For those of you unaware there's a fascist paramilitary gang called the Guardian Angels that loiter in the New York City subways and streets as vigilante crimefighters. Pic related is running for mayor as a Republican, these fuckers haven't been a thing since the 90s but in 2020 they came back to assault protestors and suck the dicks and vaginas of the NYPD. I for one would appreciate all these beret wearing red shirt motherfuckers to go back to Staten Island, I've have seen to many of these fuckers on my commute that it has become an issue.

Here's some scurrying into the subway like the rats they are

https://mobile.twitter.com/Copwatch_CPU/status/1370449731307118596

  • mr_world [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    There's a chronic repost on reddit of these guys on a subway in 80s NYC. They're described as helping little old ladies and people stay safe. It's this photo along with it:

    https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/z_OU-EnwVwvCYqPu_ZnpvuQit2P_UWq1y5rCn7KitqM-930x626.jpg

    If you look back at the old photos it does look like a nice, diverse, mutual aid/community defense group. But you also have to consider the context. This is shortly before Bernard Goetz. It's after the vigilante fetishization in response to austerity and urban crime portrayed in mass media.

    Plus, consider why they're so prolific. If this was a true community policing group, why are they in 150 cities and even international? Why would the powers that be let them exist in such a way if they didn't benefit the existing police state? This is just free police patrol work and voluntary surveillance. Which is pretty funny given the time they formed. NYC had a huge budget crisis in the 70s and began austerity (corresponding to changing sentiments about economic theory aka neoliberalism). So of course the city welcomed volunteer cops who would patrol for hours and make citizen arrests.