The volunteer crime-prevention group, the Guardian Angels, is returning amid the continual deterioration of public safety in New York City. The group started in the late 70s to patrol the subways when the Big Apple desperately needed enhanced security measures. After a woman was just burned alive on the subway last week by an illegal immigrant, the Guardian Angels claim they will resume their patrols.
The group, led by Curtis Sliwa, is deploying three-person teams to patrol subway cars and provide various services, such as checking on the homeless and extending resources. Furthermore, the Angels vow to call in the New York Police Department if situations escalate. Despite New York City Mayor Eric Adams sending roughly 1,000 officers into the subways, violent attacks are still occurring. As a result, the Angels are stepping in.
Conservative commentator Eric Daugherty wrote, “🚨 WELCOME TO TRUMP’S AMERICA: The “Guardian Angels” have returned to the New York City subways because of crime problems. The group’s leader says everyday citizens don’t perform these activities because the “Daniel Penny effect has frozen them. They’re not gonna get involved.”
Daugherty’s post continued, “They will perform wellness checks on homeless people – and will try to “calm down” any “episodes” people are having.” Quoting the “Guardian Angels” the post added, “We can also bring the situation to the attention of cops on the platform.” “We train. This is what we do. We know how to do it.” “We [will] keep order in the car to ensure nobody gets hurt.””
In a video shared on social media, Sliwa outlined the need for the group, stating, “Well, in our day and night patrol, three-person patrols were all together, walking through the cars, which is something the police no longer do. Notice. There are no mental health workers. There are no crisis intervention. They have all these fancy names. I never seen them, and we spend millions of dollars on my day. Our job is a do a wellness check on a homeless person, if they’re homeless or emotionally disturbed, see if they’re okay.”
He added, “If all of a sudden we walk into a situation where there’s an episode, which oftentimes happens, we have to calm it down. A lot of times these homeless and emotionally disturbed persons, they know of, The Guardian agent, we can have a calming effect. We can also bring the situation to the attention of cops on the platform. If there are cops, you’re going to probably see them on the platform.”
“Generally, that’s why we always stick our heads out at the station, and we always check to the north to the south. If there are any police officers, we would hold the door open, tell the conductor, we need the police presence here,” he added. Calling out the impact of the Daniel Penny trial, Sliwa added, “Citizens won’t do that because, unfortunately, the Daniel Penny effect has frozen. They’re not going to get involved. I’ve seen grown men who normally might have gotten involved. They’re just not getting involved any longer.”
He concluded, “We train. This is what we do. We know how to do it, and we’ll coordinate it once we get on the train with the conductor, who obviously has more freedom than the motorman, but we’ll obviously make sure that that train is stopped and they take police respond, and that we keep, we keep order in the in the car, so that nobody gets hurt, including the emotionally disturbed person or the homeless person.”
Watch the Angels below:
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