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@samtlevin.bsky.social

Guardian senior reporter
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The "terrifying, dystopian" reality of the Supreme Court's homelessness decision: •More cities will attempt total bans on unhoused people •More tickets, fines + jail time for people with no options •Mass displacement into remote "camps" •increased homelessness www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
‘Terrifying and dystopian’: the dark realities of the supreme court’s homelessness decisionwww.theguardian.com Sara Rankin, a law professor cited in Sotomayor’s dissent in the Oregon case, warns more cities will seek to banish the unhoused
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San Bernardino sheriff initially claimed 15-year-old Savannah Graziano may have been shot dead by her father in a shootout with police. Now we have video revealing the truth: she was shot + killed by deputies while following their instructions to move toward them www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnappedwww.theguardian.com Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them
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I spent time with the family of Ryan Gainer, 15-year-old killed by San Bernardino sheriffs. Ryan had overcome so much and was excited to turn 16 so he could learn to drive and better help his sick mom: “He was just a beautiful soul. He saw the good in everyone” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
‘A talented, goofy kid’: family of Ryan Gainer, autistic teen killed by police, speak outwww.theguardian.com Shooting of 15-year-old ‘beautiful soul’ in California revives scrutiny on law enforcement abuse of youth with disabilities
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Fantastic, albeit frustrating reporting from @samtlevin.bsky.social about how rampant sexual abuse is in prisons, and how one inmate was actually charged with extortion & sent to solitary, because she was sexually assaulted by a guard. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
A prison guard confessed to sexual misconduct. He got a year of paid time off and no chargeswww.theguardian.com Records obtained by the Guardian show women in California prisons routinely report abuse, but few officers face consequences
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Latest: I spent time talking with the father of Marsiah Collins, who was killed at a Sweet 16 massacre in Alabama. He spoke of his son's stolen future, the cruelty of US mass shooting news cycles + how the media ignores Black victims “There is a sickness in this country."
Father of teen killed in Alabama mass shooting: ‘America is tearing itself down’www.theguardian.com After a Sweet 16 shooting killed four Black youth, Martin Collins searches for answers and fights to keep his son’s name alive
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For some inexplicable reason, I thought this app was pronounced blue-ski until @joolia.bsky.social corrected me.
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