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Polybius

(17,798 posts)
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 02:51 PM Oct 5

Former Gov. David Paterson of New York Assaulted in Manhattan

Source: NY Times

David A. Paterson, a former governor of New York, and his stepson were injured in an assault on a Manhattan street on Friday evening, the Police Department said.

Mr. Paterson, 70, and his stepson, Anthony Sliwa, 20, were walking in the Upper East Side at about 8:30 p.m. when they were attacked after a verbal altercation with five people, according to the police.

Mr. Paterson suffered minor injuries to his face and body, while Mr. Sliwa received minor injuries to his face, the police said. Both were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.

A spokesman for the Police Department said the former governor was not believed to have been targeted in the assault.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/nyregion/david-paterson-governor-new-york-attack.html

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Former Gov. David Paterson of New York Assaulted in Manhattan (Original Post) Polybius Oct 5 OP
Is his stepson, Anthony Sliwa related to Guardian Angel's founder, Curtis Silwa? Anyone know? hlthe2b Oct 5 #1
Unless the editor got it wrong, the name is Sliwa, not Silwa. Aristus Oct 5 #2
Ahh, misread it. Thanks hlthe2b Oct 5 #3
Yes. Curtis Sliwa--founder of Guardian Angels & Paterson stepson is Anthony Sliwa (so now that the spelling is correct, hlthe2b Oct 5 #9
I can't find anything about Curtis Sliwa (or Sliwa) and the Hell's Angels. Do you have a reference I can read? LauraInLA Oct 5 #6
Probably not related to the story, but here's his wiki page hlthe2b Oct 5 #8
Mary Galda is Paterson's current wife and ex-wife BaronChocula Oct 5 #12
Curtis Sliwa Guardian Angels in NYC, not Hell's Angels Drum Oct 5 #16
Thank you! Makes a lot more sense ;). LauraInLA Oct 5 #17
Do you mean Guardian Angels? Ptah Oct 5 #11
YES! 'Sorry, this is what happens when I watch UGA play Auburn while posting...LOL hlthe2b Oct 5 #13
Ok, that explains the confusion ;) LauraInLA Oct 5 #14
Yes - Patterson's wife was married previously to Curtis Sliwa Pachamama Oct 5 #15
Guardian Angels, not Hell's Angels. niyad Oct 5 #19
I corrected it several times but missed that one. Was watching football as I posted. hlthe2b Oct 5 #20
oh my- the blue states et tu Oct 5 #4
I read the article using archive.ph. LauraInLA Oct 5 #5
I almost missed this. 'Thought you would respond to my question upstream, but thanks, nonetheless... hlthe2b Oct 5 #10
But the thing is...they are NOT an 'anti-crime' group. canuckledragger Oct 5 #18
"his stepson, Anthony Sliwa" JoseBalow Oct 5 #7
And isn't Governor Paterson blind?? Rhiannon12866 Oct 6 #21
Anthony Sliwa? "Verbal altercation" Hmmmm..... 617Blue Oct 6 #22
Even if Sliwa started it, a blind 70 year old man was still assaulted Polybius Oct 7 #24
Wow, that's pretty low down Farmer-Rick Oct 6 #23

hlthe2b

(106,329 posts)
9. Yes. Curtis Sliwa--founder of Guardian Angels & Paterson stepson is Anthony Sliwa (so now that the spelling is correct,
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:19 PM
Oct 5

anyone know if they are related?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Sliwa

LauraInLA

(1,304 posts)
6. I can't find anything about Curtis Sliwa (or Sliwa) and the Hell's Angels. Do you have a reference I can read?
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:15 PM
Oct 5

BaronChocula

(2,517 posts)
12. Mary Galda is Paterson's current wife and ex-wife
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:40 PM
Oct 5

of Curtis Sliwa. Anthony (Paterson's stepson) was the product of that marriage.

LauraInLA

(1,304 posts)
5. I read the article using archive.ph.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:13 PM
Oct 5

“The former governor and Mr. Sliwa had been on a walk near their home when they encountered the five people, Sean Darcy, a spokesman for Mr. Paterson, said in a statement on Friday night. Mr. Sliwa had had “a previous interaction” with the five people, Mr. Darcy added, though details of that interaction were not immediately clear.

Mr. Sliwa is the son of Curtis Sliwa, a former Republican mayoral candidate and the founder of the Guardian Angels, an anti-crime group.”

hlthe2b

(106,329 posts)
10. I almost missed this. 'Thought you would respond to my question upstream, but thanks, nonetheless...
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:22 PM
Oct 5

canuckledragger

(1,922 posts)
18. But the thing is...they are NOT an 'anti-crime' group.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 08:54 PM
Oct 5

I know you were just posting what was in the article...but Sliwa has a history of assaulting people him and his gang of thugs don't like the look of, most recently caught on camera during a fox 'news' shoot.

They assaulted an innocent man and accused him of shoplifting. He's a violent, abusive, lying coward that only serves his own self interests.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2024/02/08/fox-news-live-tv-guardian-angels-attack-man-cprog-orig-fj.cnn

JoseBalow

(5,138 posts)
7. "his stepson, Anthony Sliwa"
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:16 PM
Oct 5

Any relation to Curtis Sliwa, the Guardian Angels douchebag?

That would be ironic

Polybius

(17,798 posts)
24. Even if Sliwa started it, a blind 70 year old man was still assaulted
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 12:59 PM
Oct 7

But yes, I too am waiting for more details to come out.

Farmer-Rick

(11,398 posts)
23. Wow, that's pretty low down
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 08:12 AM
Oct 6

"A spokesman for the Police Department said the former governor was not believed to have been targeted in the assault. Mr. Paterson is legally blind but there was no indication that the attackers were aware of this."

He was the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state.

"Mr. Sliwa saw some of them going up the fire escape of a brick building on Second Avenue, Mr. Paterson said, and “yelled at them to come down or he was going to call the cops.”

“They came down and he got into it with one of them and that was kind of the end of it,” Mr. Paterson said.

Soon afterward, however, Mr. Sliwa brought the dog home and went back outside with Mr. Paterson, where they encountered the group again, the former governor said.

Mr. Paterson said two adults had joined the fray, and that they physically assaulted him and his stepson.

“It was a bigger argument that ensued but interestingly enough, two adults intervened and actually started the fight,” Mr. Paterson said. “The kids didn’t start the fight. They were arguing.”"

So seems these people know each other but not enough to know Peterson is blind. Weird.


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