It’s a 2001 to 2004 Volvo S60 sedan, black or dark colored, with dark-colored upholstery. It likely has Oregon or Washington plates, to be inconspicuous. Police and the FBI want to talk with whoever was driving it past ballot drop boxes that went up in flames in the wee hours last weekend. If [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
October 28th, 2024 - 10:29 pm § in Law and Courts
Is this Seattle’s most dangerous man?
Police describe him as someone with “a consistent history of unprovoked attacks on unsuspecting strangers.” Even elderly people aren’t safe in his presence. The accusations against him include: February 5, 2024: Assaulting a grocery store customer April 9, 2024: Assaulting guests a[...]
Will Hunter Biden be pardoned?
As the Biden administration winds down, many people will start wondering if the president’s son, convicted of multiple felonies, will escape prison time by being let off the hook. Not necessarily by who you think, though. Biden has publicly said he won’t pardon his son (see story here). [...]
Are mass deportations feasible?
Sure they are, our government could do that if a political administration is committed and organized enough, and invests enough taxpayer resources. During World War 2, the U.S. rounded up and imprisoned 120,000 Japanese-Americans, two-thirds of whom were American-born citizens. This violated their c[...]
October 17th, 2024 - 5:34 pm § in Law and Courts
Yes, government has the power to kill you
You may think we’re a free people, living in a free country, but the government can kill you even if you’re innocent. Our legal system, generally speaking, allows government officials to arbitrarily take your life. Our political leaders can embroil our country in a war, enact conscriptio[...]
George Floyd protests weren’t riots and didn’t kill 15,000 black men
A Republican liar claims “the post-George Floyd riots resulted in excess of over 15,000 black male deaths in this country.” It’s not remotely true. Ryan Gidursky, a rightwing activist (see his website here), made that assertion on a CNN talk show on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 (read stor[...]
October 13th, 2024 - 6:59 pm § in Law and Courts
Should this man be executed?
Tremane Wood is on Arizona’s death row, and fighting for his life. Death penalty opponents and liberal media are also trying to rescue him from the death penalty. When trying to overturn a death sentence in the U.S., lawyers specializing in this work often focus on legal process arguments inst[...]
October 13th, 2024 - 4:33 pm § in Law and Courts
Covid-19 vaccine cards counterfeiter sentenced to prison
A federal judge sentenced a Salt Lake City man to 12 months in prison, 3 years of probation, and a $40,000 fine for counterfeiting Covid-19 vaccine cards. Nicholas Frank Sciotto, 34, pleaded guilty to printing and selling over 120,000 of the fake CDC cards during the height of the pandemic, when pro[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: False labeling
When cops pulled over a stolen car in Portland, Oregon, they encountered a pair of drug dealers with a sense of humor. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 4th, 2024 - 11:14 pm § in Law and Courts
What should happen to a 16-year-old who guns down a toddler?
Jayson Jack was 16 when he allegedly tried to carry out a hit against Synsyr Lewis’s father in a restaurant parking lot in Federal Way, Washington. According to prosecutors, Jack “circled the parking lot several times” before “firing 15 rounds into the windshield” of th[...]