I disagree. When your rights are violated by cops, there is plenty of precedent for getting as much as you can out of the ordeal. I certainly would, even if I knew it was a ridiculous amount. This won't encourage kids to write on desks, it will discourage police departments to mistreat students.

I think it's funny when people rail against gentrification. Especially because the people I know that complain the most are booj themselves. Guilt maybe? I think the only people allowed to gripe are the people who have that legitimate nastolgia for and area they live in that has changed over the years.

Also, that art is pretty negative in my view. It just reinforces that rich=white. The people who move into the pod-style lux habitats in billyburg are more ethnically diverse than ever before, and increasingly so.

And yes, public services should exist in any neighborhood, and should not improve due to who lives there. Sadly, that was a big issue during the Crown Heights riots.

But, seriously, pick your battles. This is America. It may be rougher than some like it, but the people with the money won't abandon the tradition of making things the way they want them.

YES! I approve of this. Even though the first thing they do it almost kill a guy. Totally worth it. Good clean fun. Proper hillbilly-ing!

This isn't funny enough to make up for it's mean spirit. You say they aren't even trying. What is it exactly that they should be trying to accomplish? To dress in a way that you find unremarkable? To "look decent"? Some of these people may be mentally ill, or inebriated, or can't afford to reach your standard of decency. Whether or not these people are poor is irrelevant; this site is snarky bourgeois nonsense.