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Tom Hudson
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Photojournalist. Flight/Critical Care Paramedic. Shooter. Tired.
Despite this, RPD Lt. David Cuffley ordered the assembly to be dispersed under threat of arrest, reportedly at the order of an unnamed city official.

The First Amendment doesn’t apply in RVA, apparently.
January 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
loops consistent with the manifest destiny, white supremacy imagery they find so appealing.

Christopher Columbus was the good guy. America was built by the ingenuity and labor of white men and blessed by the Christian god. American exceptionalism. More religious undertones. Et cetera, et cetera.
January 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Amidst almost a mile of pedestrian barricades, a heavy police and National Guard presence, and an elaborate production setup, only handfuls of spectators came and went as an hourly narrated presentation of a revisionist history of the United States played against a backdrop of hastily-animated
January 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Within the first few pages it becomes apparent that Bovino approached this deposition with the same smug confidence that he’s had during Midway Blitz: believing he’s in control, he can do whatever he wants, and everyone else is a piece of shit.

It also becomes apparent that he is out of his depth.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You’re not wrong, friend. There’s a long backstory as to why I left policework, and it involves testifying against other cops who tried to cover up an off-duty assault by another cop.
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Fair.
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
What seems like a thousand years ago, I myself was a cop. If I had a district judge calling me a liar from the bench, I would have literally collapsed into myself in shame so quickly, it would have formed a black hole right there in the courtroom.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I’m a photojournalist, and was tackled by CBP agents at Broadview while covering protests last month, despite being very clearly identified as a member of the press.

I came face to face with Bovino, and reading this fills me with an incandescent rage; I never saw a single person be violent there.
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a sane world, you’re absolutely correct.

Given the administration’s attitude towards the courts… Well, I’m less than optimistic.
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The gate closes, the agents retreat inside, and activists continue their vigil… And no one on either side knows how long this campaign of cleaving immigrant families apart will continue. (6/6)
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM