Adam Rose
@adamrose.bsky.social
✒️ Deputy Director of Advocacy @freedom.press
💽 Fellow and former COO of Starling Lab (Stanford+USC)
🌴 Board of Directors @lapressclub.bsky.social
💽 Fellow and former COO of Starling Lab (Stanford+USC)
🌴 Board of Directors @lapressclub.bsky.social
Pinned
Adam Rose
@adamrose.bsky.social
· Jul 19
LA Protest Visual Field Guide: How to identify police and “less lethal” munitions
LA Protest Visual Field Guide How to identify police and “less lethal” munitions An overview of law enforcement agencies commonly operating around Los Angeles and their use of so-called “less lethal” ...
docs.google.com
I made a DRAFT field guide to help journalists (or anyone) navigate police + protests in Los Angeles. ~80% done. Slides all illustrated w/photos:
👮 Agencies & Uniforms
🔫 Firearms & Devices
🎯 Munitions
🦺 PPE
🏥 Injuries
Sharing this as rough draft b/c feedback VERY welcome!
(Note: Google Slides.)
👮 Agencies & Uniforms
🔫 Firearms & Devices
🎯 Munitions
🦺 PPE
🏥 Injuries
Sharing this as rough draft b/c feedback VERY welcome!
(Note: Google Slides.)
Video appears to show violent assault by an LAPD officer today on a journalist who was doing nothing wrong and clearly identifying himself. Would be egregious violation of a court order, state law, and department policy.
Anyone recognize the victim?
Anyone recognize the victim?
Daniel Sosa on Instagram: "LAPD violently assaults a member of the press holding up his press badge.
Seriously? Again? Why does LAPD continue assaulting the press court order after court order?
To...
499 likes, 70 comments - daniel_sosa_420 on February 4, 2026: "LAPD violently assaults a member of the press holding up his press badge.
Seriously? Again? Why does LAPD continue assaulting the pres...
www.instagram.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Video appears to show violent assault by an LAPD officer today on a journalist who was doing nothing wrong and clearly identifying himself. Would be egregious violation of a court order, state law, and department policy.
Anyone recognize the victim?
Anyone recognize the victim?
All the madness and cruelty of civic life in today's America started decades ago with underfunded education.
Any basic education requires civics as a cornerstone.
We needed to invest in that HEAVILY.
Some powerful people knew it all along. Don't think underfunded education was unintentional.
Any basic education requires civics as a cornerstone.
We needed to invest in that HEAVILY.
Some powerful people knew it all along. Don't think underfunded education was unintentional.
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
All the madness and cruelty of civic life in today's America started decades ago with underfunded education.
Any basic education requires civics as a cornerstone.
We needed to invest in that HEAVILY.
Some powerful people knew it all along. Don't think underfunded education was unintentional.
Any basic education requires civics as a cornerstone.
We needed to invest in that HEAVILY.
Some powerful people knew it all along. Don't think underfunded education was unintentional.
Reposted by Adam Rose
Days after covering a protest last week, I realized I had been shot with a new so-called "less-lethal" munition that the LAPD is using more commonly at protests: the FN303. This week, Chief McDonnell said that officers used the FN303 because a judge banned the LAPD from using 40mm launchers.
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Days after covering a protest last week, I realized I had been shot with a new so-called "less-lethal" munition that the LAPD is using more commonly at protests: the FN303. This week, Chief McDonnell said that officers used the FN303 because a judge banned the LAPD from using 40mm launchers.
Anyone tracking disparities in Washington Post layoffs to journalists of color and other groups?
IIRC recent cuts at CBS and NBC appeared disproportionately JOC.
Important to recognize voices silenced because they’re the ones most likely to raise concerns this admin doesn’t want in spotlight.
IIRC recent cuts at CBS and NBC appeared disproportionately JOC.
Important to recognize voices silenced because they’re the ones most likely to raise concerns this admin doesn’t want in spotlight.
February 4, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Anyone tracking disparities in Washington Post layoffs to journalists of color and other groups?
IIRC recent cuts at CBS and NBC appeared disproportionately JOC.
Important to recognize voices silenced because they’re the ones most likely to raise concerns this admin doesn’t want in spotlight.
IIRC recent cuts at CBS and NBC appeared disproportionately JOC.
Important to recognize voices silenced because they’re the ones most likely to raise concerns this admin doesn’t want in spotlight.
LAPD wouldn't have a communications problem if they follow same laws they're supposed to enforce.
First thing person should communicate:
"Officers must hold each other to the highest possible standard. Your job is to protect and to serve the people of LA, not the department. Honor starts there."
