At Least Now They're Doing Something about the Problem

Courtesy of Media Dish:

NYPD Captain Says Black Men Have No Reason to be in Park Slope

It looks like the NYPD is prepared to protect Park Slope's gentrification by any means necessary. Five NYPD cops have told the Daily News that they heard an NYPD captain give the order to "stop and frisk every black man" at the robbery plagued 7th Ave subway stop in Park Slope.

"The captain said the descriptions of the [suspects] vary a lot, so we were to stop all black males at the station, stop and frisk them because 'they have no reason being there,'" said one white officer who was outraged by the command.

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Agora II

I've been seeing signs all over Willamsburg for Agora II - like most things New York, the fliers are obscure, intriguing and vague. Unfortunately, it's rained every Saturday for the past several weeks. I'm hoping to check it out (weather permitting) in the next week or so.


From the main site:
"Inspired by the "agora," the center of town or marketplace in ancient Greece, AGORA II investigates the role of public space in contemporary urban life. Performed beyond the theater walls, this work challenges the interactionss between public space, performance and audience. AGORA II is a continuation of the site-specific piece AGORA originally created and directed by Noémie Lafrance in 2005 in the abandoned McCarren Park pool in Brooklyn. It further explores treatments of the pool site combined with ideas of collectivity. Expressed as one large breath, AGORA II layers strokes of audience interactions around a core group of characters and cameo appearances by guest artists, creating a grand tableau - a city slice - a social experiment..."

Intrigued?? Check out this video.