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The 60-year-old was first arrested in July 2023 for the deaths of four women whose remains were found in burlap sacks along the Ocean Parkway in New York over a decade ago. Detectives finally nabbed Heuermann in 2023 after he tossed a pizza box with leftover crust into a Manhattan trash can after the investigation that took more than a decade. The DNA from his crust matched genetic material found...

Police officers who 'brought shame on their uniforms' and let Emma Caldwell's killer Iain Packer walk free for 19 years should be jailed if it is found they 'engaged in criminality', her family's lawyer says. Packer, 51, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 36 years at the High Court in Glasgow this month after being found guilty of murdering the 27-year-old in 2005, as well as 11 rapes an...

Our purpose is to champion sex worker rights, through intersectional activism and public engagement. This is done through involvement in intersectional activism and public engagement about the stigma of sex work from the many sides of discrimination and marginalization. This approach respects the interaction of social categorizations, among them race, class, and gender, which strengthens the idea...

Phoenix Calida discusses stigma and discrimination against Asian sex workers and the racism of the Nordic Model propagandists. Link To Article Used As Jumping Off Point. https://cityhub.com.au/racist-and-disempowering-nsw-asian-migrant-sex-workers-speak-out-on-rescue-industry/

A screed of lies was brought to the ATTENTION of one Phoenix Calida. Not being the type of individual whom would let such nonsense slide, Phoenix took to the microphone and carpet bombed these liars with an overwhelming truth assault.

KOMO News - "An explosion of sex trafficking," is how one Seattle city council member described what's happening along Aurora Avenue in north Seattle. Some business owners and residents told KOMO News something needs to be done. During a recent community public safety meeting, councilmember Cathy Moore said one tool she's considering to address the issue is a proposal to reinstate Seattle’s loiter...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A former St. Clair High School teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was reported to district officials has been fired after days on a new job. Brianna Coppage had been a teacher for five years, spending two at St. Clair High School. She was put on leave in October after it was discovered that she was using OnlyFans to supplement her teaching salary. After h...

"Originally published March 14 by Idaho Reports. The Idaho Senate passed legislation Thursday that would make online pornography publishers and distributors vulnerable to civil liability if a minor accesses harmful material on the internet. “Our kids are continuously exposed to pornography, and our current laws don’t effectively protect them,” said bill sponsor Sen. Ben Toews, R-Coeur d’Alene. “Wh...

https://www.eswalliance.org/statement_on_financial_discrimination_of_sex_workers "With this statement, ESWA expresses its deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent abrupt decision of payment platform Stripe to cease working with Wishtender, an online platform utilised by sex workers. The lack of transparency surrounding Stripe’s decision is concerning as it obstructs accountability. Fur...

A former Army officer has been sentenced to four years in prison after raping a sex worker in Wellington. Savenaca Seruvatu was convicted of sexual violation by rape in the Wellington District Court in February, after removing a condom without consent during sexual intercourse in an adult entertainment club in Lower Hutt in September 2020.

A former Pasco Police Officer was sentenced today in a Spokane cold case murder that spanned 38 years and resulted in two trials Twenty-seven-year-old Ruby Doss was found murdered in 1986 in East Spokane, her case was worked by the Spokane Police Department for decades with no conclusion or arrest of a suspect. In 2015 DNA collected from a condom found at the Ruby Doss crime scene was matched to R...

Lawmakers are trying to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a dangerous censorship bill that would give the government unprecedented control over the internet and force platforms to spy on youth. KOSA uses two methods to “protect” kids, and both of them are awful. First, KOSA would pressure platforms to install filters that would wipe the net of anything deemed “inappropriate” for minors. This...

Phoenix Calida sits down briefly to talk about Police and how they harm Sex Workers. ABOUT SWOP-USA: Our purpose is to champion sex worker rights, through intersectional activism and public engagement. This is done through involvement in intersectional activism and public engagement about the stigma of sex work from the many sides of discrimination and marginalization. This approach respects the i...

Phoenix Calida reacts to claims presented by voice actors in videos uploaded by "Nordic Model Now".

The Sentencing for the officer that very obviously murdered Ruby Doss has been pushed back another month after this murderer got away for over 3 decades. swopusa.org/donate

Nordic Model Now is a ridiculous organization and Phoenix Calida treats them with the ridicule they've earned. SwopUSA.org/Donate

Are you ready for folks to conflate sex work with trafficking? Are you ready for fuzzy, decontextualized numbers? It seems to me that you might be ready for KTLA's dubious coverage of a police operation targeting sex workers.

Sasha Rakoff claims to be an ally to Sex Workers. Phoenix Calida is Not Buying It. swopusa.org/donate

Phoenix Calida Breaks Down New Anti Porn Legislation

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swopusa.org/donate A former Columbus vice detective pleaded guilty to federal accusations Thursday that he kidnapped sex worker victims under the guise of an arrest, according to federal prosecutors. Andrew Mitchell, 59, of Sunbury, pleaded guilty to two counts of depriving individuals of their civil rights while acting under color of law and one count of obstructing justice, according to the U.S....

Howdy. We have an unexpected update in the trial for Ruby Doss. The story doesn't end because this chapter does though. We'll keep our ear to the street on this one and see where the lawyer for the killer cop takes this.

SPOKANE, Wash. — After four weeks, the trial of Richard Aguirre, the man accused of killing Ruby Doss, is over. On Tuesday, both the prosecution and Aguirre's defense team made their closing arguments. Much of the argument Tuesday and throughout trial revolved around DNA evidence. Prosecutors say Aguirre's DNA was found on a condom decades after Doss's death, linking him to the crime. Aguirre's de...

swopusa.org/donate Hey, gang. We have some very important updates in the Bench Trial seeking justice for Ruby Doss. We make an effort to be sure we are clear in our understanding of the forensic science and language used in this trial. Thank you for checking out this program and for supporting SWOPUSA.

https://swopusa.harnessgiving.org/donate/?selected-method=one-time&amount=25&campaign_id=0 Thank you for giving what you can at the donation link above. We will be doing our part in making sure we monitor this retrial to find out in real time if there will be some sort of justice for the killing of Ruby Doss.