A Las Vegas Garden Railway Society model trains display at a shopping mall for July 4th weekend included a diorama of a gallows on which white men in top hats are hanging a black man. It’s not clear who did this, or why. Read about the protests here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
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July 3rd, 2022 - 2:41 pm § in Racism
Another police killing of a black man raises questions and stirs protests
Jayland Walker wasn’t “walking while black” when gunned down by white cops. I’ll start with the police version, because right now that’s the only version there is. According to them, he was pulled over for a traffic violation, tried to drive away, and during the ensuing[...]
Unfriendly Friendswood, Texas
Actually, the hate rolled in from out of town. Friendswood is an affluent Houston exurb, mostly white, with a population larger than Wenatchee’s (see profile here). They were going to do a Fourth of July parade until the rightwing hate showed up. The grand marshal was to be native daughter Hal[...]
July 1st, 2022 - 9:17 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Judge orders $100K bail for sheriff still harassing black newspaper carrier
In May a lawyer for a black newspaper carrier victimized by Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer (photo, left) obtained an anti-harassment order against him (see story here), but Troyer allegedly violated the order on “multiple occasions,” and now a judge has ordered him to post $100,000 bail[...]
June 30th, 2022 - 6:20 pm § in Racism
Racist pushes black boy off his bike
Daniel Duncan, 11, who is black, was riding his bike in Deep River, Connecticut, the first time he encountered Jameson Chapman. Chapman (photo, left), 48, allegedly bumped Daniel’s friend, then began questioning the kids. “Where did you grow up? Did you grow up in Connecticut?” he asked, a[...]
June 30th, 2022 - 5:25 pm § in Racism, Schools & Colleges
Slavery by any other name is still slavery
Texas is some kind of unique animal, a unicorn among states, in the sense of “only in Texas …” For example, only in Texas do a dozen or more cops mill around outside a school for 70 minutes while a crazed gunman is slaughtering children in the classroom. Only in Texas do people fre[...]
June 30th, 2022 - 2:32 pm § in Racism
Free coffee offer
The company explains it was all a mistake, and offers a plausible explanation of how the “accident” happened here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Will the Supreme Court destroy the rule of law?
The Supreme Court’s new conservative majority appears to be as reckless as the president who appointed them. In just the last 10 days, “the court has gutted limits on gun possession, severely weakened the wall between church and state, and taken away a right that has existed for nearly 5[...]
June 29th, 2022 - 6:53 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
There’s a 1955 arrest warrant for Emmett Till woman
There was always an arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham for her role in the 14-year-old Chicago black boy’s lynching. It’s been sitting in a Mississippi courthouse since August 1955. “The arrest warrant against Donham was publicized at the time, but the Leflore county sheriff [...]
GOP rep praises “historic victory for white life”
Does this mean nonwhites can still get abortions? Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]