Jails and prisons are the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S.—even though they are ill-equipped to provide care. Learn how investments in mental health services can build safety and lower jail populations: vera.org/news/locking-u… #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Schoolchildren sickened by cloud of tear gas in police training mishap latimes.com/california/sto…

Off-duty LAPD officer shoots, kills unarmed man after altercation latimes.com/california/sto…

New proposed regulations from Department of Housing and Urban Development will ensure that a conviction history is not an automatic disqualifier for public housing. Show your support for removing barriers to housing by submitting a public comment: secure.vera.org/a/hud-remove-h…

A few months ago, I shared a study from Oxford showing that, when liberals adopt the polities and narratives of right-wingers, they *lose* support and push their countries toward the fascists. Biden and many Democrats, in so many ways each day, are walking us off the cliff.

The New York Times reports Israeli military is torturing people by impaling them with hot metal rods in their rectums and tying them to electric chairs. This information is buried at the end of a single article where these details are unmentioned in the headline or subheadline.

Cooking Mayor Karen Bass at Pride.

Big news: Ysabel Jurado has won the overwhelming support of the Democratic Party in her bid to unseat KDL. She won 80% of the vote. This was no squeaker. It was a resounding win. It’s a BFD, for two reasons:

Absolutely shameful behavior by Burbank Police. Our unhoused community members deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, not dumped on the sidewalk. This is a far too common practice that just happened to be caught on camera this time. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Jon peltz The people voted for NIMBYism over competence

“Lionel’s case is yet another example of how racism infects the criminal legal system, in which police too often are willing to prosecute any available young man of color.” latimes.com/california/sto…

L.A. County juvenile halls are so violent that many officers are skipping work latimes.com/california/sto…

There’s more cops than people who sleep outside. We are outnumbered

Can chess games and toilet paper change prison culture? Inside San Quentin’s big experiment latimes.com/california/sto…

The human toll of longer prison sentences mailchi.mp/themarshallpro…

96 incarcerated youth HAVE NOT BEEN EVACUATED from Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, despite "evacuation warning." Please CALL L.A. Officials to demand immediate evacuation of youth: ☎️ THREAD 🧵 Mayor 213-978-1028 Probation 818-364-2011 Horvath 213-974-3333 Barger 213-974-5555

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L.A. judge resentences Menendez brothers, giving them chance at freedom latimes.com/california/sto…

THREAD. As I visit London next week for the UK launch of my book Copaganda, I have to say publicly how outrageous the mainstream British media’s crime coverage is. It’s like they’ve studied the worst aspects of U.S. news culture while taking performance-enhancing drugs.