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Eventually, as patrol groups expanded to cities nationwide, the Guardian Angels came under fire from civil libertarians who called them "vigilantes," and from police departments who considered them marginally effective nuisances. Still, Sliwa's organization never lost most of its popularity. But reviewing the Angels' record and analyzing a new Guardian Angel anti-crime manual co-authored by Sliwa brings out unflattering sides of the group that police, libertarians and the general public have all overlooked...
With the help of a Madison Avenue lawyer named Murray Schwartz. Sliwa has written a book called Streetsmart: The Guardian Angel Guide to Safe Living The paperback has an eye-catching glossy cover photo of Sliwa and some Angels standing on a street in tough-guy poses usually found on the covers of heavy-metal rock albums or comic books. It underscores the way Sliwa has marketed himself and his ideas in a tasteless, often crass manner...
...incident seems too sensitive to be turned into one of Sliwa's public-relations bids. He married a fellow Angel on Christmas Eve 1981, and the two spent their "honeymoon" patrolling the New York subways. The media were invited, and one T. V. report showed Sliwa carrying his new bride through a subway turnstile instead of over a threshold...
...less than human. A typical photo in the book, showing a white person bicycling past two Black teens, carries the caption, "Stay alert and watch out for groups of punks." Ironically, this sweeping dehumanization and stereotype reflects the very feelings that apparently helped lead to the death of an Angel last year...
Last New Year's Eve. the national and local news reported the death of a New Jersey Angel named Frank Melvin, a 26-year-old Black man. In a tragic incident, Melvin and a group of Angels arrived at the scene of a burglary at the same time as two Newark policemen. One officer was on the roof of the burglarized building when he saw Melvin below, running toward his partner; he misinterpreted the Angel's intentions as threatening, shouted warnings, and then fired one shot through Melvin's chest. In truth, Melvin had tried to unzip his jacket...