One night after a memorial for a teenager killed by two undercover NYPD officers erupted into a protest described by one city councilman as a riot, New Yorkers gathered in East Flatbush for another, more peaceful vigil. Upwards of 150 people gathered to remember 16-year-old Kimani Gray, and while there was some tension with the […]
Last night a riot broke out at a vigil from Kimani Gray, a 16-year-old killed by police over the weekend, as protesters apparently angry over Gray’s death and the lack of a response from the city threw trash cans, smashed windows, and looted a Rite Aid. According to attendees, the evening began peacefully at around […]
Next week, we’re throwing an event to help keep Essam out of jail! Remember Essam? He’s the artist who got the NYPD all worked up when he started posting signs critical of drones all around New York City. ANIMAL presents Free ESSAM! There will be live music and an open bar. Hosted by rock photographer […]
This should be common knowledge by now, but the police can’t tell you to stop taking photos of them in public. Your right to do so is protected by not one, not two, but three amendments. The U.S. Department of Justice has just supported a photojournalist Mannie Garcia’s lawsuit against the Montgomery County police after […]
The pilot of an Alitalia passenger plane was preparing to land at JFK airport yesterday when he reported seeing an unmanned aerial vehicle flying several miles away. “We saw a drone, a drone aircraft,” he said over the radio. The FAA and FBI are investigating. “He saw a small, unmanned or remote-controlled aircraft while on final […]
Behold tomorrow’s stop-and-friskers today. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
No, you do not piss on your iPhone. Mumbai-based innovator Myshkin Ingawale, who previously invented a needle-less hemoglobin testing system, brings us Ucheck, the world’s first visual urine testing app. To use Uchek, all you need to do is pee in a cup, insert a dipstick into said cup, and snap a photo of the […]
Last month, ANIMAL and advocacy group Stamp Stampede staged a stunt in which we took a projector-equipped van and displayed propaganda messages at various New York City locations–including onto the home of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. We dealt with the NYPD at the time, but after showing up at the homes of two ANIMAL staffers and […]
It’s no secret that Staten Island has a painkiller problem. White Trash Clan, a hip-hop crew from the island (who must have taken name inspiration from Shaolin’s most famous rap export) sought to propagate S.I.’s image as the oxy-addled borough with their song “My World Is Blue,” a low-budget tribute to prescription drug use and […]
We here at ANIMAL have been a bit taken by this Harlem Shake meme. We even went to Times Square to document the NYPD trying to shut down the biggest ever Harlem Shake. Naturally, one of the first few things that comes to mind is… when’s the porn version coming out? So we called up our […]
