Aaron Cantú

@aaron_con_choco

aaronmiguelcantu@protonmail.com | he/him

Los Angeles
Joined February 2011

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    12 Sep 2019

    I wrote this for and , about chaotic mass releases of asylum seekers in border towns a few months ago. Much has changed since, but I was able to get a close look when the feds started fomenting chaos in the RGV and El Paso:

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    When I took this job , I didn’t expect the beat would take me to a local town council meeting in my home state. But here we are reporting on the ripple effects of federal policy. Would appreciate you taking the time to read.

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  3. Feb 1
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  4. Feb 1

    Actually, , can you do me next? So much of my political worldview unfolded on here since 2011 and I'm sure that'd be fun to reminisce on.

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  5. Feb 1

    I've periodically deleted my tweets, but still have something like 20k likes worth of potential sentiment analysis

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  6. Jan 31

    Lots of news about facial recognition recently so I wanted to highlight that scraped the faces from top biometric corporation execs back in 2017.

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  7. Jan 30

    It’d be even better to litigate against for malicious prosecution, but prosecutorial immunity or whatever made it impossible.

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  8. Jan 30

    Happy to say that I’m suing DC police for violent and conspiratorial conduct three years ago by its officers, including intentional infliction of physical pain and deprivation on me and hundreds of others.

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  9. Jan 24

    Worst public defender ever. (Also interesting the story only came to light because of an alt-weekly article from 2002.)

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  10. Jan 22

    I wonder if this violates your non-disparagement agreement you signed with NBC for $69 million?

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  11. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    Journalists and former co-defendants & have filed a lawsuit against DC and MPD claiming their 1st, 4th, & 5th amendment rights were violated.

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  12. Jan 21

    Would like to read this if someone is willing to share a way!

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  13. Retweeted

    This is why you're broke. It's also why small businesses in NYC are disappearing. People blame the internet which is a factor but it's also sky high rent that exists in part because owners can forgo losses until a mass marker retailer or bank takes over paying sky high sums

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    Delbert Africa has been released from 42 years of political imprisonment. Support him as he transitions back outside the walls.

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  16. Jan 17

    Listening to Vox’s podcast about one billion dead animals in Australia’s climate change fires and definitely not crying.

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  17. Jan 15

    Militarized cops helped a corporate house flipper throw Black homeless mothers and children with all their belongings into the wet mud.

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    HEAVY DUTY MILITARY GEAR SOLDIERS WITH WEAPONS HERE TO EVICT 4 UNHOUSED MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Alameda Sheriff is functioning like a paramilitary gang. GET HERE NOW

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  19. Jan 15

    "But the tense, militarized raid didn’t target anti-government zealots or drug traffickers. Instead, deputies aimed to arrest a small coalition of homeless parents who were trying to live inside the long-uninhabited home without paying rent."

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    DHS’s budget has effectively grown every year since its creation. DWN’s Gabriela Viera speaks with about Congress’s failure to and put a check on ICE and CBP’s overspending.

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  21. Jan 15
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