First thing person should communicate:
"Officers must hold each other to the highest possible standard. Your job is to protect and to serve the people of LA, not the department. Honor starts there."
LA City Council approves communication position for LAPD amid messaging concerns
Police Chief McDonnell, as part of his reorganization of LAPD, requested a position for an internal communications director.
www.dailynews.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
LAPD wouldn't have a communications problem if they follow same laws they're supposed to enforce.
First thing person should communicate:
"Officers must hold each other to the highest possible standard. Your job is to protect and to serve the people of LA, not the department. Honor starts there."
First thing person should communicate:
"Officers must hold each other to the highest possible standard. Your job is to protect and to serve the people of LA, not the department. Honor starts there."
Personally so happy for this news.
This was an assault on press freedom that struck close to home. My mom went to Lowell. I ended up in a cover photo of The Lowell once as a teenager (was visiting with her at some alumni event). This victory would have meant a lot to her. Thank you @splc.org et al!
This was an assault on press freedom that struck close to home. My mom went to Lowell. I ended up in a cover photo of The Lowell once as a teenager (was visiting with her at some alumni event). This victory would have meant a lot to her. Thank you @splc.org et al!
We caught up with former Lowell High School adviser Eric Gustafson to see how he's feeling after winning an important victory last week. A California judge ordered his district to restore him to his adviser position within 30 days. https://loom.ly/oOUNbSo
Q&A with Lowell adviser Eric Gustafson - Student Press Law Center
A California Superior Court judge last week ordered San Francisco Unified Schools to restore Eric Gustafson to his role as Lowell High School journalism adviser. A few days after the verdict, the Student Press Law Center caught up with Gustafson to chat about the ruling.
splc.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Personally so happy for this news.
This was an assault on press freedom that struck close to home. My mom went to Lowell. I ended up in a cover photo of The Lowell once as a teenager (was visiting with her at some alumni event). This victory would have meant a lot to her. Thank you @splc.org et al!
This was an assault on press freedom that struck close to home. My mom went to Lowell. I ended up in a cover photo of The Lowell once as a teenager (was visiting with her at some alumni event). This victory would have meant a lot to her. Thank you @splc.org et al!
I can't know what's in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's head, but this coverup behavior with fires is same I see with her LAPD brutalizing journalists.
Allegedly "concerned about legal liabilities for failures in combating the Palisades fire."
Real leaders don't hide from truth. Worse long term.
Allegedly "concerned about legal liabilities for failures in combating the Palisades fire."
Real leaders don't hide from truth. Worse long term.
Bass directed watering down of Palisades fire after-action report, sources say
One Bass confidant told a source that 'the mayor didn’t tell the truth when she said she had nothing to do with changing the report.'
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I can't know what's in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's head, but this coverup behavior with fires is same I see with her LAPD brutalizing journalists.
Allegedly "concerned about legal liabilities for failures in combating the Palisades fire."
Real leaders don't hide from truth. Worse long term.
Allegedly "concerned about legal liabilities for failures in combating the Palisades fire."
Real leaders don't hide from truth. Worse long term.
Reposted by Adam Rose
ICE continues to threaten press for covering their operations. Meanwhile they allow clout chasers- who are willing to spread their false narratives- to go on ride alongs in their vehicles.
February 4, 2026 at 6:20 PM
ICE continues to threaten press for covering their operations. Meanwhile they allow clout chasers- who are willing to spread their false narratives- to go on ride alongs in their vehicles.
OMG the ratios ... 😬
February 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
OMG the ratios ... 😬
Reposted by Adam Rose
“It's not going to hold up in court,” FPF’s @adamrose.bsky.social tells @gbnewsonline.bsky.social on Don Lemon's indictment by the DOJ.
What's more important “are the implications, the chilling effect and the intimidation of journalists who are just doing their job.”
What's more important “are the implications, the chilling effect and the intimidation of journalists who are just doing their job.”
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
“It's not going to hold up in court,” FPF’s @adamrose.bsky.social tells @gbnewsonline.bsky.social on Don Lemon's indictment by the DOJ.
What's more important “are the implications, the chilling effect and the intimidation of journalists who are just doing their job.”
What's more important “are the implications, the chilling effect and the intimidation of journalists who are just doing their job.”
Reposted by Adam Rose
Re-sharing, still looking for folks.
I’d like to interview folks for a possible story who’re still suffering from injuries sustained by LAPD, LASD, and ICE/CBP at the protests last year or while documenting immigration raids. Concussions, breathing issues from tear gas, broken bones
Signal: joeyscott.05, email in bio, DMs also open.
