Damien Burke

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The police will investigate the police and determine that the police did nothing wrong.

Last night in Azusa, deputies shot a man experiencing a mental health crisis. The LASD refuses to arrest or identify the shooters.

@LASDHQ How were the deputies involved in the shooting? Who shot the man? Are the shooters in custody?

*Update* #LASD Homicide Investigators Responding to a Deputy-Involved Shooting Inv., 5500 blk of N. Orangecrest Ave. #Azusa local.nixle.com/alert/12410177

#LASD Homicide Investigators Responding to a Deputy-Involved Shooting Inv., 5500 blk of N. Orangecrest Ave. #Azusa local.nixle.com/alert/12409689/

@tomieinlove There were two years 0: - 0 BC, more commonly known as 1 AD, and - 0 AD, more commonly known as 1 BC.

There was no year 0. We went from 1 BC straight to 1 AD.

@zeroto72 @LASDHQ Why do you think Mr. Velasquez deserved to be shot multiple times outside his home?

@ExMember @LASDHQ Sounds like Robert was asking to get shot

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is aware of the active shooter at the Islamic Center of San Diego in the City of Clairemont. We are actively assessing any potential threat to Los Angeles County, and we have implemented increased patrol checks to critical facilities. All patrol personnel will be briefed on the incident for situational awareness and will remain vigilant. We will also be reaching out to our faith-based partners to encourage the prompt reporting of any suspicious activity. Violence has no place in our society, and we remain committed to protecting our communities in Los Angeles County.

“goodbye cruel world” i say as i press the button that makes everyone nice

I didn't know Helen of Troy could generate so much conflict.

And so we have a right-wing prosecutor, fraudulently sold to SF neoliberals as "progressive" by someone later promoted to Bureau Chief at the NYT, peddling the most ludicrous lies in service of one of the most authoritarian policies imaginable at a time of rising fascism.

In this right-wing hit piece, she spreads numerous falsities--like someone denying climate change. And, like Trump, she uses them to baselessly attack judges who are issuing basic, uncontroversial legal rulings to intimidate them.

For these and other corrupt reasons, Trump has made expanding pretrial detention and promoting the for-profit bail industry some of his top second term priorities for the legal system. Most mainstream news is not paying enough attention to the totality of the threat posed.

First, understand some basics. There is a reason that all authoritarian societies around the world expand pretrial detention as one of their first orders of business. It is one of the main ways that unjust and undemocratic societies throughout modern history target marginalized populations and, especially, dissidents who threaten those in power. I explain why in my books Usual Cruelty and Copaganda. But the basic point: One of the most important markers of the level of democracy in a society is the extent to which pretrial liberty exists and the extent to which the presumption of innocence is protected. Second, Only the U.S. and the Philippines have for-profit commercial bail industries. Here, a multi-billion dollar industry often decides who is free and who is separated from their children in cages prior to any criminal trial based on their access to cash. Third, there are over 500,000 people in jail cells awaiting trial right now, most of them illegally. This is why we win the constitutional cases we bring across the country: most ordinary people are shocked when they learn the lack of rigor that is applied to such a devastating decision. Fourth, there is overwhelming evidence--think climate change levels of scientific consensus--that more pretrial jailing makes people less safe. It increases crime, destroys children's lives, and has catastrophic effects on public health and the economy. There is no empirical debate that increasing pretrial liberty is one of the single best public policies across virtually every domain on which one could measure a policy.

The LA jails just posted their 19th in-custody death for the year:

@LAPDHQ Did you ever find out who shot Robert Velasquez? Are you going to arrest them? x.com/LAPDPIO/status…

The LAPD refuses to arrest or identify the shooters. The police will investigate the police and determine that the police did nothing wrong.

On May 16, police officers shot Robert Velasquez several times while he was outside of his home holding grilling tools.

The police will investigate the police and determine that the police did nothing wrong.

Last night, police officers shot a man several times at a home in Altadena. The LAPD refuses to arrest or identify the shooters.

@OIGLABOPC How were the officers involved in the shooting? Are the shooters in custody?

OIG staff responded to the scene of an Officer-Involved Shooting in Hollenbeck Area.

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