CHERRY BLOSSOM PARADE
0900: Four Guardian Angels meet at the Anacostia metro station and took the train to L’enfant Plaza to meet up with four other Guardian Angels.
0930: A total of eight Guardian Angels meet at L’enfant Plaza and proceeded to Gallery Place via the Greenline to attend the Cherry Blossom Festival.
10:38: Guardian Angels arrive at the Cherry Blossom Festival and began recruiting. Public support was very high, many received us positively.
10:52 A police officer notified us that a man has fallen on his head on 7th and Constitution and needed medical assistance. He asked if we were able to help; three Guardian Angels responded to the aid of a Caucasian man while the other five continued recruiting within the immediate area. The ambulance arrived at the same time and took over the scene.
13:10 The Guardian Angels proceed to the Federal Triangle metro station at the end of the Parade to go to Anacostia to recruit and patrol; Parade Patrol Ceases.
Anthony Feliciano
Guardian Angels Recruit
Anacostia Report
0100 hours, the Guardian Angels arrived in Anacostia. It was me, Shaggy, Lawman, Bulldog, Skyler, and a few new members. Bulldog had to go home. For about 20 minutes we waited for the bus.
When the bus finally arrived around 0130 hours, we boarded and it took us to Martin Luther King Street. When we got out, we began our street patrol. We approached a park where there were some new trees growing. A man about 60 approached us and gave us some words of encouragement. His words did not exactly follow, which leads me to question whether or not he was sane/homeless.
Within the next few minutes, we approached some very young kids sitting on the stoop of a row house. There was one kid about 19, and then kids who were very young, ranging from age 12 to 14. We walked over, handed out some cards and told them about our organization. We then walked over to a part where there was a swing that had been thrown over the bar, and the chains all tangled up. At my suggestion, we fixed it, as that is a way to help the community. Skyler jumped up to the top of the swingset to untangle it.
0200 we started just walking around the community. We got a lot of positive feedback. A couple gave us their names. Another man who said he was a boxing coach gave us his name as well.
0230 we went back around the block. It was a fairly quiet day.
We patrolled from MLK and Malcolm X to the unit block of Galveston Street. This is the spot the multiple shooting incident resulted in four fatalities. Teddy.Bear’s are up in memory. Outside of the library, a policeman thanked us, and a mom and her daughter also thanked us. We walked across a creek, and waited for the bus to take us back. While waiting for the bus, one car of youth apparently drove past and flipped the middle finger at us. That was the only negative reaction we got. We left at about 0300.
Edmund T Cotter
Guardian Angels Recruit
CHINATOWN/GALLERY PLACE
We arrived at Gallery Place Chinatown Metro at 7pm. We began patrolling the streets surrounding gallery place and posted in Gallery Place itself. For the first hour things were dead calm till around 930 or 10. A group of about 40-60 kids ranging 17-20 years of age gathered. The Guardian Angels posted up in anticipation something was going to happen. Sure enough about 5 minutes later a code red was called in response to a fight breaking out between two young ladies. After a short foot pursuit we were able to separate the two and contain two other small skirmishes going on in the same area. The young lady had her purse taken which is what sparked the fight in the first place as was later revealed. The rest of the night till 1230 we posted up at Gallery Place and walked around the surrounding area. However the rest of the night went by smoothly with no disturbances.
Alex W Young
Guardian Angels Recruit
