<p><strong><em><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/National-Guard-troops-treated-to-lunch.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-8400 size-large" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/National-Guard-troops-treated-to-lunch-575x1024.jpg" alt="National Guard troops treated to lunch" width="575" height="1024" /></a>From USA Today</em></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Whole Foods faced backlash on social media after one of the Baltimore stores posted photos of National Guard members holding free food from the grocery chain.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People on Twitter and Facebook lashed out against Whole Foods and called the move tone deaf to the children in Baltimore public schools who were going without free lunch while schools were closed Tuesday over safety concerns.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">According<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><a title="http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/about/by_the_numbers" href="http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/about/by_the_numbers"><span style="font-family: Arial;">to the Baltimore City Public School District&#8217;s website</span></a>, 84% of its students receive free or reduced-price lunches.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One woman tweeted, &#8220;As Baltimore&#8217;s poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Guard members.</span></p>
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Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8362 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-01 00:54:53"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jumbotron-505x361.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8362 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8355 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 17:23:59"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-riots-police-line-429x307.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8355 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8354 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 17:21:51"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-riots-on-Monday-April-27-2015-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8354 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8353 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 17:20:37"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/National-Guard-troops-roll-into-Baltimore-City-Md.-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8353 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8351 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 16:57:26"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Carroll-County-Sheriffs-Deputies-keeping-thugs-under-control-in-Baltimore-City-540x385.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8351 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8350 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 16:35:27"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Wicomico-County-Sheriff-Mike-Lewis-and-roadblock-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8350 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8349 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 16:30:53"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/A-kid-who-has-been-raised-properly1-600x428.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8349 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8342 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 14:53:34"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Keeping-the-message-alive-from-Marx-to-Rawlings-Blake-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8342 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8302 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 11:08:15"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Thugs-take-a-spring-break-on-police-car-in-Baltimore-478x342.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8302 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8286 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 00:39:09"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Senior-center-fire-at-Gay-and-Federal-Streets-560x400.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8286 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8285 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 00:36:58"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Senior-center-destroyed-by-thugs-600x428.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8285 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8341 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 14:51:39"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Mayors-behaving-stupidly-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8341 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8484 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-08 03:00:07"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Baltimore-City-States-Attorney-Marilyn-Mosby-announces-charges-against-officers1-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8484 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">One woman tweeted, "As Baltimore's poorest kids are left hungry due to school closure (no school lunch), @WholeFoods feed the oppressor."

Others pointed to a Five Guys restaurant that was also passing out free burgers to National Guard members.
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