camacho
@bencamach0.bsky.social
multi-award winning journalist, documentary photographer // production West Side Storytellers, union IWW-FJU, signal: bencamacho.01
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November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
shoutout to @bane.slop.exchange for contributing the visuals for this piece. we had gone out to shoot and i really took my time in getting my own good shots...and then accidentally deleted all of them at some point. Rafa had my back tho
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
shoutout to @bane.slop.exchange for contributing the visuals for this piece. we had gone out to shoot and i really took my time in getting my own good shots...and then accidentally deleted all of them at some point. Rafa had my back tho
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With an injunction they still do this:
bsky.app/profile/joey...
bsky.app/profile/joey...
Here's the video from @filmthepolicela.bsky.social of @shoton35mm.bsky.social getting shot at by LAPD. You can see the horse cop point Lex out before the other officer shoots Lex. You can see clear as day the LAPD violated the federal injunction.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
With an injunction they still do this:
bsky.app/profile/joey...
bsky.app/profile/joey...
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Again, nobody has in the history of protests in LA pretended to be press to attack police or engage in criminal behavior. They just want to use force against anyone and not worry if the person on the other side of the rubber bullet is press or not.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Again, nobody has in the history of protests in LA pretended to be press to attack police or engage in criminal behavior. They just want to use force against anyone and not worry if the person on the other side of the rubber bullet is press or not.
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If only certain people can only say certain things at state-mandated certain times and in state mandated certain places, speech is not free.
If only state sanctioned reporters can report state sanctioned things at state sanctioned locations, the press is not free.
If only state sanctioned reporters can report state sanctioned things at state sanctioned locations, the press is not free.
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If only certain people can only say certain things at state-mandated certain times and in state mandated certain places, speech is not free.
If only state sanctioned reporters can report state sanctioned things at state sanctioned locations, the press is not free.
If only state sanctioned reporters can report state sanctioned things at state sanctioned locations, the press is not free.
Instead, Jurado and Hernandez, and the rest of city council, should be making sure their police force is following the law and a federal injunction.
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Instead, Jurado and Hernandez, and the rest of city council, should be making sure their police force is following the law and a federal injunction.
Making the issue about press getting an LAPD press pass ignores the elephant in the room: police violence.
Journalists wearing clearly identifiable signs saying they are press have been harmed by LAPD. It is absolutely not about journalists failing to identify.
Journalists wearing clearly identifiable signs saying they are press have been harmed by LAPD. It is absolutely not about journalists failing to identify.
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Making the issue about press getting an LAPD press pass ignores the elephant in the room: police violence.
Journalists wearing clearly identifiable signs saying they are press have been harmed by LAPD. It is absolutely not about journalists failing to identify.
Journalists wearing clearly identifiable signs saying they are press have been harmed by LAPD. It is absolutely not about journalists failing to identify.
Also, moving towards an MOU between press and LAPD while there is active litigation about LAPD’s violence against the press undermines the lawsuit. Journalists and press organizations had long been asking LAPD to stop interfering with our work. LAPD refused and got sued.
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Also, moving towards an MOU between press and LAPD while there is active litigation about LAPD’s violence against the press undermines the lawsuit. Journalists and press organizations had long been asking LAPD to stop interfering with our work. LAPD refused and got sued.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Also I have an entire project dedicated to how exactly to run a reader-funded newsletter and it is also reader-funded. For $7/mo or $75/yr you can know everything I know
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My paid subscribers have access to an exclusive casual chat with me on substack. I started that to fill in the silence I mentioned above. Also, I just love being in conversation.
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There is also merch!!
Thanks yall! All said with my heart on my sleeve.
✍️ ⛏️
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November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My paid subscribers have access to an exclusive casual chat with me on substack. I started that to fill in the silence I mentioned above. Also, I just love being in conversation.
There is also merch!!
Thanks yall! All said with my heart on my sleeve.
✍️ ⛏️
inadvertent.substack.com
There is also merch!!
Thanks yall! All said with my heart on my sleeve.
✍️ ⛏️
inadvertent.substack.com
So yeah, that’s what I’m up to on inadvertent. I am always working on new stories. Sometimes you won’t hear from me for several weeks or even a month, but I promise you I am cooking up something good.
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So yeah, that’s what I’m up to on inadvertent. I am always working on new stories. Sometimes you won’t hear from me for several weeks or even a month, but I promise you I am cooking up something good.