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  This is the WILDEST post from a history tour blog that I have ever seen in my life. https://esotouric.substack.com/p/airbnb?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=36939&post_id=137941262&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjkwNjU2MTYsInBvc3RfaWQiOjEzNzk0MTI2MiwiaWF0IjoxNjk3NzM1NTMxLCJleHAiOjE3MDAzMjc1MzEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNjkzOSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.OmNWM9C5LV-YNs8UBLAilJtr66a7WkjHFYyGP6TLuMM&r=24ubo0&a...

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  In June, three men dragged Masoud Rahmati into the shower at Men's Central Jail, beat him & left him on the floor to die. There should have been safety checks every half hour - but somehow it took jailers nearly 4 hours to notice. My latest, on LA jails: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-19/los-angeles-mens-central-jail-homicides-masoud-rahmati

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  I put in a records request for all of the Los Angeles sheriff's speeches and speech notes *six months ago* and LASD finally gave it to me now which is cool but also so delayed it's... less useful. So here are 400 pages of speeches, for whoever finds them useful. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24074690-pra-luna-speeches

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  Honestly surprising something like this didn’t happen sooner https://newrepublic.com/post/176385/texas-democrats-push-back-kim-ogg-district-attorney

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  This is the second Texas execution in a row where the victim's family has opposed it: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/victims-sister-asks-texas-not-to-execute-her-brothers-killer-william-speer-gary-dickerson-sammie-martin/

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  A few weeks ago, one of the LA Sheriff's Dept range trailers burned down, sending 2 deputies to the hospital w/3rd-degree burns. Turns out, those trailers have a history of catching fire -- this was the FOURTH time that happened in the last decade. For this story, I talked to one of the survivors of an earlier blaze: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-29/range-trailer-fires

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  LA County just agreed to pay a reporter $700k after she was slammed to the ground and arrested by LASD while covering a protest -- making this likely the largest payout to a reporter in connection with covering a 2020 protest so far. What's wild is that the county apparently had such a weak case they agreed to settle before a suit was formally filed. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-08/l-a-county-to-pay-700k-to-radio-reporter-arrested-while-covering-2020-protest

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  "The effect of the decision will be to discourage criminal defendants from speaking with reporters, and reporters from seeking to interview them, if it means the reporter should routinely expect to be compelled by the state to provide unpublished material and testify in court." https://www.bakersfield.com/news/californian-produces-notes-upon-order-of-appeals-court/article_5a42754e-843a-11ee-925b-73faf9df689d.html

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  A newly elected union official in the LASD deputies' union has a controversial alleged gang tattoo, two fatal shootings, and over $4 million in legal settlements. And also the weirdest justification I have seen for a "station tattoo": https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-17/new-sheriffs-department-union-board-members-tattoo-sparks-concern

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  Here is a listing of everyone who died in the LA jails this year, up to 11/3/23 - from a recent records request. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24173896-pra-232252

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  Video shows LA sheriff deputies repeatedly punching an amputee during a violent arrest in East LA. If you think East LA comes up a lot in LASD coverage you're not wrong -- that station has a troubled hisotyr and is home to the notorious Bandidos deputy gang. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-21/lasd-deputies-punch-man-in-headlock-during-violent-arrest-in-east-la

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  A Fresno woman was jailed in LA for shoplifting. A month later, her mother got back a decaying corpse. This is a hard read, and it was hard to write: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-26/a-fresno-woman-was-arrested-for-shoplifting-a-month-later-her-mother-got-back-a-decaying-corpse

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  What does it take to get fired from LASD? I made a video about all the insane things that won’t get you fired - and one that apparently will. I know this isn’t a big video platform but this is kinda wild.

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  SIX YEARS after an on-duty crash killed two children, sources confirm that the LA Sheriff's Department moved to terminate two of the deputies involved https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-02/sheriffs-department-moves-to-fire-deputies-in-2017-boyle-heights-crash-that-killed-2-children

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  Almost a year after @ConnorASheets and I first reported on fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills appearing in drug stores across Mexico, the government shut down 31 pharmacies an Ensenada as part of their investigation into fake and fentanyl-laced pills https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-12-10/31-pharmacies-in-mexico-are-shut-as-authorities-crack-down-on-fentanyl-tainted-pills

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  End-of-year list season is upon us. This time my story is on one. #dnd #DungeonsDragons #deathrow https://longreads.com/2023/12/14/best-of-2023-features/

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  Two lieutenants are suing Sheriff Luna, claiming in a lawsuit that he orchestrated a "hit squad" to target supporters of the former sheriff -- Alex Villanueva -- and revoke their promotions... https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-14/east-la-lieutenant-lawsuit-claims-sheriff-hit-squad-targets-villanueva-supporters

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  NEW: Last week, I got a leaked memo claiming an LASD captain allegedly schemed to avoid promoting an “angry black guy" who had testified about deputy gangs. Here's my story, and part of the memo that sparked an investigation. #lasd #googlelasdgangs #losangeles https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-30/sheriffs-department-investigates-memo-alleging-captain-wouldnt-promote-angry-black-sergeant