"People watch from the safety of your phone"
And here is the exact moment you realize this Captain Phillips motherfucker had warrants out for his arrest. Just painful to watch. ‘Tell your girl she is beautiful. Tie my bracelet again.’ Guy went from bully to coward in the snap of a finger. Props to the white guy cause you know he’s not built for this shit and was just dealing with a rough situation the best he could in front of his girl.
This is hands down the blackest shit I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s like a ‘yo mama’ contest that somehow turns into a freestyle session in ChiTown. Subtitles would’ve been nice but that’s probably asking for too much.
Gawker: Train employees discovered a man on fire this weekend after he apparently accidentally electrocuted himself while train surfing in Connecticut. According to reports Metro-North employees discovered Brian McClellen, 21, burning on top of a Manhattan-bound commuter train when the power suddenly shut off around 5 am Sunday. McClellen had reportedly been enjoying a long train-surfing session when he was suddenly electrocuted by a mechanical arm called a pantograph, which transfers electrical currents from overhead lines to the train.Greenwich police told reporters they believe there may have been an explosion when McClellen was electrocuted. Metro-North employees had to use fire extinguishers to rescue the 21-year-old, who was transported to a burn unit and remains in critical condition. “Subway surfing is simply one of the dumbest things you can do,” reports common sense and an MTA spokesperson.
Gothamist: A subway busker was arrested for loitering after a confrontation with an NYPD officer over whether or not he was allowed to be performing. The incident happened at the Lorimer Street / Metropolitan Avenue station on the southbound G train platform around 1:30 a.m. on Friday. Here’s how the video uploader described the quality of life incident: “One of NYPD’s finest arrests a man for playing in the subway after he recites the law word for word that allows him to perform for donations,” the uploader wrote. “He continues to sing as he is being handcuffed. A “fuck the police” chant subsequently follows.”
The video starts with busker Andrew Kalleen, 30, already arguing with the officer over whether or not he is allowed to be performing there. “You just need to know the law,” Kalleen says to the officer while begging him to read MTA’s own “Rules of Conduct” about the matter. As onlookers shout, “we have bigger problems in New York City than someone playing guitar,” the officer eventually reads the relevant section of the rules (Section 1050.6c, which Kalleen wisely seems to have memorized) from a phone:
Except as expressly permitted in this subdivision, no person shall engage in any nontransit uses upon any facility or conveyance. Nontransit uses are noncommercial activities that are not directly related to the use of a facility or conveyance for transportation. The following nontransit uses are permitted by the Authority, provided they do not impede transit activities and they are conducted in accordance with these rules: public speaking; campaigning; leafletting or distribution of written noncommercial materials; activities intended to encourage and facilitate voter registration; artistic performances, including the acceptance of donations
The onlookers clap at the end, but the officer is unmoved, insisting that Kalleen needs to leave: “Being ejected doesn’t mean you’re arrested, it means you’re getting thrown out of the station.” Kalleen says the officer is harassing him, and more and more people begin asking the officer under what grounds the busker is being ejected, to which the officer doesn’t respond. Kalleen goes back to singing Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” for a bit before the officer shuts him down. You can hear people yelling, “On what grounds?” “You don’t have something better to do?” and “There are people breaking laws, dangerous people in this city.” Kalleen briefly starts singing again when the officer walks away before returning with several other cops. The officer takes the guitar off of Kalleen, hitting him in the face in the process, then arrests him. Onlookers loudly boo and start yelling “Fuck the police,” as Kalleen is taken off.
An NYPD’s spokesperson tells us that Kalleen was playing guitar, singing and accepting donations “without permit of permission” from the MTA. Because he is a “transit recidivist,” which the spokesperson explained as someone having an open ticket or warrant, perhaps related to turnstile jumping or a similar offense—he was arrested and charged with loitering. There was no mention of him impeding transit activities. BuskNY, a coalition of freelance performers, gathered on the steps of City Hall over the summer to call for an end to officers arresting, jailing, and slamming them with pricey summonses for an activity they know to be legal under the MTA’s guidelines.
OK, so not a great look for the NYPD here. The cop knew he fucked up but he had already gone too far and had to save face somehow. Probably didn’t need the other 10 cops to save him from the hipster crowd that was gathering but then again the guy had his shit everywhere like it was his own bedroom. Before you go feeling bad for this guy just remember he’ll probably spend a couple hours in jail and then win a big wrongful arrest lawsuit. ‘Merica!
Probably one of the main reasons I always cab it home late at night opposed to taking the subway. You always have to piss and it takes the trains forever to get you home. I would like to say this guy learned his lesson but then again I don’t think he’s going to remember anything of this.
Trains must not run that often in Australia because no one seemed nervous nor anxious to get these two back on the platform. Or maybe they actually were hoping for a train to come while they were down there?
Anyone else have extreme anxiety when they were flopping around that platform and you could hear the train rolling up in the background? Intense shit right there!
