MAY DAY Ended with one trash can being set on fire and an hours-long dance party in the street. Marchers and police were more restrained than in previous years.
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  • MAY DAY Ended with one trash can being set on fire and an hours-long dance party in the street. Marchers and police were more restrained than in previous years.

All of Yesterday's May Day Arrests Were Men: Between the ages of 17 and 23, except for one 37-year-old. Here's a list of what they were arrested for at SeattlePi.com. The El Comité march for immigrant rights earlier in the day was smaller than last year's.

Protesters who showed up late and had to ask cops which way to go.
  • Protesters who showed up late and had to ask cops which way to go.
Overall, It Was a Very Seattle Scene: With guys in Guy Fawkes masks who showed up late for anti-cops march having to ask the cops which way the other anti-cop protesters went, and the cops helping them out. And there were tiny scuffles here and there, mostly between the protesters themselves, like these two dressed as superheroes; it's hard to watch that video and not dwell on how poorly designed that awning is, isn't it? So many extra edges for potential dripping, so many senseless gaps.

Mayor Murray's $15 Minimum Wage Deal as Described in the New York Times: The paper of record calls it "a liberal Democratic agenda at the frontier of social and economic engineering." The paper doesn't properly credit Kshama Sawant for essentially forcing Murray into supporting a $15 minimum wage during the last election campaign. Sawant said at a march yesterday that the $15 deal is "the result of pressure by our movement. The movement has made sure that business dare not openly oppose the demand for $15." But she's not so into the mayor's plan, primarily because she doesn't think big business needs a three-year phase-in. "Every year of a phase-in means yet another year in poverty for a worker," she says. She's encouraged gathering signatures for a potential ballot initiative, but David Rolf of the SEIU says "certainly the labor movement is not going to support a ballot measure fight."

Why Does Labor Support This Minimum Wage Compromise? Anna Minard eggsplains.

Amanda Knox Was on TV Last Night: Saying "I did not kill my friend. I did not wield a knife. I had no reason to."

Landslide in Afghanistan This Morning: Leaves 2,000 people missing and at least 350 dead.

Suicide Bombers Attack in Egypt: At a security checkpoint and a civilian bus. At least one police officer is dead.

Shooting Helicopters Out of the Sky: "Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian helicopters on Friday, killing two crew members."

WSU Under Investigation: For sexual assaults.

Why that Execution in Oklahoma Was So Ghastly: Doctors had trouble finding a vein. They had to inject his groin.

Get Ready for a Future in Which Antibiotics No Longer Work: A terrifying story from Vox, citing a World Health Organization report on drug-resistant microbes. "We don't even have the proper monitoring around the globe to fully assess the situation."

James Franco Posted a Selfie Last Night Featuring His Belly and Pubes: And then immediately deleted it from Instagram, but not before a gazillion people took screen shots. This photo is crying out for a Jen Graves "Anatomy of a Photo" treatment. Anatomy of a Franco.


Yet Another James Franco Selfie: Here he is taking a bath.


And for All My Drag Fags (and Hags!) Still Stung by BenDeLaCreme's Drag Race Elimination: Here's a montage of his best runway looks—watch it before someone at LOGO deletes it!