La L.A.P.D, la célèbre police de Los Angeles, sait répondre aux urgences, en voici la preuve: Amy m'avait signalée que nos policiers avaient récemment fermé une expo de parodies de logos publicitaires à Downtown L.A., à cause du contenu jugé "agressif" et "offensant". Cette expo diffuse des messages incroyablement originaux et subversifs: anti-globalisation/multinationales/Bush/war on drugs etc.
Or, Blogging L.A. a de nouvelles infos: selon eux, la police a expliqué à la gallerie avoir agi en réponse à un e-mail (UN!) d'un citoyen anonyme choqué, sans doute le même qui a traité les exposants de communistes (l'ignominie!) Mais le rapport de police mentionne 200 manifestants qui ne se sont jamais matérialisés, selon des témoins ... Bien sur, la gallerie est à quelques minutes de quartiers-ghettos où des gangstas s'entretuent et terroristent les résidents.
A New York l'année dernière, un portrait de Bush composé de multiples petits singes avait été retiré d'une expo, par le manager, pas la police, et l'affaire s'était bien terminée.
Now Blogging L.A. has new information: according to them, the police told the gallery that they closed the exhibit in response to one e-mail (ONE!) from a shocked and anonymous citizen, probably the same person who called the gallery owners communists (the ignominy!). But the police report mentions 200 protesters, who, according to witnesses, were never there! Of course, the gallery is minutes away from ghetto neighborhoods where gangstas kill each other and terrorize residents.
In New York last year, a painting featuring a portrait of W. Bush made of multiple monkeys was removed from an art show by the manager, not the police, and it all ended up pretty well.
Hey Paul, I thought about that since it's so absurd. It's very possible that this gallery is not harassed because of the art, but because of lazy cops. I can see them change their explanation because they don't really care why they intervened that evening (oh, it was because of an e-mail... it was going on too late... or perhaps there were demonstrators... We did it because we could, so get over it!)
I wish L.A. cops would come as quickly and efficiently when I call them.
Emmanuelle, tu veux dire que tu as parfois besoin de leurs services ??
Tant que les subversifs ne feront pas une expo ridiculisant le coran, j'aurai du mal a les prendre au serieux. Et pour des gens vraiment subversifs.
http://motorcyclecity.com/smessages/123436.htm complimentwhosewondered
Something smells fishy. My paranoid side wonders if it's ye olde "call the cops on yourself" publicity stunt. But then my paranoid side is, well, paranoid.