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Curtis Sliwa defies de Blasio no-swimming order in front of Parks cops
NY Post ^
| May 24, 2020
| Reuven Fenton and Kate Sheehy
Posted on 05/24/2020 12:39:39 PM PDT by conservative98
Curtis Sliwa hopped into the water off Coney Island on Sunday, defying Mayor Bill de Blasio’s no-swimming order — and mocking hapless city Parks Department cops who watched him from shore as a crowd cheered him on.
The mayor had warned last week, “Anyone tries to get in the water, they’ll be taken right out of the water,” while also threatening summonses for violators as the city battles to keep the coronavirus under control by banning swimming for now.
But Sliwa, dressed in a wet suit — and his trademark red Guardian Angels beret — strolled into the surf and swam around for about an hour without consequence, while a crowd of people on a pier near the old Parachute Jump cheered for him.
Seven or eight Parks officers tried ordering the Guardian Angels’ founder and mayoral candidate out of the drink at one point, but when he refused, they just stood and stared from the sand.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: deblasio; liberty; sliwa
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To: conservative98
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To: conservative98
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posted on
05/24/2020 12:43:32 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
To: conservative98
Good for Sliwa. Cops probably respect him over Deblasio, since they did NOT follow his orders.
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posted on
05/24/2020 12:43:35 PM PDT
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
To: conservative98
Very good!
To exercise freedom is to be free.
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posted on
05/24/2020 12:46:55 PM PDT
by
chris37
(China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
To: conservative98
I give them credit for not going into his back yard and shooting his dog.
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05/24/2020 12:56:45 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: conservative98
Lots of fatties in uniform!
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05/24/2020 1:03:24 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1z)
To: conservative98
..But, but the mayor said any swimmers would be literally dragged out of the water! Good for you Sliwa, to call their bluff.
To: conservative98
I met Sliwa once on W34th Street near Madison Square Garden.IIRC that's near where WABC had their studios and it was during the time he had a radio show on WABC.
A nice,friendly guy...he gave me his business card and I still have it...somewhere!
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posted on
05/24/2020 1:44:50 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: leaning conservative
Unlike DiBlasio,Sliwa very probably *does* give two $hits if the cops contract the Wuhan Flu.
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05/24/2020 1:46:35 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: Gay State Conservative
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posted on
05/24/2020 1:56:28 PM PDT
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
To: Gay State Conservative
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posted on
05/24/2020 2:02:55 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: Fred Hayek
Wouldn’t that be something!! I’d love to see it.
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posted on
05/24/2020 2:12:57 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
To: conservative98
When the Parks Department (my high school summer employer) get their own cops?
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posted on
05/24/2020 2:17:46 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
To: chris37
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Does Jeffrey know about this?
To: Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON
Apparently it erased the pings when I posted.
To: Gay State Conservative
Met him at my dad’s Brooklyn Prep reunion, 20 something years ago. Very nice man.
To: Larry Lucido
Who’s Jeffery? Sorry if that’s a dumb question.
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05/24/2020 2:42:43 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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