The Southlander
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- We're excited to announce the 20 member newsrooms that have received funding from our Immediate Needs Fund: @autonomynews.co, Crosswinds News, Bottom Up Media, Chisholm Free Press, Esta es la Cosa, @kaheawaimedia.bsky.social, Miami Affordable Magazine ... www.tinynewsco.org/tiny-news-gi...
- For The Southlander newsletter, I interviewed Leo Martinez from VC Defensa about the day an ICE agent T-boned his truck while he was patrolling an industrial area of Oxnard on October 16. Check it out! And subscribe to our newsletter!
- In October, I attended the @empirefiles.bsky.social LA film premiere for their new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy. By far, one of the most crucial topics & reporting of our lifetime. A must-watch! For The Southlander newsletter, I wrote about the film ⬇️
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- A shoutout to many of our members who are part of this trend: @51st.news, @coyotemedia.org, @505omatic.bsky.social, @theshout.shoutwichita.com.ap.brid.gy, @tayohelp.bsky.social, @thesouthlander.com, @newsrelaynetwork.bsky.social
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- The Southlander is ONE PERCENT away from halfway to our funding goal. We only need $29 to get to halfway yall. We’ve already been doing some critical coverage and providing our analysis on what’s happening. Help us get to 50% tonight yall. 🙏 thesouthlander.com @thesouthlander.com
- When Robert Luna was the LBPD chief, I covered the violence his officers unleashed on peaceful protesters during the BLM uprisings in Long Beach. He’s at it again as Sheriff. This time his deputies injured two of my colleagues and other members of the public and press. forthe.org/journalism/i...
- We just filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for violating our First Amendment rights. Subscribe to thesouthlander.com and read our latest newsletter, which gives a more in-depth account of the ICE protests in LA and the injuries our reporters sustained on the ground.
- We just filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for violating our First Amendment rights. Subscribe to thesouthlander.com and read our latest newsletter, which gives a more in-depth account of the ICE protests in LA and the injuries our reporters sustained on the ground.
- Here’s the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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- my thread from twitter: yo @newsmanzach i hope you never get hit by one of those projectiles you’re saying on tv that “won’t hurt”. Those are the same projectiles that are injuring people and press. journalists shouldn’t lie, much less on air. Do better, stop making propaganda that serves to
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- Protests against the ICE terror are facing violent repression from the LA county sheriffs department and LAPD just outside of LA City Hall at grand Park now. Chemical, kinetic and stun weapons are being used against crowds that are chanting and holding signs and flags. #LA
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- I spoke too soon. Here’s what the scene look like before. There was just a lot of rubber bullets that were fired. The second Photo is now on second and Broadway.
- Zach Boetto was at the Compton/ Paramount protest, and I overheard him and his entire crew say how scared they were going into the crowd to cover the protest. I took a selfie of the moment because KTLA has a massive budget while I’m there with my cellphone.
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- CBS/KCAL reporter Zach Boetto saying on live TV that “less-lethal” rounds “won’t hurt but it might be enough to push you back.” People have lost eyes, teeth, fingers, and more from being shot by these projectiles. Police use these types of weapons for what they call “pain compliance.”
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- Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime. This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
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- I'd missed this incident with @abemarquez.bsky.social from @thesouthlander.com last Saturday. Glad LA Times brought it to light. Not so happy with LASD repeatedly shooting him. This isn't "crowd control," this is "press attack." www.latimes.com/california/s...
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- @thesouthlander.com co-founder and journalist @bencamach0.bsky.social was shot with crowd-control munitions twice — in the knee and then the elbow — while covering protests in the LA suburbs of Compton and Paramount on June 7.
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- If you want to support independent media. Please consider financially supporting @thesouthlander.com - a new investigative news cooperative based in greater LA and help them reach their goal. thesouthlander.com/about/
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- my colleague @abemarquez.bsky.social was targeted by LA sheriff's deputies while yelling "press!" and showing his press pass. The police agencies we are dealing with during the ICE terror are ignoring press freedom.
- Take a moment to read more about the experience of our reporter, @abemarquez.bsky.social, who was on the ground in Downtown Los Angeles this weekend covering the protests.
- 🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 We wanted to find out what it's like in LA, so @jacobjarvis.bsky.social spoke with @thesouthlander.bsky.social's Ben Camacho, who's been shot twice with rubber bullets covering the situation, about what's happening ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction
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- Will be on KPFA at 10a talking about the raids and protests: kpfa.org
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- @bencamach0.bsky.social and several others have recently launched @thesouthlander.bsky.social
- Polite request to please credit the photographers whose L.A. photos you’re sharing. They’re out there risking getting their shins exploded by police munitions to get those shots.
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