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Hard to believe it's been three years. When #NipseyHussle passed, so much of L.A. north of the 10 was mystified over the intensity of the outpouring of grief in South Central. This story explains how that was by design.🏁 From the archives:
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I write about how the legacy of redlining, policing & urban planning all intersect @StreetsblogLA. Email: [email protected]; DMs open; IG: sahrashootsstuff
- The worker struggling to refill soaps in the LAX bathroom said she just wished architects and designers consulted with the workers that had to maintain the spaces about whether their form would actually be functional.
- Yes because MS 13 famously hangs out in the Home Depot parking lot looking for landscaping and construction work. 🙄Breaking: DHS arrives in Penske trucks at a Home Depot in McArthur Park area of LA for early morning immigration enforcement. The area was filled with migrants who scattered. DHS says MS 13 has a chokehold on this area, which is one reason they’re carrying out the highly
00:00 - Spoiler alert: He smoked it. It wasn't the first time. He told officials he did it because it “gave him the ‘energy’ he needed to write in-custody reports.”California deputy seized fentanyl during an arrest, then OD'd while on duty, report says latimes.com/california/sto…Readers added contextThe deputy smoked the seized fentanyl. t.co/wFcIerbte2
- I beg you: Stop saying Daunte was pulled over for air fresheners. It was a pretextual stop pure & simple. The goal was to check his mobility, get him in the system if he wasn't already in it &/or trip him up on something bigger. Saying it was over 🌲 erases the active profiling.
- Replying to @sahrasulaiman*specifically the automatic dispensers that look like faucets were too close to the wall so she had to twist and crush the large plastic bottles in order to be able to angle them properly as she refilled the dispenser. It was like watching a wrestling match.
- Replying to @sahrasulaimanShe was super-conscientious and really worked to make sure she emptied every last drop of soap from the refill bottles into the dispenser. But what a ridiculous thing to put a worker through multiple times daily.
- "National Guard LOL"Crowd has not moved away after gas canisters were used. People arriving with packets of water that are being passed out
- Replying to @sahrasulaimanAlso a duck that sound annoyed AF was quacking from a nearby stall while I spoke to her. But I do not believe the duck was responsible for this state of affairs.
- Replying to @sahrasulaimanNo, for those that have asked, I cannot explain the quacking, but I can confirm it did not involve drugs on my part.
- The drive-by shooting of Jermaine Petit by an LAPD sergeant was one of the more extraordinary cases I've written about. Between the recklessness of the sergeant and the extent to which the department tried to shield him from scrutiny...it was hard to wrap my head around it all 🧵
Some distressing news to share: Jermaine Petit – the Unarmed Disabled Vet Shot by LAPD in Leimert Park in 2022 – Has Died la.streetsblog.org/2025/03/13/jer… - this is the most bizarre segment. she seems really annoyed to have to address concerns about the affected community or question the decision making by LAPD. both anchors in the studio actually ask her to probe deeper w/ regard to procedures and she waters down the questions.WATCH: LAPD official says some residents didn't answer their doors when officers went door-to-door evacuating the neighborhood prior to the fireworks detonation. Some of those people were then injured in the ensuing explosion. cbsloc.al/2UkTdXK
00:00 - A year ago, a councilmember co-authored a motion to shift $150mil from LAPD's budget. A month ago, LAPD called everyone but his office to watch them detonate fireworks in his district. The explosion rocked the city.
- it's like he invented a printer that only prints one word per pageFootage of what it looks like when a @Tesla is traveling through the @boringcompany’s Convention Center Loop. #vegas #boringcompany
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