Signal: joeyscott.05, email in bio, DMs also open.
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Re-sharing, still looking for folks.
Reposted by Adam Rose
The FAA’s new no-drone zones are “mind-boggling,” FPF’s @adamrose.bsky.social told @spj-posts.bsky.social.
“You have a constitutional First Amendment right to document public officials in public by filming ... sometimes it’s very hard to get perspective on that from the ground.”
“You have a constitutional First Amendment right to document public officials in public by filming ... sometimes it’s very hard to get perspective on that from the ground.”
FAA’s mobile no-drone zones create First Amendment concerns
Quill, a magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists
www.quillmag.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The FAA’s new no-drone zones are “mind-boggling,” FPF’s @adamrose.bsky.social told @spj-posts.bsky.social.
“You have a constitutional First Amendment right to document public officials in public by filming ... sometimes it’s very hard to get perspective on that from the ground.”
“You have a constitutional First Amendment right to document public officials in public by filming ... sometimes it’s very hard to get perspective on that from the ground.”
We're unprepared for AI's big threat.
It isn't just deepfakes. It’s a world where nothing is trusted, including real evidence.
I wrote in Poynter about fake images from MN, Trump's Maduro photo, and AI "enhanced" ICE agent faces.
Instead of labeling what's fake, we need ways to label what's real.
It isn't just deepfakes. It’s a world where nothing is trusted, including real evidence.
I wrote in Poynter about fake images from MN, Trump's Maduro photo, and AI "enhanced" ICE agent faces.
Instead of labeling what's fake, we need ways to label what's real.
The real threat of AI is the collapse of trust - Poynter
Why journalism needs to prove which images are authentic — not just label deepfakes
www.poynter.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
We're unprepared for AI's big threat.
It isn't just deepfakes. It’s a world where nothing is trusted, including real evidence.
I wrote in Poynter about fake images from MN, Trump's Maduro photo, and AI "enhanced" ICE agent faces.
Instead of labeling what's fake, we need ways to label what's real.
It isn't just deepfakes. It’s a world where nothing is trusted, including real evidence.
I wrote in Poynter about fake images from MN, Trump's Maduro photo, and AI "enhanced" ICE agent faces.
Instead of labeling what's fake, we need ways to label what's real.
Reposted by Adam Rose
New court record from the FBI details the state of the devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson: phone was on w/Lockdown Mode; personal laptop was off; work laptop was on w/Touch ID; several Signal chats used disappearing messages. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
New court record from the FBI details the state of the devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson: phone was on w/Lockdown Mode; personal laptop was off; work laptop was on w/Touch ID; several Signal chats used disappearing messages. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NYT notes Bovino's antisemitic comments this month could undermine him as a trial witness.
But that ship sailed in September. Bovino was exposed ON STAND, destroying huge case and humiliating prosecutors.
Once this came out, he became unusable as a witness forever.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
But that ship sailed in September. Bovino was exposed ON STAND, destroying huge case and humiliating prosecutors.
Once this came out, he became unusable as a witness forever.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
February 1, 2026 at 1:14 AM
NYT notes Bovino's antisemitic comments this month could undermine him as a trial witness.
But that ship sailed in September. Bovino was exposed ON STAND, destroying huge case and humiliating prosecutors.
Once this came out, he became unusable as a witness forever.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
But that ship sailed in September. Bovino was exposed ON STAND, destroying huge case and humiliating prosecutors.
Once this came out, he became unusable as a witness forever.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Huh. So you're telling me the poster boy of the anti-immigrant movement who dresses up in a trench coat like a WWII cosplayer ... might have spoken his true feelings?
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Huh. So you're telling me the poster boy of the anti-immigrant movement who dresses up in a trench coat like a WWII cosplayer ... might have spoken his true feelings?
JOURNALISTS AND PROTESTERS:
I can’t offer any guarantees about this specific device, but I do think it’s brilliant this person made a free 3D printable tool to turn any water bottle into an eye wash station in case of pepper spray or tear gas exposure.
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
I can’t offer any guarantees about this specific device, but I do think it’s brilliant this person made a free 3D printable tool to turn any water bottle into an eye wash station in case of pepper spray or tear gas exposure.
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
January 31, 2026 at 11:31 PM
JOURNALISTS AND PROTESTERS:
I can’t offer any guarantees about this specific device, but I do think it’s brilliant this person made a free 3D printable tool to turn any water bottle into an eye wash station in case of pepper spray or tear gas exposure.
