Self-appointed vigilantes inspired by MAGA lies are staking out Arizona ballot drop boxes. Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer, himself a Republican election conspiracy theorist (details here), calls them “morons.” And now that he runs the county’s elections, he’s seeing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
October 26th, 2022 - 10:12 am § in Law and Courts
How to appear in court
Lose the domestic terrorist look, get a shave and haircut, put on a shirt and tie, and try to look like a nerd. But it’s not guaranteed to get you off if you’re guilty (story here). Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Who attacked America’s democracy?
And what should we do about them? At the center, of course, was Donald Trump. Most visible were the Capitol rioters, with the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys gangs the most visible of them. But they weren’t alone. The attempted coup also involved numerous “Republican officials, right-wing pa[...]
October 24th, 2022 - 8:47 pm § in News Media, Politics
Believe it or not, the GOP’s crime record is worse
Despite the homily about “lies, damned lies, and statistics,” crime data tells the real story. “On the one hand, it is accurate that the murder rate in the U.S. has gone up at an alarming rate. On the other hand, despite the right-wing media narrative to the contrary, this is a pro[...]
October 21st, 2022 - 2:47 pm § in Law and Courts
What should happen to people who start forest fires?
Here in the Pacific Northwest, fire seasons are growing longer, and wildfires larger and more numerous, because of hot dry summers and lack of rain. Many forest fires are human-caused by careless smokers and campers, fireworks, and so on. Shouldn’t we all be angry about this? It hurts all of u[...]
Steve Bannon isn’t in jail yet
Hooray for rule of law! It’s what stands between us and the jungle. But the wheels of justice grind slowly, and Steve Bannon — domestic abuser, thief, and seditionist — has yet to answer for a criminal career that began 26 years ago. Bannon was charged in 1996 with domestic violenc[...]
October 18th, 2022 - 11:51 am § in Law and Courts
Another stupid, trigger-happy vigilante
I don’t just frown on vigilantes; I want them arrested and prosecuted. Vigilantism has no place in civilized society. The three white vigilanties who murdered black jogger Ahmaud Arbery got life in prison, and deserve it. Yesterday I posted a video here showing a white man grabbing a disabled [...]
October 17th, 2022 - 3:48 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
This better be the stolen bike
My thinking is this: If you make a citizen’s arrest, you’d better have the culprit, and should face serious legal consequences if you detained an innocent person. In this case, if this isn’t the stolen bike, this vigilante should be charged with a hate crime; but even if it is the [...]
October 16th, 2022 - 8:32 pm § in Law and Courts
Manson killers should never get out of prison
On August 9, 1969, Patricia Krenwinkle accompanied other “Manson Family” members to actress Sharon Tate’s Palm Springs home, where she stabbed coffee heiress Abigail Folger to death while her companions murdered Tate and three other people. The next night, August 10, 1969, Krenwink[...]
October 7th, 2022 - 8:11 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Consequences
“A right-wing organization that calls the perpetrators of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol ‘political prisoners’ is trying to find jobs for the insurrectionists,” Raw Story reported (here) on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. “So far, around 870 people have been arrested[...]