Nick Waters
@nickwaters.bsky.social
Award winning journalist, still interested in using open source information for accountability.
Thanks!
My 2020 thread also broke multiple times, but it’s useful for presenting to others in a native social media format.
This kind of widespread violence is really best represented on something like @forensicarchi.bsky.social’s timemap.
Example from 2020: blmprotests.forensic-architecture.org
My 2020 thread also broke multiple times, but it’s useful for presenting to others in a native social media format.
This kind of widespread violence is really best represented on something like @forensicarchi.bsky.social’s timemap.
Example from 2020: blmprotests.forensic-architecture.org
Police Violence in the United States
blmprotests.forensic-architecture.org
June 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Thanks!
My 2020 thread also broke multiple times, but it’s useful for presenting to others in a native social media format.
This kind of widespread violence is really best represented on something like @forensicarchi.bsky.social’s timemap.
Example from 2020: blmprotests.forensic-architecture.org
My 2020 thread also broke multiple times, but it’s useful for presenting to others in a native social media format.
This kind of widespread violence is really best represented on something like @forensicarchi.bsky.social’s timemap.
Example from 2020: blmprotests.forensic-architecture.org
11. Ben Camacho hit on knee by less lethal munition while aiding Nick Stern (see incident 2)
12. & 13 L.A. Daily News reporter Ryanne Mena struck twice by less lethal munitions on consecutive days, resulting in a concussion.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
12. & 13 L.A. Daily News reporter Ryanne Mena struck twice by less lethal munitions on consecutive days, resulting in a concussion.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. law enforcement's treatment of journalists during protests is once again under scrutiny
Journalists have been shot with less-lethal police rounds, tear-gassed, shoved and detained while chronicling the ongoing civil unrest and military intervention in Los Angeles.
www.latimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
11. Ben Camacho hit on knee by less lethal munition while aiding Nick Stern (see incident 2)
12. & 13 L.A. Daily News reporter Ryanne Mena struck twice by less lethal munitions on consecutive days, resulting in a concussion.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
12. & 13 L.A. Daily News reporter Ryanne Mena struck twice by less lethal munitions on consecutive days, resulting in a concussion.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
10. @abemarquez.bsky.social hit with less lethal munitions (yes, this is a separate incident to no.9)
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. law enforcement's treatment of journalists during protests is once again under scrutiny
Journalists have been shot with less-lethal police rounds, tear-gassed, shoved and detained while chronicling the ongoing civil unrest and military intervention in Los Angeles.
www.latimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
10. @abemarquez.bsky.social hit with less lethal munitions (yes, this is a separate incident to no.9)
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
9. @abemarquez.bsky.social and other unidentified press shot at with less lethal munitions.
x.com/abemarquez3/...
x.com/abemarquez3/...
June 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
9. @abemarquez.bsky.social and other unidentified press shot at with less lethal munitions.
x.com/abemarquez3/...
x.com/abemarquez3/...
8. Photographer for the NYP Toby Canham hit directly in forehead with less lethal munition.
nypost.com/2025/06/09/u...
nypost.com/2025/06/09/u...
Post photographer shot in the head with rubber bullet in LA anti-ICE riots — and he caught the terrifying moment on camera
“F–k, f–k, I just got shot in the head!” the dad of two can be heard screaming from behind the camera.
nypost.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
8. Photographer for the NYP Toby Canham hit directly in forehead with less lethal munition.
nypost.com/2025/06/09/u...
nypost.com/2025/06/09/u...
Thank you - added to the thread.
June 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Thank you - added to the thread.
CalMatters’ Sergio Olmos has been on the ground reporting from the L.A. protests since Sunday. While recording footage of the demonstrations, Sergio was hit in the chest by less-lethal munitions fired by LAPD officers. cal.news/45kHr1R
📸 Kevin Clancy
📸 Kevin Clancy
June 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Update on incident 3: Jason Carroll was detained, but not placed in restraints x.com/acyn/status/...
