmo-ed $1000 for We The Unhoused to help fund Theo Henderson’s Power Up. Give something yourself, please. Post confirmation here as a reply and I will match your gift — up to $1000 more from me in total.
@chelseahandler
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES. And BTW, I am a lawyer with a penchant for telling male aggressive opposing counsel to “calm down.” I savor their reaction — every time.
@RottenInDenmark
Exactly. When the author notes that a teenager’s gender change should be a “family decision,” it is clear there is no interest in the young person’s bodily autonomy. The article’s perspective is creepy.
@rgay
What happened to Brittney in her custody case in LASC where I practice FL still haunts me. Many father’s rights misogynist tactics used by his counsel. Reprehensible.