Ryanne Mena
@ryannemena.bsky.social
Crime & public safety reporter 🕵🏻♀️ LA Daily News +10 🗞️ Prevs: ProPublica, LAist, Daily Sundial, The Corsair Send tips! RMena@SCNG.com DM for Signal
3 immigrant detainees on hunger strike who spoke to congressional visitors at Adelanto ICE facility in California sent to solitary confinement ✏️ @sbsun.bsky.social @ryannemena.bsky.social
3 detainees who recently spoke to congressional visitors at Adelanto ICE facility reportedly sent to solitary confinement
Some believe the action against the men amounted to retaliation for speaking out about conditions inside Adelanto
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Jenn@jennburrill.bsky.social · 2mo ago“We are also doing this to demand freedom. We’re not treated like people. We’re treated like animals” On May 22, 300 peoole imprisoned at Delaney Hall started a work stoppage & hunger strike. The immigrants were forced to work for a $1 an hour ✏️ @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
Reporter @ryannemena.bsky.social was shoved by an LAPD officer while documenting a protest outside an immigration detention facility in LA on March 28. Shortly after, another officer lunged at her with a baton.
Reporter shoved, lunged at by police at LA protest
Ryanne Mena, a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News, was pushed by one police officer and lunged at by …
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Are you heading to a No Kings protest this Saturday?!? If so, please message me! I’d love to hear about why you’re going :) **for a story**
I spent two months collecting handwritten letters from people detained inside the Adelanto ICE Processing Center to learn about and document the conditions they’re forced to endure. An abysmal picture emerged. Read the story: www.dailynews.com/2026/02/23/i...
‘It will drive you crazy’: Letters reveal what life is like inside Adelanto ICE detention center
An intimate look at life inside one of California’s largest ICE detention centers – told by the people who lived it.
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SCOOP: a former ICE spokesperson detailed the instructions he received to push Trump’s political propaganda instead of the truth. DHS’ response proved his claims. Theres more to the story, read it here: www.dailynews.com/2026/01/29/f...
NEW ANALYSIS: Over half of reported assaults against journalists this year happened in Los Angeles. Powered by data from @freedom.press, my latest for @lapublicpress.bsky.social dives into the challenges freelance journalists face reporting on ICE resistance. lapublicpress.org/2025/11/indy...
Visiting a loved one at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center means navigating a series of obstacles like long drives through the Mojave Desert, hours-long waits, and then facing the emotional toll of leaving your loved one behind after the visit is over. Read more: www.dailynews.com/2025/11/06/w...
What it’s like to visit the ICE detention center in Adelanto
The facility, roughly 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles, is at the end of a road splintered with cracks and potholes. Once there, some wait for hours to see their loved ones.
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New from me: The police are defunding our cities. In LA, LAPD’s growing liability lawsuits are costing taxpayers millions of dollars in payouts. $400m in payouts since 2019. The biggest culprits: protests, police shootings, and car collisions. More👇 lapublicpress.org/2025/11/lapd...
Inside LAPD's nearly $400M settlement crisis that's bankrupting LA
Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker@pressfreedomtracker.us · 10mo agoReporter @ryannemena.bsky.social was shoved by a police officer, then struck with a baton by mounted police while documenting the Oct. 18 “No Kings” protest in downtown LA — despite wearing visible press credentials and a vest labeled “PRESS.”
NEW for The Ten Four: A crowd of hundreds gathered in the late afternoon Saturday outside the Metro Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, turning what began as a nearly universally peaceful rally into officers dozens of batons. latenfour.com/2025/10/20/p...
Protests After No Kings Greeted By Horses Protecting Federal Detention Facility
It’s her LAPD. She has said nothing. She has been more absent on this issue than when she was out of the country during the fires.” -Adam Rose
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So here is the City Attorney's funding request that includes paying Best Best & Krieger as outside counsel in the LA Press Club/Status Coup case against the city. It asks for a three-year contract, and an initial $250,000 amount to help handle that case. cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...
Hundreds are out here at the No Kings protest in downtown Los Angeles. Stay tuned for more updates!
#NoKings protests return Saturday. Journalists covering police response will have new court-ordered protections in LA and Chicago. Still, “you’ll never win a philosophical argument on a skirmish line,” warns FPF’s @adamrose.bsky.social. Here’s how you can protect your rights while reporting:
How press can survive interactions with police on the skirmish line
The pen is mightier than the sword, but only if you know how to use it
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Federal judge denies LAPD emergency motion to let officers to use force against press during #NoKings protest on Saturday. I’m hearing, unconfirmed, City Council unanimously ordered City Attorney to withdraw motion anyway. Thank you! Much needed oversight! drive.google.com/file/d/1tVyi...
![Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION
FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL [98]
On September 10, 2025, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
[Dkt. 83]. Defendants filed a Notice of Appeal nearly a month later. [Dkt. 89]. The instant Ex
Parte Application for Stay of the Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal (“Application”) was
filed on October 15. [Dkt. 98].
Defendants contend that immediate, ex parte relief is required in light of the “No Kings”
rally scheduled to take place in Los Angeles (and across the country) on October 18. Application
at 2. They also assert various “workability” concerns and other substantive arguments largely
mirroring those raised and addressed in prior briefing. Id. at 12–31.
To justify ex parte relief, the moving party must show that its “cause will be irreparably
prejudiced if the underlying motion is heard according to regular noticed motion procedures,”
and that it is “without fault in creating the crisis that requires ex parte relief, or that the crisis
occurred as a result of excusable neglect.” Mission Power Eng’g Co. v. Cont’l Cas. Co., 883 F.
Supp. 488, 492 (C.D. Cal. 1995).
