Salon not only attacks the National Guard, and forgets that thousands of these ‘kids’ were among the rioters, but it also gives voice within the article to some of the professional agitators of whom we’ve spoken, like Rhania Khalek.
Via 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.