welcome to fear city
“welcome to fear city is a 2020 reappropriation of a 1975 pamphlet created by the NYPD , which included information for visitors to NYC on how to "stay safe.” the material was the embodiment of a pervasive cop smirk, a kind of “good luck” attitude that cops and officials held, consistent with the “Law and Order” and anti-crime rhetoric of the time period. why didn’t they put their efforts into serving and uplifting the community, instead of spreading this garbage paranoia and hyperbole?
we have compiled resources for protestors in a straightforward, utilitarian style. it is free and for the public.
to print on any double-sided printer: select “flip on long edge” as binding style. print and fold in half.“
(special thanks to the printers of NYC including lucky risograph, zinehug, and others who enabled mass riso prints to be distributed the week of june 8-12th, 2020.)