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elleng

(130,956 posts)
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 10:45 PM Dec 2019

The 'Guardian Angels' Are Back to Patrol Crown Heights.

Last edited Sun Dec 29, 2019, 11:36 PM - Edit history (1)

'The unarmed Guardian Angels started patrolling again in Crown Heights on Sunday after an increase in anti-Semitic attacks. "The cops have not been proactive at all," their leader Curtis Sliwa said about the NYPD.

The unarmed crime-prevention group Guardian Angels, who have fought crime in New York City since their founding in 1979, have resumed their patrol of Crown Heights following a series of anti-Semitic attacks.

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa and his iconic red-clothed members were seen on Eastern Parkway on Sunday morning stating they will also be patrolling the Jewish neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Boro Park.

“These attacks are taking place and the cops have not been proactive at all,” Sliwa said about the violent attacks and verbal abuses Jewish people from all ages and backgrounds.

Sliwa, whose organization is a nonprofit group, also accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of inaction. “It comes from City Hall and the mayor. He’s been just apathetic,” he said about the mayor. . .

Sliwa also stated that local leaders of the Lubavitch Hasidic movement asked for his group’s help and he believes Guardian Angels patrols will halt the violence.

“We’re a visual deterrence in our red berets and our red satin jackets.” “Nobody’s going to commit an attack when we’re around and if they do commit an attack when we are around, we will physically restrain the persons responsible, make a citizen’s arrest and hold them until the police arrive.”

https://collive.com/guardian-angels-patrolling-crown-heights/?

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The 'Guardian Angels' Are Back to Patrol Crown Heights. (Original Post) elleng Dec 2019 OP
The Brownshirts are back! ZZenith Dec 2019 #1
you do know that azureblue Dec 2019 #9
No, he isn't. ZZenith Dec 2019 #11
It's "Puerto" Rican, not "Porto." cwydro Dec 2019 #13
No He is not PR But is a conservative talk show host + has faked his own kidnapping multiple times lunasun Dec 2019 #16
Boy I hated them back then, what a bunch of dicks. RGinNJ Dec 2019 #2
The Guardian Angels chase headlines more than they chase outlaws. Eugene Dec 2019 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2019 #4
Thanks, elleng Dec 2019 #5
At one time, they trained "brother" organizations in several large cities as well. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2019 #6
Thanks elleng Dec 2019 #7
👍 Joinfortmill Dec 2019 #8
I'm wondering if they are working with the Shomrim? EllieBC Dec 2019 #10
... cwydro Dec 2019 #15
I remember seeing a documentary about this guy Nature Man Dec 2019 #12
Does anyone like de Blasio? SMC22307 Dec 2019 #14

ZZenith

(4,122 posts)
1. The Brownshirts are back!
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 11:08 PM
Dec 2019

I assume we are all aware that the "Guardian Angels" are all about guarding "white supremacy."

ZZenith

(4,122 posts)
11. No, he isn't.
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 06:02 AM
Dec 2019

He's of Polish and Italian descent and was once expelled from Jesuit school. He's been up to no good for many decades.

Here's a little snippet of him in action. He's the one in the sombrero:

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
16. No He is not PR But is a conservative talk show host + has faked his own kidnapping multiple times
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 01:04 PM
Dec 2019

Eugene

(61,899 posts)
3. The Guardian Angels chase headlines more than they chase outlaws.
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 12:14 AM
Dec 2019

Once the press attention subsides, they will disappear as usual.

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elleng

(130,956 posts)
5. Thanks,
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 12:51 AM
Dec 2019

and share if you'd like.

Note, all: 'Sliwa also stated that local leaders of the Lubavitch Hasidic movement asked for his group’s help and he believes Guardian Angels patrols will halt the violence.

“We’re a visual deterrence in our red berets and our red satin jackets.” “Nobody’s going to commit an attack when we’re around and if they do commit an attack when we are around, we will physically restrain the persons responsible, make a citizen’s arrest and hold them until the police arrive.”'

https://collive.com/guardian-angels-patrolling-crown-heights/?

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
6. At one time, they trained "brother" organizations in several large cities as well.
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 01:10 AM
Dec 2019

Anyone who is criticizing them obviously doesn't know fuck all about them.

I got lost one time. I was visiting friends out of state, when I took a wrong turn off the highway. Got horribly lost. Late at night. In the wrong place. To complicate things, I also had car trouble. Not knowing I was in a bad neighborhood, I got out of the car to look for help, when I was approached by some rather unsavory people. Before I knew it, things started getting scary, and I don't panic easily. From across the street, five people in red berets and jackets called out, "Are you ok over there ?"

Suffice to say, I don't think I'd be here today if it weren't for those Guardian Angels that night.

So anyone who wants to slag them . . . you're gonna have to go through me. And I doubt that I'm alone saying that.

EllieBC

(3,014 posts)
10. I'm wondering if they are working with the Shomrim?
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 01:30 AM
Dec 2019

I’m pretty certain they’ve stepped up patrols too.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
14. Does anyone like de Blasio?
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 12:03 PM
Dec 2019

I never hear anything positive about him. He ran for president and barely registered. New Yorkers, is he an effective mayor?

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