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
hlthe2b
(106,329 posts)Aristus
(68,327 posts)n/t
hlthe2b
(106,329 posts)hlthe2b
(106,329 posts)anyone know if they are related?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Sliwa
LauraInLA
(1,304 posts)hlthe2b
(106,329 posts)BaronChocula
(2,517 posts)of Curtis Sliwa. Anthony (Paterson's stepson) was the product of that marriage.
Drum
(9,767 posts)LauraInLA
(1,304 posts)Ptah
(33,492 posts)hlthe2b
(106,329 posts)LauraInLA
(1,304 posts)Pachamama
(17,013 posts)He is the father of Anthony
niyad
(119,887 posts)hlthe2b
(106,329 posts)et tu
(1,883 posts)are just ripe with violence
LauraInLA
(1,304 posts)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)canuckledragger
(1,922 posts)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)Any relation to Curtis Sliwa, the Guardian Angels douchebag?
That would be ironic
Rhiannon12866
(222,072 posts)617Blue
(1,611 posts)Might be more (or less) to this story.
Polybius
(17,798 posts)But yes, I too am waiting for more details to come out.
Farmer-Rick
(11,398 posts)"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 didnt start the fight. They were arguing."
So seems these people know each other but not enough to know Peterson is blind. Weird.