New York City’s Police Commissioner Bill Bratton had some tough words for predecessor Ray Kelly and former mayor Michael Bloomberg. The new Commissioner blamed the past administration for NYPD’s apparent lack of morale during a recent interview with Channel 7. He also revealed which side of the coin he falls on, stating that police practices like “stop-and-frisk” are too extreme, and adding that the “political establishment” […]

So this happened. In a Playboy interview released last Friday, New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly insisted that minority communities appreciate the department’s controversial and racially profiling stop-and frisk program. Oh yes, because they just love being disenfranchised, according to Kelly. When Glenn Plaskin of Playboy pointed out to Kelly that most New Yorkers […]

Well, this is embarrassing. New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly got quite the welcome on Tuesday, when he was booed off stage at Brown University while trying to give a lecture on “proactive policing.” According to the Providence Journal, the Commissioner was at the Rhode Island university to discuss his time at the New York City […]

Ray Kelly is using statistics to support racial profiling in the stop-and-frisk program.  Police officers have admitted to being forced to stop-and-frisk innocent people in order to keep their jobs and meet unrealistic quotas. Blacks and Hispanics are on the top of the stop-and-frisk program with more than 50 percent of Blacks and Hispanics being […]

Looks like the NYPD hasn’t deterred from its “Stop & Frisk” policy, it was revealed today that the boys in blue only increased their efforts in 2011. STORY: Police Commish Ray Kelly Needs To Get The F*ck Out Of NY! City police officers stopped and questioned 684,330 people on the street last year, a new […]

Greg Kelly, the Good Day New York host and son of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, will not be charged with raping a 29-year-old paralegal he met back in October. STORY: Bad Day New York! Greg Kelly Rape Accuser Says She Was Pregnant! Manhattan prosecutors have decided not to charge the TV anchor with rape. According to the NY Daily News: […]

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RE:FORM School is a new art initiative that brings color and creativity to a recently closed school in the Nolita neighborhood of New York City. The initiative is composed of a pop-up art exhibition, event series and public awareness campaign supporting letsRedu.com, a site that strives to bring together the creative arts and American public […]

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If you like stickers, then have we got the book for you. Rizzoli is releasing ‘Stickers: Stuck Up Piece of Crap – From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art’ by DB Burkeman, a huge collection chronicling sticker culture. The book has more than 4,000 images and 30 contributing writers, including work from Martha Cooper, Shepard Fairey, Clayton […]

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Shepard Fairey, the designer responsible for the Obama ‘HOPE’ poster, is displaying his latest exhibit ‘Printed Matters’ at Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles.  Intended to be the West Coast counterpart to his recent ‘May Day’ show that closed out NYC’s Deitch Projects last May, the exhibition features a large portion of Shephard’s ‘May Day’ imagery […]

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Exit Through The Gift Shop is a groundbreaking film which features exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many more of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work. Exit Through The Gift Shop is the hilarious true story of low-level criminality, companionship and incompetence. The story of how one man set out to film […]

The Celebs were at it again today on Twitter. So it’s time to bring you our favorite Twitpics of the day. It seemed like a busy day for our stars. Some ran errands, some were hard at work while others were just enjoying the sun. Luckily they had time to tweet along the way. Fan […]

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Shepard Fairey will bomb the cities in a more personal space this time.  Taking some time off from the walls Fairey joined forces with the toy industry and introduces to the masses, Mr. Spray.    Fairey’s new joint, a whimsical Robin Hood character of a spray paint can captures the essence of the street artist […]