Here, Defendants waited five weeks after the Court issued its injunction to file their
Application, during which time the Court presumes Defendants complied with its order to
disseminate the injunction. Furthermore, they waited almost three weeks from when they first
indicated to Plaintiffs that they would be seeking a stay. Declaration of Peter Bibring in
Opposition to Application ¶ 2 [Dkt. 100-1] (noting that Defendants notified Plaintiffs of their
intent to move for a stay pending appeal on September 26, 2025). And Defendants waited over a](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/bafkreiauxjjqvnm4lwc5guxf2rnogylkjblqtu2gkroojbdcewsxkl4rnm)
Mario Guevara is the only journalist behind bars in the U.S. for his journalism. He was doing his job, not a crime. Today is his 100th day in jail. #FreeMario A message from your friendly local (and national and international) press organizations: cpj.org/wp-content/u...
The Department of Homeland Security is targeting several social media accounts that posted a video of a Border Patrol agent -- with an activist behind one of the accounts questioning if the federal government is trying to suppress free speech. Read the story🎁🔗: www.dailynews.com/2025/09/19/f...
DHS probe of Long Beach activist who posted video of Border Patrol agent raises free-speech questions
A Long Beach activist and the creator of Stop ICE Raids Alert Network, received a message from Meta on Sept. 5 that said a law enforcement agency was seeking information about his Instagram account…
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BREAKING: Federal judge in Los Angeles issues preliminary injunction against Department of Homeland Security to restrict use of force against press, legal observers and protesters. Judge in LA Press Club v. Noem calls out "surprising savagery" of DHS officers: "The First Amendment demands better."
CA DoJ wrote in Newsom vs Trump briefs that federal troops' arrival brought out more protests. Also, the protests after Paramount were limited to like a 5 or 6 block area in downtown LA, maybe .2 sq miles in a city that's 500 sq miles. The protesters were largely focused on federal troops and ICE.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo agoKristi Noem: "I do know that LA wouldn't be standing today if President Trump hadn't taken action."
Vigil for missing 7-month-old boy brings out community seeking answers after arrest of his parents. @sbsun.bsky.social story by Madison Hart and @ryannemena.bsky.social:
Vigil for missing 7-month-old boy brings out community seeking answers after arrest of his parents
Emmanuel’s parents were arrested on suspicion of murder earlier that day.
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My story is at the top of the @wired.com homepage, read my scoop about the Democrats secret paid influencer efforts! www.wired.com/story/dark-m...
NEW: Law enforcement officers responded to protests against immigration raids in and around Los Angeles, California, between June 6 and 14 with excessive force and deliberate brutality. Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
At the Adelanto ICE processing center, people with disabilities face abuse & neglect, according to a recent report that found detainees are being denied medication, food & care. The population surged to 1,400 by the end of June—with only 3 psychologists. Read more: www.dailynews.com/2025/08/14/p...
People with disabilities detained at ICE’s Adelanto center experience neglect, group says
On Thursday, Aug. 14, at a downtown Los Angeles press conference, the group and others pushed for change.
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This is happening now. Audio link: cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1611472837... You'll be delighted to know that the four issues concerning this trial are the ones I covered in this primer below. I provide links, quotes, context and a review of a dozen or so court documents. Dive in!
Mikhail Zinshteyn@mzinshteyn.bsky.social · 12mo agoCA Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta say yes. Trump’s DOJ says no. The three-day trial to answer this question is scheduled to commence today at 10 a.m. with implications for the country as Trump continues to signal a desire to deploy troops to patrol domestic city streets.
Despite a court order, Border Patrol agents raided a Home Depot in Westlake this morning, using a Penske truck to deceive undocumented people. Sixteen individuals were taken. Read more here: www.dailynews.com/2025/08/06/d...
Despite court order, federal officials use Penske truck to trick and arrest 16 immigrants in LA
According to video from Fox News, agents burst from the rear of a yellow moving truck and then ran toward a group of people amassed near a sidewalk food stand.
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To get a sense of what’s been happening outside the MDC these last few weeks, take a look at this great reporting from my colleague @ryannemena.bsky.social—
Inside the downtown LA Occupy ICE protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center
A group of strangers formed the Occupy ICE LA 24/7 protest in early July, and said they’ll remain until immigration raids in Los Angeles come to a halt.
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Mel Buer@melbuer.bsky.social · last yr.Stopped off at the anti-ICE occupation outside the MDC in Los Angeles with @acatwithnews.bsky.social, where dozens of demonstrators are currently having quite the party. A line of DHS police and what looks like Nat’l Guard are out on the apron. At least a dozen more officers joined in the last 5 min
Occupy ICE LA protesters have maintained a 24/7 presence outside of the MDC in dtla & say they won't leave until ICE raids in LA stop. "It's time for ordinary Americans to show up and do something. ... We have to save ourselves," one activist said. Read my latest: www.dailynews.com/2025/07/23/i...
Inside the downtown LA Occupy ICE protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center
A group of strangers formed the Occupy ICE LA 24/7 protest in early July, and said they’ll remain until immigration raids in Los Angeles come to a halt.
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LOOKING FOR VIDEO/PHOTO EVIDENCE: - No Kings protest in Downtown LA/City Hall - June 14 from 5:43pm-5:49pm (probably on earlier side) - Spring St near Temple St There's a line of police at intersection who shoot LLMs, lots of press around. DM me or email pressrights [at] lapressclub [dot] org.
After ICE raided a Hollywood Home Depot, vendors & laborers kept showing up. “There’s no freedom living in this fear,” one man said. In response, community groups have upped efforts to patrol, alert workers & build mutual aid to protect ppl just trying to survive. www.dailynews.com/2025/07/12/l...
LA activists patrol Home Depots, parks using a volunteer network to warn of immigration raids
Community organizers across Los Angeles remain active in their fight to protect undocumented community members.
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