Update: The Fox News reporter who described the shooting now calls it an “error.” Police say that the man they were chasing dropped a gun, which discharged when it hit the ground.

Everything that’s been going in Baltimore last week has been going on well before Freddie Gray’s death. Of course the drama surrounding the case was the impetus for us to launch Ratter Baltimore last week, but won’t be the reason why we stay. In upcoming weeks we hope to show why the city is one of the most important…

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• “I know you have heard stories in the past of things like brake checks, drop offs, bumpy roads, et cetera, so you know that has occurred,” he writes. “Nothing can realistically change the possibility of someone exhibiting the callous behavior of using that vehicle as a weapon against the helpless or to stomp a boot…

Full interview is here. Cameraman’s name is Duane Watkins. His camera was stolen, but he’s okay.

Probably not. In the past month we’ve made multiple media requests to General Mills for comment about anything involving Jenner’s presumed gender transition. They’ve dutifully taken down the information, the specific questions, all the usual “media relations” protocol, but the results have been the same: silence. No…

If you want to know everything you need to know about Swamp Dogg, check out his interview from the Songcraft podcast. Count the ‘motherfuckers.’

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WARNING: This video is tough to watch. Here’s footage taken Saturday night from what appears to be a very horrible domestic dispute inside a bodega located at 797 Flushing Avenue between the Bushwick/Williamsburg neighborhoods. We’ve acquired both the security cam footage and cellphone video and had it mashed together…

Let's end this long-ass day with David Hasselhoff Hoffing it up at Coachella. Thank goodness...

And speaking of rape, it happens at Columbia, too.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn — On most days I'll see Luis Echevarria , who was convicted of having sex with a 2-year-old, walking out of the gates of 300 Skillman Avenue between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sometimes he walks down to the deli to mill around there for a bit. Other days, he'll just walk all the way up…

After viewing the footage from the fight outside the Grisly Pear, one bartender there sheds some much needed light on the whole fracas which they blamed on enough *bunny rabbit ears* "cocaine and alcohol" *bunny rabbit ears* that this sort of thing is expected.

Today a fine establishment called Sprinkles is celebrating its 10-year-anniversary mark, a tremendous achievement for any small business, so congrats to them. The one major problem with Sprinkles is that their decade of existence has come solely from selling goddamn cupcakes.

A drunk man in a taco costume goes skateboarding down the Williamsburg Bridge. Does he get hit by a moving car? Press 1 for 'no' and 2 for 'Yes He Absolutely Does.'