Nithya Raman

The reference point is Raman's own statement in the October 13, 2026 debate that Los Angeles used to be the gold standard in noncooperation with immigration enforcement in the Daryl Gates era. Raman rejects Bass's reading of the remark as praise for Gates, says she was describing the city's past limits on cooperation with immigration authorities, and condemns Gates himself, so we labeled it Challenged characterization. The closest competing label is Defended or excused, because she keeps her point about immigration policy; it loses because her response disputes how her words were described rather than defending Gates's record.

The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Raman posts that Los Angeles "should cut ties with Flock Safety" and says the company's readers pose risks to privacy, civil liberties and immigrant communities while LAPD renegotiates a surveillance network, which rejects the system outright, so we labeled it Condemned and placed it at Ban on the remedy ladder, since she asks the city to end the relationship and names no replacement. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional. It loses because the thread asks for an end to the relationship rather than conditions for continued use.