Racist Cop Went On Hateful Online Rampage, Subway Performers Allege(Heath and Jed performing in 2006) Two subway musicians have filed a lawsuit against the city, accusing an NYPD officer of threatening them when they tried to legally busk, and then insulting them online. But what's really provocative about the lawsuit is that Heath Weinstein and Jed Weinstein are... continue reading on Gothamist
Hot Androgynous Model Ready For NY Fashion Week (Twitter, AP) It is New York Fashion Week, bitches, and the city is flooded with fabulous people from all over the glamorous world. People like Bosnian-born model Andrej Pejic, who is quite likely the only male model to work for a woman's lingerie company, posing for a push-up bra... continue reading on Gothamist
CIA Website Down, Anonymous Hackers Take Credit(AFP/File, Saul Loeb) The website for the Central Intelligence Agency is down at this hour, and a shadowy network of hackers have claimed credit. Anonymous (a group that Gothamist.com has no beef with!) Tweeted "CIA Tango down." ("Tango down," the AP notes, is an expression used by the US... continue reading on Gothamist
Another Surveillance Video Catches Cops Lying AgainAn MTA engineer spent three days in jail after being arrested for reckless endangerment, and he faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. John Hockenjos, 55, was arrested last Sunday by cops who were called to his property by his Sheepshead Bay neighbor who's been feuding with... continue reading on Gothamist
Cop Who Shot Unarmed Teen In Bathroom Didn't Have Proper TrainingPolice sources say Officer Richard Haste, who fatally shot an unarmed teen named Ramarley Graham in the bathroom of his Bronx home earlier this month, had no training in street level narcotics enforcement or plainclothes cop work. Officers assigned to the NYPD’s 36 Street Narcotics Enforcement Units are required... continue reading on Gothamist
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