Hal Phillips

khealywu: anarcho-queer: NYPD Data Proves White People Are...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:36:35 -0400

anarcho-queer:

NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To Possess Drugs Or A Weapon Than Racial Minorities When Stopped, Yet 84% of Stop & Frisk Victims Are Black/Latino

During the just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but because each stopped individual was doing something suspicious at the time. The data, however, tells a different story: weapons and drugs were more often found on white New Yorkers during stops than on minorities, according to the Public Advocate’s analysis of the NYPD’s 2012 statistics.

White New Yorkers make up a small minority of stop-and-frisks, which were 84 percent black and Latino residents. Despite this much higher number of minorities deemed suspicious by police, the likelihood that stopping an African American would find a weapon was half the likelihood of finding one on a white person.

• The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and 93 stops of African Americans to find a weapon.

• The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded contraband was one-third less than that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered contraband in one out every 43 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans to find contraband.

It’s unlikely that the appropriate lesson to take from these findings is that stops of white people should increase because they are more likely to carry weapons and drugs. Rather, they suggest that police are excessively targeting minorities. Officers may be netting more successful stops of white New Yorkers because they are only likely to stop a white person when they actually suspect that person of committing a crime. Considering one officer’s testimony that superiors explicitly directed him to target young black men, minorities are judged by a much more flexible definition of “reasonable suspicion.”

In general, stop-and-frisk has proven to be remarkably ineffective; nearly 89 percent of all stops result in no charges. The city has also had to settle a surging number of civil rights lawsuits against police to the tune of $22 million in one year.

It’s almost like it’s fucking racism.

OH WAIT.

Every NYC elected office is up this year. Let’s elect people who’ll end stop-and-frisk.

frickyeah1990s: my apartment could use a floppy disk coffee...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:28:39 -0400

frickyeah1990s:

my apartment could use a floppy disk coffee table.

i love this

bendiswordsforpictures: Alan Moore gives you writing tips. I...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:25:37 -0400

bendiswordsforpictures:

Alan Moore gives you writing tips. I love his open lines here…

Haven’t watched this yet, but I’m sure I love it.

sea is for cookie

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:24:09 -0400

sea is for cookie

Technoccult: The Strange Discordian Journey of the KLF

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:50:23 -0400

Technoccult: The Strange Discordian Journey of the KLF:

technoccult:

Klint Finley

Above: The KLF’s The White Room movie

J.M.R. Higgs writes:

Drummond and Cauty claimed that their solicitor was sent…

…a contract with an organization or individual calling themselves ‘Eternity’. The wording of this contract was that of standard music business legal…

I love that, on top of how bizarre the KLF’s entire career was, most Americans just know them for that “3 a.m. Eternal” remix. Makes it extra weird when they turn out to be what they are.

azipaybarah: (via Anthony Weiner’s mayoral site features the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:49 -0400

azipaybarah:

(via Anthony Weiner’s mayoral site features the Pittsburgh skyline | Capital New York)

Dude. Just hire someone who knows how internet pictures work.

mbrainspaz: Neil Gaiman’s, ‘That’s all I’ve got’ face. By now,...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:55:40 -0400

mbrainspaz:

Neil Gaiman’s, ‘That’s all I’ve got’ face. By now, twenty people have probably already done this, but I’ve had a boring morning so have another anyway. :)

This makes Neil Gaiman look like a standup comedian who was big in the ’80s and then wrote a comedy book. This is the cover of that book. Its title might be Gamin’.

the dream is still alive

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:41:00 -0400

Today: lowest weight since January 13th
Distance from all-time low: 13 pounds
ETA if I lose a pound a week: August 23rd

h-ella: hungryhungryhiddles: travelingbythoughts: this is the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:18 -0400

h-ella:

hungryhungryhiddles:

travelingbythoughts:

this is the greatest thing i’ve ever seen

THIS GIF LITERALLY JUST MADE MY ENTIRE WEEK A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER

AD

My favorite alternative to “What would Jesus do?” as a guiding principle is “What would Cookie Monster do?” It works for pretty much all situations:

If there is a cookie: eat the cookie.
If there is not a cookie: look for a cookie.
Occasionally sing.

reginasworld: Jessica Harrison has created a collection of...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:44:26 -0400

reginasworld:

Jessica Harrison has created a collection of creepy miniature furniture that look like they have been crafted out of human skin and flesh aptly called the “Handheld” series.

