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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
@ACatWithNews
Los Angeles Videographer. Writer.
Sep 23 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Earlier today: a group of about 20 arrived at Diesel bookstore at the Brentwood Country Mart to protest “Understanding Hamas,” a book which details the group. LAPD arrived. The bookstore has seen a large amount of social media accounts calling for protest and removal of the book, including several explicit calls for arson of the bookstore.
Jun 25 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Standing behind @MayorOfLA as part of their “united front,” today alongside an associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and an "acknowledged expert on online hatesharing the stage with them, is InfoWars host Adam King, who hosts his podcast show on Alex Jones' InfoWars. 🧵 In January 2024, Adam King appeared as guest on the popular show Slightly Offensive, hosted by neo-nazi Eljah Schaffer, alongside Proud Boys founder Gavin McGinnes, neo-nazi Nick Fuentes, and white supremacist Vincent James Foxx. From Angry White Men:
angrywhitemen.org/2024/01/15/on-…
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Jun 23 • 28 tweets • 9 min read
A pro-Palestinian protest outside of Adas Torah is here, blocking entrance. LAPD arriving with less lethal. In Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles, CA.

The area is very tightly packed.

Nominally, the pro-Palestinian faction here to stop a real estate sale in Israel and Gaza. I’ve been unable to independently confirm that the real estate sale is happening.
Jun 13 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Greetings! I’m OTG at CSULA’s Salazar Hall after a pro-Palestine actionThe amount of damage is pretty staggering, here’s the view of the inside student services. Here’s the view inside CSULA’s student services building post Pro-Palestine occupation.
May 16 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Matin Mehdizadeh appears to be the culprit that launched at least several of the fireworks via mortar into the encampment at UCLA. He was also involved in at least one press attack.

He also was involved in the attack on reporter @doloresquintana . From piece for @LCRWnews -


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Image Matin Mehdizadeh appears at multiple points to have control over the loud speaker which played taunting and repetitive music during the attack.
May 1 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
I’m OTG at the UCLA Gaza Solodarity Encampment. A large group of pro-Israel demonstrators are around. One person from the encampment looks very hurt. Hundreds throughout the area. Reports of fireworks being thrown towards the encampment. Seeing a plume of smoke (looks like just firework smoke for now) coming from near the encampment.
Nov 13, 2023 • 33 tweets • 10 min read
Breaking: a group of pro-Palestine demonstrators have blocked the intersection of El Segundo and Continental in El Segundo, CA (Raytheon has buildings at this area) Vehicles attempting to go in appear to be attempting entrance in another place for the time being.
Sep 10, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Breaking: a lot of skateboarders have set fire to a police vehicle. Police calling unlawful assembly. A motorcycle doing lots of wheelies. Cherokee and Hollywood. Police have less lethal and firefighters are on standby.
Jun 7, 2023 • 24 tweets • 7 min read
Unlawful assembly called as pro and anti trans group converging on Glendale. 5 minutes given. Incorrectly assigning a crespo zone. Earlier: even the press is testy
Jan 8, 2023 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Greetings! I’m in Los Angeles, where a group of about 40 are gathered regarding Takar Smith, who was killed during a mental health call by LAPD. LAPD alleges he had a knife over his head; protesters are calling that into question. Family of Takar Smith and protesters on a caravan (both vehicle and on foot) and marching.
Dec 15, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Do these folks wearing brown berets look familiar? All were in attendance in support of KDL at a recent city council meeting.

These are all members (or at least consistently around) the Brown Beret National Party in LA. *Not to be confused with the Aztlaneca Brown Berets in LA* (More on the difference between the two a bit later but it’s very important to understand that they are not the same group)
Dec 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
So I guess we are doing this again.

A Deputy Chief and Commanding Officer of the training bureau this time!

Here’s info from UC-Davis on whether or not fentanyl can be absorbed via the skin.

(UC-Davis says no. No it can’t.)

health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines… To be clear, a lot of people seem to believe this. Including those who train other police officers.

And according to UC-Davis studies it’s contributing to officers having panic attacks when discovering fentanyl.
Dec 13, 2022 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
Interestingly, there’s a rally outside which is audible near the windows. There’s a pretty significant police presence just outside the doors to city hall chambers, though that’s a fairly regular sight these days.
Dec 13, 2022 • 22 tweets • 6 min read
Los Angeles city hall doesn’t start for another hour and it’s already becoming a weird day. There’s a rally nearby and Hugo Soto-Martínez is speaking. LAPD officers have a list of people they are not letting in today for the city hall meeting. They’re citing disruptions, and one person currently being refused entry is an activist.
Oct 19, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
*New for @KnockDotLA *

A look at the death of Officer Houston Tipping during a training exercise. Examining the report on his death from LAPD, Tipping’s family lawyer’s allegations of payback and the coroner’s report.

knock-la.com/lapd-officer-h… Tipping’s lawyer Bradley Gage sent me several videos of Tipping during what he says are training exercises. Though LAPD contends that no video exists of the death of Tipping, Gage contents that filming the trainings via cell phone is common. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Sep 7, 2022 • 31 tweets • 12 min read
Was working on a few stories, but it seems like more fun now to put into the Twitterverse. Below is screenshots going back several years regarding LAPD Operations and Communications. A comparison of social media reports. Screenshot #1 is for a March for Afghanistan, 8-28. "Mentions a colatiion of groups "connecting with this event with this additional stances (ACAB, Anti-FBI, Anti-CVE, Anti U.S. occupation). Keep this in mind for the next screenshot.
Sep 4, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
LA County has expanded cooling centers listed as available today. Unfortunately there is not much information (not even open/close hours) when you use the map feature but there is a list. I’ve screenshotted the map below:

ready.lacounty.gov/heat/ Image Tomorrow is expected to be hot too, and many cooling centers may not be open despite areas of Los Angeles County being 100+ Fahrenheit.

Further, many unhoused use businesses to quickly lower their temperature which may not be open tomorrow due to Labor Day according to the page. Image
Sep 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
White Lives Matter’s private chats show at least one of them arriving at a protest against abortion organized by a transphobic Proud Boy associate. Then post homophobic comments about him. Also looked to target photographers present. Archived screenshots their Telegram channel go back several months. Archived by at least two different sources, screenshots show the group desperate to identify people who have photographed them, as well as activists. Here’s them incorrectly identifying myself on August 20. Image
Jun 26, 2022 • 43 tweets • 13 min read
Greetings! About 50 people are at LA city hall and beginning to march. Ala or are stationed nearby, but getting into vehicles and leaving. LAPD stationed nearby with 5 cruisers visible. Crowd seems to not be marching but rather moved to a different part of LA City Hall.
Jun 26, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
100+ people currently marching throughout DTLA against the recent overturning of Roe V Wade by the Supreme Court. Crowd near a freeway but turning a block before. LAPD blocking access to freeway, armed with less lethals.
Jun 25, 2022 • 28 tweets • 8 min read
The anti-abortion protest at the US Courthouse is definitely growing in size. Though it was originally organized by RiseUp4AbortionRights (an alternate group of RevComs), orient lots of other pro-abortion orgs and people filing in. Definitely numbering in the hundreds now. Traffic now blocked in all lanes by the US Courthouse building in DTLA near Hill.