Month: June 2020

The Guardian Angels were founded in 1979. More than 40 years later, they’re an active presence around the country and are trying to keep protests safe. As peaceful demonstrations across the country protest the death of George Floyd, cities such as New York City are seeing looting at night. To combat the looting, curfews have been enacted […]

Guardian Angels battled looters who flooded the East Village on Tuesday night and broke into a Foot Locker. “We ran inside and started throwing guys out the door. There was loot on the floor,” said Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, who may have suffered a broken jaw in the melee with 25 to 30 looters. The […]

A volunteer crime prevention organization that got its start patrolling New York City subways forty years ago has hit the streets once again. The Guardian Angels have vowed to patrol the city around the clock, determined to help quell the riots and looting which followed the death of George Floyd. “While it is uncertain how long the mayhem will […]

Great job de Blasio. Macys, the gateway to the world, the largest department store has lost all faith in your ability to keep the city safe. They have boarded up every square inch around the whole block. Meantime de Blasio is all happy that on June 8th New York City qualifies for phase 8 and […]

Several days of protest in NYC has led to several nights of madness by looters descending upon all boroughs, in particular lower Manhattan.  Dozens of stores have been broken into and looted.  Graffiti now lines the streets and establishments throughout NYC.  Smashed windows, glass on sidewalks, products strewn about the streets, burnt out cop cars; […]