I was floored when I found out a teenager murdered an unhoused Black man over a pack of Swisher Sweets.
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@shoton35mm.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.social@shoton35mm.bsky.socialI was floored when I found out a teenager murdered an unhoused Black man over a pack of Swisher Sweets.
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@keribla.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialThere's an execution scheduled for today in Texas - using the same method, same drug that Tennessee used last week when they tried to kill Christa Pike.
Background here: www.propublica.org/article/chri...
@lataco.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialThe tragic story of how a gruesome K9 bite exposed a teen's crime spree and the murder of an unhoused Black man.
The full story: lataco.com/gianni-washi...
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Los Angeles County Supervisors voted 4-1 to delay the vote on a motion that’d publicly identify deputy gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
@shoton35mm.bsky.socialCoincidentally thats my bday 😂
@lapodcast.orgReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialLA Podcast is finally on Bluesky... only two years late! What'd we miss?!?
@shoton35mm.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialIn 2006, Luis Salinas was convicted of attempted murder for a shooting he had no knowledge of. Since then another man confessed to being the sole shooter + the victim admitted they misidentified Salinas. Despite new evidence, the DA is fighting to keep Salinas in prison.
@josephcox.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialOpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
@lataco.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialDeputy gangs have operated in L.A. County for decades. Since 1973, at least 27 gangs or subgroups have been identified through lawsuits and reports compiled by the department’s independent oversight bodies.
The full story: lataco.com/lasd-gang-pr...
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@shoton35mm.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialThis is a story about a possible wrongful conviction, but also a story about the many ways in which the criminal legal system fails people. Not just people like Salinas, but also victims of crimes.
@shoton35mm.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialAll of the photos that I shot for this story were photographed on 35mm and Polaroid film stock!
@shoton35mm.bsky.socialReposted by @shoton35mm.bsky.socialOut of all the stories I've written, I'm most proud of this one. It's a LONG read (10,000 words!) but I promise you it is worth reading and will hopefully leave you with a bit of hope. 💚
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@shoton35mm.bsky.socialMy latest wrongful conviction story got a nice shout out in the @themarshallproject.org Opening Statements Newsletter this morning!!!
Read the full story here (no paywall!) - lataco.com/luis-salinas...
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@shoton35mm.bsky.socialThanks so much!!!