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18 Jan, 8 tweets, 3 min read
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, here are some stories about being black in LA (a thread).
"I covered unarmed killings and police brutality: etched in my mind are names like Walter Scott, Sandra Bland, and Philando Castile. After each incident, I diligently worked with a sense of purpose.

Then came George Floyd.

I think it broke me."

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"I'm a proud black woman, a member of a group that has been brutalized by police and historically mistreated.

I'm also a journalist, a so-called "enemy of the people" who it's been suggested should be lynched like blacks were for decades."

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"I was tempted to wear a sandwich board sign during my jogs that read, "I'm no threat. I have a large mortgage here. I'm current on my payments."'

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"When [my father] lost count of how many times he'd been pulled over while driving down Wilshire Boulevard, he started dressing in a suit and tie. He figured the LAPD wouldn't bother him if they thought he was a chauffeur."

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"I have, in this country, a multitude of legislation that tells me that I'm free, equal, and worthy. But I don't feel that luxury everywhere. In the 503 square miles of Los Angeles, I only feel relaxed in my own neighborhood."

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"One day, you're going to have to tell your son what it means to be a Black man in America."

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Check out all of these stories and more in our series Race in LA.

And submit your own.

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Jan 12: CDC recommends opening first tier of vaccine efforts to all seniors (65+).

Jan 13 morning: Gov. Newsom says cool, CA is gonna do that.
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1/ In Southern California, there was a fight between an arts charter school and the district that has overseen it for 20 years. It's now in the hands of the Orange County Dept. of Education.

How did we get here? It's complicated.

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In August 2014, LA city agrees to a $75k settlement after a former aide accused then-Councilman Mitch Englander of making sexually inappropriate remarks.
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THREAD:
Homelessness is a huge, intractable problem in Southern California. People say they want homeless people off public sidewalks, out of parks.

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