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Federal crime, means federal time!

Federal crime, means federal time!

For Gary Simmons, who observed the vast disconnect between the political nature of hip hop and the contemporary, predominantly abstract, art of the 1980s, the union of these two modalities engendered an artistic language that could speak simultaneously to multiple publics. Neither didactic nor illustrative, but rather legible and generative, Simmons’s work prompts viewers through subtly affective clues to examine their relationship to those symbols from popular culture that he re-forges into biting social commentary.

The first of the shootings was reported around 1:14 a.m., at the 500 block of E. Freeport Street. Officers found that shots had been fired, but only an unoccupied vehicle had been hit.

After five hours of negotiations, the man “peacefully” surrendered, police said.