You’d think that if someone was arrested for a minor subway violation and kept in NYPD custody, painfully chained to a fence for 28 hours, there would be an uproar of “That’s unheard of!” Well, it’s heard of. Apparently, the NYPD has a habit of overenthusiastic arrests of transgender people and conducting strip-searches for the sole purpose of gawking at their genitals. Read more »
After making a bloody Lindsay Lohan suck off a gun, slapping Mischa Barton’s face with meat and playing domestic violence cosplay with a Gleek, celebrity photog Tyler Shields has finally done something impressive. Behold: Blonde bombshells pepper spraying SWAT guys as an homage to the notorious UC Davis cop bully with a badge. The paparazzi snap away at it. Everyone is dressed like it’s a Fellini film. For a fashion shoot, this is pretty inventive and topical. Read more »
Dmitri “Skif” Putehin of Other Russia could face two years in prison for throwing a glass of water at a prosecutor at the trial of his friend. Protest artist crew Voina made this family video in support of the imprisoned activist. Little Kasper the Striking Falcon isn’t a fan of the Ru po-po. Read more »
Friday, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi had ordered the police to chase out student protestors from the campus quad. So, have you seen the footage of Lieutenant John Pike casually spraying a row of peacefully seated protestors in their faces, as if he was watering his plants? Have you seen him pepper spraying his way through art history? Read more »
“What’s disgusting? Union busting!” As Sotheby’s auctions was having one of their most extravagantly successful auction and raked in $315 million last night, over one hundred showed up for a planned protest in solidarity with the Teamsters Local 814 union members. The art handlers have been locked out since August. Things got violent, apparently. Read more »
The head of Russian Ministry for Internal Affairs issued a warning at a press conference today: All “thick and paunchy” cops will be fired! The head of Georgia’s Internal Affairs implicated an identical policy last year — his highly publicized police image reform noticeably replaced old cops with thin youth as he repeatedly reminded the nation: “These are not the pot-bellied, bribe-taking cops you remember. These have honor and duty!” Finally! A solution for Russia’s corrupt, delinquent police force… a diet!
Journalist Andrey Malgin’s life is too damn easy breezy, so he’s stirring up trouble by posting a list of Russia’s national holidays for cops. All 38 of them. Everyone gets their own day upon which to get smug and boozy, from the narcotics dept. to the farm police. You might want to circle these dates in your calendar prior to your visit to Russia to avoid some less-than-pleasant interactions.
That was quick. Despite Workhorse’s best attempts to keep the Underbelly Project’s location secret and its door sealed, it’s no longer the protected tomb d’art that it just was. Someone already bombed the shit out of it and six Reddit users who tried to descend into the station say they’ve been arrested. Aspiring subterraneans beware: There’s swarms of cops about and they’ll “blow your fucking head off,” you terrorists.
If you ever see a drove of visibly armed people in suits strolling the Met observing the precious work, don’t worry too much, chances are you just happened upon an art field trip for law enforcement. CIA agents, NYPD detectives and other boxy officer types go to museums as a class to “refresh their sense of inquiry” and see things “differently,” i.e. as suspicious. Read more »
NYPD’s overzealous crack down on graffiti now extends to harassing and arresting women who temporarily attach water-color paintings to construction walls. FYI: watercolor and tape are illegal graffiti instruments now. Read more »
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