The Hometown dog killer cop has been fired after the Justice for Apollo outcry. So far, no charges have been filed.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-Apollo/1528190237404852

In Hometown IL, a cop shot and killed a dog in its own front yard in front of its family (including 6 year old kid).

http://abc7chicago.com/225283

There's a town in Illinois called “Hometown”. That's quaint.

RT @AntonioFrench: Last night's violence
Children gassed
Autopsy details
National Guard
New restrictions on protests

This is a bad combo f…

PS. John Oliver is absolutely fucking killing it every week on @LastWeekTonight. Go watch it regularly.

There are 50,000 SWAT raids a year in the U.S. Do that math.

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/13/radley_balko_once_a_town_gets_a_swat_team_you_want_to_use_it/

The backyard fallen fruit is still a little in the small side. @ The Farmhouse http://instagram.com/p/r2TGVDMnku/

This is Wednesday.
She's wearing a squid. @ where the wild things are http://instagram.com/p/r0WopMMnhb/

Four weeks in a row. @ Crossroads Kitchen http://instagram.com/p/rz2XjFsnvN/

@johnbender Here's a little read for you:

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/why-the-legacy-of-almost-famous-will-never-die-hint-the-clothes

When speech is zoned, it is, in fact, not free.

Flattop and not flat top. @ Scoops http://instagram.com/p/ryQ0pKsnk_/

RT @MittyMandi: THE ANGST OF BEING A TEEN
THE THRILL OF BEING A BOAT http://t.co/6k4f9ZvUxp

What to do on hot summer night?

Go out on a date, obviously.

RT @lonelysandwich: Update on the prevalence of mistaking “Encino” to mean a prehistoric era and not a neighborhood in the San Fernando Val…

Just a reminder, Cash Most Pit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEzzxx2g5sM

@lindseybieda Slash their tires.

@brassiest Howdy. New Ethic / I Have Dreams / ANKOAS. Loved 'em.

@lstoll Again I'm no constitutional lawyer. But it's pretty well precedented that free assembly in public spaces is a first amendment right.

I am no lawyer, constitutional or otherwise, but to me a curfew is a violation of your right to free assembly and thus unconstitutional.

“How the sun sees you”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9BqrSAHbTc

/via @coketweet

@quinnnorton Anyway, good sane practical write up.

Worth sharing too is @crimethinc's post.

http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2014/08/14/staying-safe-in-the-streets/

@quinnnorton Perfect.

@quinnnorton Clever, you.

@quinnnorton Typo:

"journalism is complicated places" =>

"journalism in complicated places"