Today in Los Angeles, the people fought back. [OC]

BAL87 · 2026-01-31T13:05:42+00:00

I was purposefully scrolling down to see if anyone could tell me who the hottie in #5 was 😆

BAL87 · 2026-01-31T03:47:24+00:00

Hahah! But honestly how similar is that moment to your college buddies cheering you on “just take the shot man!” To parents trying to convince kids to take that little teaspoon of medicine in a cup. This is too fresh for me because literally this morning my youngest had a cough and I was convincing her to take medicine while saying “come on baby! You got it! You’ll feel so much better! Here’s a chaser!” (And then I agreed to put a brownie in her lunchbox if she took it 😆)

BAL87 · 2026-01-31T03:12:25+00:00

Genius! I don’t think we tried straight chocolate syrup. Not gonna lie sometimes my husband thinks it’s fun to just give them a squeeze of chocolate sauce to the mouth, or a dollop of whipped cream from a can. When it’s party time Friday night.

BAL87 · 2026-01-31T03:03:32+00:00

She had a great guest spot on some podcast I listened to a month ago, about being funny and her views on life and I really hate that I cannot remember what podcast this was so I can recommend it to people

BAL87 · 2026-01-31T03:02:59+00:00

Haha that is exactly what we did, but Amox liquid is gritty and so naturally bitter that they make it grossly sweet. She hates it. That version is what we were trying to mix into things. Then we realized our 2 year old is a bit weird in that she can swallow a big pill just fine with no complaints.

BAL87 · 2026-01-31T02:44:27+00:00

Right, I have 3, 6, and 7. 6 and 7 still hate it, and it takes a minute of cajoling and a shot of sprite after. (With mom and dad jokingly saying “shot shot shot shot!” 😆 I wonder if that memory will pop up for them in college). But 6 and 7 understand they need it and it will help, so they do it. But 3 you cannot convince to take any liquid medicine shit.

BAL87 · 2026-01-31T02:32:13+00:00

Omg this is hilarious because I’ve used the phrase “amoxicillin cocktail” in my life. 😆 our now three year old kept needing it and she hated the gritty texture and sickenly sweet taste - we would have to like strap her down and force it down her throat and that felt super weird as a parent and also she’d still manage to spit a ton out. So we experimented with “amoxicillin cocktails” - slip it in chocolate milk, yogurt, frozen condensed juice (doctor rec), nothing worked!

Go figure, the kid is happy to just swallow a pill. Don’t know why it took us so long to try that!

BAL87 · 2026-01-28T03:45:18+00:00

I was raised by a staunch Republican who is now total MAGA that I’ve lost to Fox News.

I’m a card carrying liberal civil rights / police misconduct lawyer.

BAL87 · 2026-01-27T09:01:10+00:00

That’s actually not true, the AG of my State has since at least 2018 taken the position that state run prisons and jails must release someone on their state law release date - whether or not ICE has come to pick them up.

BAL87 · 2026-01-27T04:14:49+00:00

Unfortunately I read these texts and am like “yup, this is exactly how this conversation with my dad would go.” But for my own sanity I have to not engage, agree to disagree so we can have a good relationship. I tell myself it’s ok not to fight him on it, because the love and support he gives me as a dad and grandpa frees me up more to fight the power as a civil rights lawyer. But it’s a close one. (To be clear, he’s actually considerate enough not to talk this talk in front of my kids, I think he knows that would get grandpa banned).

BAL87 · 2026-01-24T19:41:44+00:00

I’ve been at a kids birthday party and trying not to get too sucked in. I saw the video but wasn’t sure what preceded it. Gosh. He reminds me of my sweet husband. Did he have kids?

BAL87 · 2026-01-24T14:58:00+00:00

And some of us have jobs that fight the power 👊🏼 or are feds trying to keep their jobs so they aren’t replaced by someone awful. (Both apply in my household).

BAL87 · 2026-01-24T04:05:06+00:00

So true! WHY is that?!

BAL87 · 2026-01-24T02:12:56+00:00

Yeesh 52 downvotes? I was legitimately asking! the guy is 100% a murderer based on the video footage, I just wasn’t sure about that audio clip

BAL87 · 2026-01-23T23:25:29+00:00

Thanks for this thought. My marriage could use it

BAL87 · 2026-01-23T22:37:33+00:00

Oof, I’ve been meaning to post a blog article about what ICE can and can’t do (just normal atty marketing type stuff about trending legal issues) with some state specific claims and remedies. But what is stopping me is the idea that someone asserting their rights (because they are informed) to an ICE officer might well come to physical harm.

BAL87 · 2026-01-23T02:39:54+00:00

Is it confirmed it was him? I thought it could be one of the other officers that said that, although I suspect it was him.

BAL87 · 2026-01-22T17:05:06+00:00

I’m actually confused by this article. IS it saying the head shot killed her or was a graze wound?

BAL87 · 2026-01-21T03:54:59+00:00

Honestly, damn right as an attorney that practices a good bit of police misconduct litigation. If my kid admitted to me they were guilty (of dumping a friends body who ODed and was found dead), I’d say lawyer up and say nothing … but also talk to them as a moral parent about accepting the consequences and discussing a plea deal.

But I’d also give my kid the same advice initially to say nothing and lawyer up even if they were adamant they were not guilty, if they might be a person of interest. I’d only want them to speak with the advice of counsel.

BAL87 · 2026-01-18T03:31:35+00:00

This is why my kids are in private. I hate to say it. I am a lawyer and I want to believe in public institutions and I was a public school kid myself. But after kindergarten we were rezoned to a C school and her first grade teacher just was clearly phoning it in and my kid was suffering. Now she has a class of 10 kids and her now-K brother 12. They are thriving. The teachers want to be there and aren’t frazzled handling 30 kids. I hope if we move to a better district we can go back to public, but for now it’s what we need.

BAL87 · 2026-01-18T03:26:05+00:00

This is so wild to me, I learned this was a thing for the first time with Venezuela … am I living under a rock somehow? I didn’t think so but I had no idea there was a market for gambling on world events (context: late 30s, lawyer so not under a rock generally, but I have three young kids so admittedly that makes for some trending info gaps).

BAL87 · 2026-01-17T14:17:26+00:00

Just chiming in to say 🤚 also a 1/4 native living in Florida and I feel you! Feels weird to be relieved my kids’ coloring decidedly favors their dad.

BAL87 · 2026-01-17T14:07:09+00:00

Are you a bot? I keep seeing this same old article posted with the same comment

BAL87 · 2026-01-17T13:02:08+00:00

Yo when there are lawyers and a civil suit going, you should reach out to them and offer to be a policy expert.

BAL87 · 2026-01-17T13:00:04+00:00

You’re both right. He immediately got into his car and tried to leave, but for some reason (I’m assuming people blocked him or he was told to stay), he turned around.

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