A black man walking his autistic grandson to school was violently assaulted by police in Minden, Louisiana, on Thursday, April 15, 2021, according to a Shreveport TV station (read story here and here). A bystander recorded the incident (click on links to see the video). His family claims Robby Baile[...]
Archive for April, 2021
April 17th, 2021 - 10:39 pm § in Law and Courts
America’s worst police department?
On June 26, 2020, a Loveland, Colorado cop violently arrested a frail, elderly, confused woman, breaking her bones (first video below). Karen Garner, 73, who suffers from dementia, had wandered away from her family to a nearby Walmart store, picked up $13.88 of merchandise, and walked out. Store emp[...]
April 17th, 2021 - 9:44 pm § in Humor
You really otter feed him (video)
https://youtu.be/4Q4v-Mbe3fc Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
April 17th, 2021 - 7:31 pm § in Misc.
Peloton treadmill warning
Owners of Peloton’s Tread+ treadmills should unplug them and stop using them if they have small children or pets in the home, the federal Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) warned on Friday, April 16, 2021, after learning of “multiple incidents of small children and a pet being s[...]
Their liberty, your life (essay)
“Protecting individual rights from government overreach is at the core of what sets the US apart from the rest of the world. But the ‘liberty’ promised by the Declaration of Independence is interfering with ‘life’ and ‘pursuit of happiness’ in ways the Found[...]
April 16th, 2021 - 11:05 pm § in Misc.
Pony dance (video)
It’s a commercial, but what the heck, it’s fun to watch. In fact, I used to watch TV for the commercials, not the shows. The best talent Hollywood could muster went into them. It isn’t easy telling a story in 30 or 60 seconds. We all watch Superbowls for the commercials, right? Any[...]
Eyman ordered to pay state millions
Initiative promoter Tim Eyman (photo left, bio here), who is well known to Washington voters, has been ordered to pay the state $2.9 million “for costs and fees related to the campaign finance lawsuit brought against him by Attorney General Bob Ferguson … in addition to the $2.6 million[...]
April 16th, 2021 - 6:32 pm § in Racism
Black education
I need to drive my two-year-old to daycare tomorrow morning. To ensure we arrive alive, we won’t take public transit (Oscar Grant). I removed all air fresheners from the vehicle and double-checked my registration status (Daunte Wright), and ensured my license plates were visible (Lt. Caron Nazario[...]
April 16th, 2021 - 3:20 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Watchdog: Pompeo & wife guilty of 100+ ethics violations
Mike Pompeo, Trump’s last secretary of state (he went through a lot of them), and his wife “violated federal ethics rules governing the use of taxpayer-funded resources when [they] asked State Department employees to carry out personal tasks,” according to an inspector general repo[...]
April 16th, 2021 - 1:16 pm § in Racism
Was the FedEx shooting racially motivated?
While authorities work to identify victims and establish the shooter’s motive, Indianapolis “Police Chief Randal Taylor noted that a ‘significant’ number of employees at the facility are members of the Sikh community, and the Sikh Coalition later confirmed that members of the[...]