Elsewhere in the ist-a-verse

Chicagoist watched a video of a group of Guardian Angels detaining a graffiti tagger and a debate raged as to whether the Angels used excessive force.
Phillyist really digs roller derby.
Shanghaiist saw our city ignore the economic crisis long enough to log the most expensive house buy ever -- $30 million for a mansion in the middle of nowhere.
Torontoist reported on a street in their city's east end with two businesses named after Barack Obama right beside one-another (and, thus, feuding over the name), and then reported on the tidy
resolution to the whole mess.
Bostonist watched St. Patrick's Day revelers get drunk.
LAist has been feeding their "Recession Obsession" lately by chowing down mightily on some cheap and local fare; this week: Pupusas.
Londonist spent far too long playing with the newly launched Google Street View for London and looking out for some of the more amusing sights.
Seattlest got religion this week when Mars Hill hosted a Nightline debate on Satan's existence (Y/N?) and the Seattle presbytery voted on gay and lesbian ordination.
Gothamist was saddened when Tony-winning stage and film actress Natasha Richardson died after suffering a brain injury while skiing.
SFist wondered if jail time for taggers was a reasonable way to clean up the city.
DCist looked into why a D.C. Council member supports a Salvadoran political party.

Compiled by SFist editor Brock Keeling

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on March 22, 2009 4:16 PM

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longacre

Why exactly would you spit on Guardian Angels? What did they ever do to you?

And good luck spitting on Hasids. You'll do 25 years for that.

SikBug

So people are allowed to take the law into their own hands now? That looks more than a citizen's arrest to me.

Spirit of 76

No, it's legal. They're detaining him until the police arrive, which the law allows in citizen's arrests. If they tried to move him to a police station, that would be illegal.

Spirit of 76

Wow, how does Matty find the time to comment both here and Chicagoist regularly?

The tagger got off easy. If he hadn't acted up so much, they probably would have just let him sit against the wall. Although I'm sure more than a few people wouldn't have minded if he had tried to escape and squirmed his way onto the tracks to a messy end.

WhereAmI

then fucking sue their asses into oblivion, those guardian angels are still one of the few people i would spit on and dare them to do something, them and the hasids, otherwise i'm a pretty nice guy

henricus

Where's the internet tough guy meme when you need it? Good job Guardian Angels; if more people had hobbies like protecting people and property on the subway instead of vandalizing property the city would be a bit better. If you want to practice your graffiti do it on your own property or on a canvas.