The Young Turks August 11, 2014 Hour 2

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS. Actor Robin Williams has been found dead at his home of an apparent suicide. Ferguson Missouri police shot and killed an 18 year old kid in the middle of the street, shooting him many times after he raised his hand into the air. Different accounts from citizens and police. Cenk and Ana break down the holes in the cops’ story. St. Louis police have a history of needlessly harassing Black residents more than other groups. After the shooting, peaceful protests expanded into riots as nightfall approached. Some news outlets posted a picture of the murdered teenager that portrayed him more as a dangerous looking guy when there were clean cut, graduations pictures to use. This prompted the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown that compares two opposite pictures of the person that shows them as a clean cut citizen vs a dangerous one. NASCAR driver Tony Stewart hit and killed a fellow driver at a small time dirt race track. Discussion over whether or not Stewart was at fault for the accident. TYT Sports’ Jason Rubin pointed out that Tony Stewart has a history of getting into battles with other drivers, once claiming that he will hit another driver. USC researchers conducted a study on racial disparities in the top grossing films and found that although Latina women are in a smaller percentage of the actors, 38% of them appeared naked on camera. A publishing company is creating a book that is compiled completely of Kim Kardashian’s selfies. A blogger attended a sex workshop that does group masturbation and spoke about her experience at the workshop where the 85 year old instructor went to work on her.

Show notes by Jayar Jackson

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