New York City's volunteer crime-fighting squad the Guardian Angels has been patrolling Morningside Park in the wake of the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors earlier this monthNew York City's volunteer crime-fighting squad the Guardian Angels has been patrolling Morningside Park in the wake of the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors earlier this month. After the harrowing attack, the Guardian Angels have taken it upon themselves to patrol the 30-acre park. The Guardian Angels was founded in 1979 in New York City in response to a spike of crime. 35 years later the same problem is happening all over the city,' The Alliance of Guardian Angels posted on December 16. The Guardian Angels said they'd have to triple their patrol efforts in the coming year.

Source: The Guardian December 22, 2019 15:44 UTC