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
I can’t offer any guarantees about this specific device, but I do think it’s brilliant this person made a free 3D printable tool to turn any water bottle into an eye wash station in case of pepper spray or tear gas exposure.
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
Los Angeles can be a such a dream sometimes.
Thousands of sunbathers stretch for miles on unbroken sand.
Temps in mid-70s at the end of January.
Busker on pier crooning Etta James hits.
So picturesque in person it’s surreal.
Oh, and an LAPD helicopter creepin’. It is LA, after all.
Thousands of sunbathers stretch for miles on unbroken sand.
Temps in mid-70s at the end of January.
Busker on pier crooning Etta James hits.
So picturesque in person it’s surreal.
Oh, and an LAPD helicopter creepin’. It is LA, after all.
January 31, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Los Angeles can be a such a dream sometimes.
Thousands of sunbathers stretch for miles on unbroken sand.
Temps in mid-70s at the end of January.
Busker on pier crooning Etta James hits.
So picturesque in person it’s surreal.
Oh, and an LAPD helicopter creepin’. It is LA, after all.
Thousands of sunbathers stretch for miles on unbroken sand.
Temps in mid-70s at the end of January.
Busker on pier crooning Etta James hits.
So picturesque in person it’s surreal.
Oh, and an LAPD helicopter creepin’. It is LA, after all.
Reposted by Adam Rose
I'm NAL, but my understanding is contempt can include sanctions. And courts are co-equal branch of govt that can throw people behind bars.
What I don't understand is what it'll take for a judge to do that to bad actors depriving people of civil rights.
America is waiting. And running out of time.
What I don't understand is what it'll take for a judge to do that to bad actors depriving people of civil rights.
America is waiting. And running out of time.
January 31, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I'm NAL, but my understanding is contempt can include sanctions. And courts are co-equal branch of govt that can throw people behind bars.
What I don't understand is what it'll take for a judge to do that to bad actors depriving people of civil rights.
America is waiting. And running out of time.
What I don't understand is what it'll take for a judge to do that to bad actors depriving people of civil rights.
America is waiting. And running out of time.
Reposted by Adam Rose
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Reposted by Adam Rose
"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices" ~ Edward R. Murrow
January 31, 2026 at 6:16 PM
"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices" ~ Edward R. Murrow
It’s journalistic malpractice to let @mayor.lacity.gov Karen Bass exploit @donlemonofficial.bsky.social to pretend she cares about press.
It’s duplicitous and hurts all journalists.
Her own LAPD has committed hundreds of acts of violence against working press.
She’s never said ONE word about it.
It’s duplicitous and hurts all journalists.
Her own LAPD has committed hundreds of acts of violence against working press.
She’s never said ONE word about it.
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 AM
It’s journalistic malpractice to let @mayor.lacity.gov Karen Bass exploit @donlemonofficial.bsky.social to pretend she cares about press.
It’s duplicitous and hurts all journalists.
Her own LAPD has committed hundreds of acts of violence against working press.
She’s never said ONE word about it.
It’s duplicitous and hurts all journalists.
Her own LAPD has committed hundreds of acts of violence against working press.
She’s never said ONE word about it.
As someone constantly saying press should be allowed to do their job when police clash with protesters, I love this clip.
Bunch of press, standing nonchalant, off to side, leaning on wall, practically seem bored. Just. Doing. Their. Job.
I assume feds don’t like dumpster. Fair. Not press’s fault.
Bunch of press, standing nonchalant, off to side, leaning on wall, practically seem bored. Just. Doing. Their. Job.
I assume feds don’t like dumpster. Fair. Not press’s fault.
Anti-DHS protesters in LA moved a huge dumpster, partially blocking agents in their building.
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
As someone constantly saying press should be allowed to do their job when police clash with protesters, I love this clip.
Bunch of press, standing nonchalant, off to side, leaning on wall, practically seem bored. Just. Doing. Their. Job.
I assume feds don’t like dumpster. Fair. Not press’s fault.
Bunch of press, standing nonchalant, off to side, leaning on wall, practically seem bored. Just. Doing. Their. Job.
I assume feds don’t like dumpster. Fair. Not press’s fault.
This is a long and very quotable piece about one of the more bizarre episodes from the ICE surge in Minneapolis.
Read it this weekend. You won’t regret it.
Read it this weekend. You won’t regret it.
January 31, 2026 at 3:14 AM
This is a long and very quotable piece about one of the more bizarre episodes from the ICE surge in Minneapolis.
Read it this weekend. You won’t regret it.
Read it this weekend. You won’t regret it.