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
dear friend heads testify
My very dear friend who is a friend no more didn't even give me a heads up that he was going to testify for my enemy.
hardest jury last radio rendered week worse
Last week was the hardest week of radio I've ever had to do. It may be even worse now that the jury has rendered its decision.
angels guardian interest none
Remember, none of this would have come about if there weren't interest to have Guardian Angels from people.
protection starts
It all starts with the protection of the victim.
achieve job police political ten tough tougher
We were able to achieve a lot without any political or police support. It just makes a tough job ten times tougher to do, but it can still be done.
anger chance missile stifled trial waiting
The anger that I had going into the first trial was stifled because I had a chance to tell my story. I was like an MX missile waiting to go off. Now I'm more like a can of deodorant.
cars games
When the games are in effect, cars are violated; there have been break-ins into cars.
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.