Here, I got you a nightmare.

HMS Got 'Em: look i don’t want to crap on anyone’s deal but one reason i felt...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:39:36 -0400

HMS Got 'Em: look i don’t want to crap on anyone’s deal but one reason i felt...:

justinericgrace:

look i don’t want to crap on anyone’s deal but one reason i felt really icky during the latest rape joke thing was that in every single one of the articles, whenever it came time to make lists of oppressed persons, not a single author thought to include “the poor.”

if as comedians and people we…

Yep.

jennyowenyoungs: yelyahwilliams: hellogiggles: FLORIDA TEEN...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:35:53 -0400

jennyowenyoungs:

yelyahwilliams:

hellogiggles:

FLORIDA TEEN ARRESTED FOR DATING

by Julia Gazdag

http://bit.ly/18l8xRo

This just blew my mind :(

This is FUCKED.

This is insane.

Anthony Weiner wants instant runoff voting!

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:25:10 -0400

Anthony Weiner wants instant runoff voting!:

It’s #44 on his list of 64 things he wants to do! I might actually have to vote for the schmuck.

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:02 -0400

jennyowenyoungs: In my younger and more vulnerable years, there...

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:45:43 -0400

jennyowenyoungs:

In my younger and more vulnerable years, there was a band called The Robot Explosion. We played a lot of beeps and boops. There were three (3!) lineups. Who even has the time to change lineups these days?!

Cc: @bessrogers @andrewfutral.
Photos by Catherine Orchard.

I miss the Robot Explosion. I still listen to the Robot Explosion. Wait, am I the world’s biggest Robot Explosion fan? I might be! I also miss Love Goat Yes Robo Bomb.

wait why do i love this

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:34:03 -0400

wait why do i love this

jonbershad: cokesnlfan: Fred Armisen shares to his Instagram...

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:31:41 -0400

jonbershad:

cokesnlfan:

Fred Armisen shares to his Instagram followers the lyrics of “It’s a Lovely Day”, his farewell song from SNL.

How fucking dumb is NBC that there isn’t a studio version for sale on iTunes right the fuck now?

Come on. AMC had “Zou Bisou, Bisou” up fast as shit.

Someone remind me later that I want to play this on the guitar. I’m tired. I’ll forget!

quibbling with improv terminology

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:35 -0400

I think I don’t like the idea of “playing a character” versus “playing yourself”. I get the meaning, but I think phrasing it that way makes “playing yourself” sound too low-commitment, almost as if you’re phoning it in. I think that even when you’re playing “yourself”, having honest reactions, drawing from life, etc., you still want to be a heightened version of yourself— a version of yourself that’s performing, that’s on. “Playing yourself” sounds like you’re not on. Even at its most grounded and low-key, improv is a performance, and I feel like we forget that sometimes.

Sometimes I wonder what it would’ve been like if Twitter...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:34 -0400

Sometimes I wonder what it would’ve been like if Twitter had been around when I was a teenager in the ’90s. But then I realize it would’ve been exactly the same.

One more: “Little Fury” by the Breeders. I think...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:56 -0400

One more: “Little Fury” by the Breeders.

I think this is my favorite Breeders song. And it’s lesser-known and underrated, because it came out this century. I saw them four times when they toured for Title TK, so I got to hear this a bunch.

The Breeders are the best summer band ever— but “Saints” feels like drinking cheap beer during the summer during the day, and “Little Fury” feels like drinking cheap beer during the summer at night. I don’t know what any of the lyrics mean, but they feel like overheard snippets as you stumble through a crappy, crowded party and have a great time for no logical reason.