Acyn on X: "Carroll: I was walking over to the officer, tried to explain who I was, who I was with. He said, I'd like you to turn around. I turned around, I put my hands behind my back. They did not put me in zip ties, but they did grab both my hands as I was escorted over to the side, they https://t.co/NNUvh4V1pj" / X
Carroll: I was walking over to the officer, tried to explain who I was, who I was with. He said, I'd like you to turn around. I turned around, I put my hands behind my back. They did not put me in zip ties, but they did grab both my hands as I was escorted over to the side, they https://t.co/NNUvh4V1pj
x.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Update on incident 3: Jason Carroll was detained, but not placed in restraints x.com/acyn/status/...
NBC4’s Mekahlo Medina was on the ground in downtown LA reporting on the protests when he and his crew were fired upon by police
@nbcla.com @mekahlo.bsky.social
@nbcla.com @mekahlo.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Thank you for the tip.
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Thank you for the tip.
3. CNN film crew and reporter detained and ejected from area. Unclear if the reporter was placed in handcuffs or not.
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June 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
3. CNN film crew and reporter detained and ejected from area. Unclear if the reporter was placed in handcuffs or not.
bsky.app/profile/acyn...
bsky.app/profile/acyn...
2. British photographer Nick Stern shot by less lethal munition.
Notes he was “very deliberate and very obvious… I was out there wearing a press card around my neck, a big camera around my neck as well”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Notes he was “very deliberate and very obvious… I was out there wearing a press card around my neck, a big camera around my neck as well”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
British photographer injured by 'plastic bullet' during LA protests - BBC News
Nick Stern says he has undergone emergency surgery for his injuries after documenting the protests.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
2. British photographer Nick Stern shot by less lethal munition.
Notes he was “very deliberate and very obvious… I was out there wearing a press card around my neck, a big camera around my neck as well”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Notes he was “very deliberate and very obvious… I was out there wearing a press card around my neck, a big camera around my neck as well”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least 157 journalists were directly affected by police violence during the 2020 protests.
www.bellingcat.com/news/america...
www.bellingcat.com/news/america...
Visualizing Police Violence Against Journalists At Protests Across The U.S - bellingcat
Update (July 3, 2020) -Since publishing this article on June 5, 2020, we have teamed up with Forensic Architecture to map these incidents on their platform. Today, Forensic Architecture has published ...
www.bellingcat.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
At least 157 journalists were directly affected by police violence during the 2020 protests.
www.bellingcat.com/news/america...
www.bellingcat.com/news/america...
Reposted by Nick Waters
The team behind it all, @joedyke.bsky.social , Joe Emmett and N. R. Jenzen-Jones, will be talking through their new 3D interactive models that are helping users identify some of the most widely used munitions. Listen in live to ask your questions! osmp.ngo/collection/s...
The GBU-39 air-delivered bomb: a visual guide
An interactive 3D model of the Israeli military's
osmp.ngo
March 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The team behind it all, @joedyke.bsky.social , Joe Emmett and N. R. Jenzen-Jones, will be talking through their new 3D interactive models that are helping users identify some of the most widely used munitions. Listen in live to ask your questions! osmp.ngo/collection/s...
Reposted by Nick Waters
The OSMP offers nearly 1000 reference images of a variety of munitions from active conflict zones, each reviewed and assessed by at least two munitions experts.
They also have easy to understand guides to key munition types, explainer videos, and a glossary of key terms.
They also have easy to understand guides to key munition types, explainer videos, and a glossary of key terms.
March 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The OSMP offers nearly 1000 reference images of a variety of munitions from active conflict zones, each reviewed and assessed by at least two munitions experts.
They also have easy to understand guides to key munition types, explainer videos, and a glossary of key terms.
They also have easy to understand guides to key munition types, explainer videos, and a glossary of key terms.