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464 Americans Have Been Killed by Police in 2015 – Here are Their Stories

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A couple of months ago, I highlighted the horrifying fact that U.S. police killed more civilians in March than UK police killed in 100 years. With May 2015 in the history book, we now have some updated stats, and the results are not pretty. 464 Americans have been killed by police so far this year, which amounts to more than three deaths every single day. If you don’t think this is a problem, I don’t know how to help you.

The Guardian put together an incredible list of all 464 people killed by date, as well as a summary of the circumstances of their deaths.

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Baltimore Public School Students Miss Lunch as WholeFoods Hands Out Turkey Sandwiches to the National Guard

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If you’re a high-end grocery store specializing in organic foods operating in the city of Baltimore, and want to ensure your windows don’t get busted in, what do you do? Hand out free turkey and cheese sandwiches to National Guard troops and brag about it on Instagram, of course!

Sure, thousands of public schools students missed their free or reduced priced lunches as area schools were closed, but someone else can deal with that. No doubt the National Guard was severely lacking in supplies.

From Salon:

All Baltimore City public schools were closed on Tuesday in response to violent protests breaking out across the city in response to Freddie Gray’s death. About 84 percent of students in city’s public schools receive free or reduced-price lunches, according to the school district’s website. The closings mean that these students were unable to access these lunches, and churches and community centers have been scrambling to fill the gap. 

That’s why it was so shocking to hear that Whole Foods and Five Guys had taken the initiative to provide free food for National Guard soldiers instead of for thousands of high-need children.

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John Stewart on the Media-Political Complex’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, aka “Nerd Prom”

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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.

– Oscar Wilde

To the chagrin of the residents of Panem, pockets of plebs became unruly just 40 miles from the Capitol on the most important night of the year for Washington D.C., aka Hollywood for ugly people.

The timing of this gross display of elitist narcissism was once again less than ideal for these self-absorbed societal leeches. If you recall, Barack Obama was similarly engaged in a massive party last year just as Ferguson burst into flames. I noted this in the post: “A Good Time Was Had By All” – The Obamas Dance the Night Away as Ferguson, Missouri Burns.

Whether the above is the expression of a divine sense of humor, or merely a function of Obama’s penchant for frequent fiddling at extravagant galas remains unclear. What is clear; however, is Jon Stewart’s absolutely hilarious take on the event and his justifiably relentless assault on faux news channel CNN when he states:

To be clear, a guy on CNN just said: “If people are looking for news, I’m sure they can find it somewhere.”

This is a must watch:

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