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Curtis Sliwa: “There were more gang members than cops back then.”

Featuring: Curtis Sliwa, Conservative | Radio Talk Show Host, Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

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Published August 7, 2025 | Video Starts at 30:26

See if you want to know what it was like when I started the Guardian Angels. Get the cult movie classic the Warriors. Now it is in Bella. But There were more gang members than cops back then. And there were gangs everywhere. And that's why we started. Cause gangs were preying on people on the subways, the parks, the streets. The Jolly Stompers, right? Oh, the Tomahawks. (30:26–30:29)

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Asserts that during the time he started the Guardian Angels, gang members outnumbered police officers.

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