Seattle, like other cities, is plagued with unwanted and unsightly graffiti. But in Seattle, prosecutors are going after the taggers. On Thursday, December 19, 2024, the county prosecutor charged 17 individuals with felony property destruction (read story and watch video here). Where they cut locks [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
December 12th, 2024 - 5:07 pm § in Business, Law and Courts
Is this a threat or not?
A Florida woman whose insurance claim was denied called the company and said, ““Delay, deny, depose. You people are next.” The company called the FBI, who referred the case to local police, who went to her home and arrested her. She’s charged with threatening a mass shooting. Will cr[...]
Youth activist arrested for shaking Rep. Mace’s hand
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has a reputation for being prickly. Her entire staff quit, and so did both of her ex-husbands. Now, it appears from witness statements she’s a fake victim of a fake crime. After Mace spoke to a group of children’s advocates at the Rayburn Building in Washington D.C., a you[...]
CEO’s murder becomes a cultural moment
When Brian Thompson was shot dead on a New York street this week he became a cultural symbol. Thompson (photo, left), 50, was the youngish-looking, $10 million-a-year CEO of the health insurance division of UnitedHealth Group, the world’s 9th largest corporation by revenue. He had personal bag[...]
December 2nd, 2024 - 2:39 am § in Racism
The barn where Emmitt Till was lynched
… is the subject of a new book (get it here); meanwhile, visit the actual barn in the video below. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 27th, 2024 - 3:50 pm § in Misc.
Is this D. B. Cooper’s parachute?
Richard McCoy (1942-1974) has long been a D. B. Cooper suspect, not least because he pulled off a very similar hijacking a few months later. But there are reasons to be skeptical. Ten witnesses said Cooper wasn’t McCoy, based on physical and age disparities, and McCoy seems to have been elsewhere [...]
November 25th, 2024 - 2:29 am § in Law and Courts
A model border patrol officer
Juan Ortiz (photo, left), is a smart guy with bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He’s a Navy veteran, married with three kids, and was a Border Patrol officer for 10 years with “no reported disciplinary issues while he served.” He’s also a convicted serial killer se[...]
November 18th, 2024 - 1:37 pm § in Law and Courts
Why we need a felony murder law
Israel hanged Adolf Eichmann for his complicity in the murder of 6 million Jews even though he didn’t personally kill anyone. His role in the Holocaust was “collecting information on the Jews in each area, organizing the seizure of their property, and arranging for and scheduling trains&[...]
November 18th, 2024 - 12:28 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Ex-soldier and war criminal sentenced for Jan. 6 rioting
The photo below isn’t of a military unit; these dudes aren’t soldiers at all, they’re Jan. 6 rioters. In fact, Edward Richmond Jr. of Geismar, Louisiana (in middle of photo), was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged for murdering a handcuffed Iraqi civilian prisoner. Richmon[...]
November 15th, 2024 - 6:15 pm § in Law and Courts
Immigrant parents jailed for honor killing attempt in Washington
Immigrants typically bring their customs, beliefs, and habits with them. But when you’re in another country, you’re subject to its laws. Don’t bring drugs with you to Indonesia, or you might get to visit that country’s notorious “Execution Island” (grisly details [...]