Curtis Sliwa
Curtis Sliwa
Curtis Sliwais an American anti-crime activist, founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, and radio talk show host and media personality...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth26 March 1954
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
angel men gang-members
What we do best is we target the young men and women who are on the fringe. They could go either way. Maybe they have been in trouble before, but not serious trouble. ... We cherry-pick them and circumvent them away from the gang members and drug dealers ... (and encourage) them to hang out with us and become a Guardian Angel.
air week shots
I'm a fast healer. I was on the air a week after I got shot.
events be-careful careful
I'm never in one place. I also have to be careful at public events.
years justice waiting
I've been waiting 13 years for justice.
wife my-wife percent
My wife disagrees with 100 percent of what I say. That's the same marriage I have.
thinking upset want
No one tells me what they think because they're either intimidated by me, or they don't want to upset me.
block school night
Block Watch, Crime Watch, we have hundreds of thousands of Americans, every day and night, risking their lives, going out for no pay as volunteers, protecting Americans like all of you and not asking anything in return. And the other day I'm speaking in a high school in New Jersey and the youngsters go, oh, you're just like Zimmerman.
block angel thinking
I've buried six Guardian Angels who have been shot and killed in the line of duty. I was stalked myself, had a gunman go pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, five hollow point bullets, God save me. What do you think this is? This isn't Zimmerman. But unfortunately, he's become the face of Block Watch, Crime Watch.
empowering gang ifs
If you do nothing, that just empowers the gangs.
men giving church
It's a disgrace to see my church giving Holy Communion to a man who helped lead a reign of terror. What is the message? You kill, you maim, you commit crime, and you gain sanctuary. It's shameful.
minutes seconds
I figured I had seconds, maybe minutes to live.
thinking invincible
I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.
actions box change course february safe sound starting sure testimony time witness
At any moment, at any time I could be attacked. So, I've got to change the course of my actions and I've got to make sure I'm alive, safe and sound so that I can go back into that witness box and give testimony starting February 13th.
asked board school teachers
Some teachers have asked us -- not through the school board or anything -- to come in and help.