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HATE, VIOLENCE, AND DEATH ON MAIN STREET USA2008charges were downgraded to second-degree murder after a gr<strong>and</strong> jury declined to indict him. Mr.Schellenschlager will be tried as a Juvenile, where he is pleading self defense.MAYWest Palm Beach, FloridaTwo homeless men killed in two separate incidences in one weekMay 17: In West Palm Beach, Florida, there have been two different homeless men slain during thecourse of a week. One man, Rol<strong>and</strong>o Longoria, 27, was riding his bicycle in a shopping plaza <strong>and</strong>was shot <strong>and</strong> killed in a drive-by shooting; eye witnesses report the shooter being male driving ablack car. Police say that Longoria had a confrontation with the driver behind the Starfish GameRoom located in the West Palm Plaza. Sheriff spokeswoman Teri Barbara said detectives believethere were witnesses in the area.Prior to the shooting, the Medical Examiner’s Office performed an autopsy on a homeless man; thereport ruled the cause of death “homicide” due to a fatal gunshot wound. The victim, David Rol<strong>and</strong>Ulmer, 41, was found by a woman at about 10:50 am. It is believed that the two incidents may berelated.Isla Vista, CaliforniaHomeless Man Severely BeatenMay 31: 53 year-old Gregory Ghan was found to be severely beaten in front of the Isla VistaNeighborhood Clinic, a facility that treats uninsured <strong>and</strong> underprivileged people. “Someonerepeatedly said, ‘Why do you gotta kick somebody while they’re sleeping?’ A witness, known asShadow, reported hearing a different male then said, “You want to fucking die?” Shadow claims tohave heard a bottle breaking <strong>and</strong> saw a young man hopping around like a boxer <strong>and</strong> running off.Sometime afterward, a group of five people ran past the clinic entrance, <strong>and</strong> one reportedly said,‘You’re messing with our frat brother.’” Ghan was transported to the hospital, but died shortlythereafter.JUNEJacksonville, North CarolinaHomeless Man Endures Multiple Attacks; the Last is FatalJune 23: Mike Kozak, 41, was found June 23 rd in the woods behind Piney Green Shopping Centerin Jacksonville North Carolina, state medical examiner Dr. Cynthia Gardner reports that he died of“multiple blunt <strong>and</strong> sharp force trauma injuries to the head <strong>and</strong> torso.” After further investigation, ithas become know that Kozak’s stomach was cut open with a beer bottle <strong>and</strong> his “guts were rippedout”. His attackers, Jason Allen Blackmon, 21, Jay Oldaker, 28, <strong>and</strong> Dustin Newcome, 23, were64