The leader of the Guardian Angels‘ Chicago franchise leads a double life, railing against graffiti artists and possibly violating their civil liberties as a so-called “crime fighter”, while promoting the practice through his work in the hip-hop community.
Self-described “underground hip hop officer” Michael Fuentes is an active member of the Chicago hip hop artist community, broadcasting his rather uninspiring mixes over the Internet under the moniker “DJ 3rd Rail.” Fuentes also sells mixtapes titled “subway hip hop” and has a graffiti discussion forum on his website (UPDATE: Fuentes’ website,
www.DJ3rail.com, has been suspended due to non payment).
However, in his role as leader of the Guardian Angels Chicago franchise, Fuentes has “Zero Tolerance” against nuisance crime, including graffiti artists who dare to practice their “art” in front of him. Here, in this video shot by Guardian Angels members in an effort to promote their group, we see Fuentes and company in action against the “artists” he so heavily promotes:
The video not only raises civil rights abuse questions; it is also a clear violation of Guardian Angels protocol. In separate interviews with The Right Perspective, both Fort Pierce, Florida franchise leader Steve Horton and Regional Tactical Trainer for the Los Angeles franchise, Peter Steeves, insist that the role of Angel patrols is to be an extra set of “eyes and ears” for police. According to both Horton and Steeves, Guardian Angels are trained to report any crimes they see to officers, and not apprehend suspects. However, as we can see in the above video, and this video below where they falsely imprison an American citizen because they believe he is smoking marijuana, the Chicago Guardian Angels clearly overstep their directive:
While an argument can made for the art of graffiti and against spraypainting another person’s property, we see that in Fuentes’ own bio that he himself was once a “tagger”:
I started buying and listening to records in late ‘81. Around ‘83, my cousin (Papo) bought some turntables; one Technique with no pitch…and a Pioneer with pitch; and a GLI mixer. I practiced blending records using my fingers to control the speed. Around this time Breakdancing was my thing.
In ‘84, I got a birthday gift of two Technique 100’s. I used all my paper route & car wash money to buy records. I stopped Breaking in ‘85 and got into doing Graf, while continuing to mix.
“The video circulating on youtube [sic] is unacceptable,” writes hip hop blogger Seel Fresh, who claims to have known Fuentes years ago. “”officer we have graffiti writers’ Cmon KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID… what part of the game is that? (word to scheme lol)”
“I think you are off your rocker, pimpin. Straight up. I never commented when you got out of pocket and WROTE IN ALL CAPS in other forum posts in the past, trying to pull old school rank because you were doing you, even though I may not have agreed, you were doing you and i respect that,” writes Seel Fresh.
“Nonetheless, your new found pride in being an anti-graf guardian angel is cool or whatever,( i guess) but it invalidates your hip hop props. If you wanna do that—- quit wnur, give up public djing , go into isolation, and kick it at cop bars. You dont even get paid for being a guardian angel. what the fuck is the point?,” writes Seel Fresh.
“Who are you protecting? stupid fucking yuppies/hipsters on the western blue line from “eyesores” cmon kiiiiiiid . you are wrong and you know it. I dont feel safe talking to you if i see you. I am really dissapointed and disenchanted with this shit because you used to be a pretty cool guy,” writes Seel Fresh.
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Thanks to “Loyal Jedi Knight” Felix for the information found in this article.
Slammin’ and jammin’. Watching the videos is more fun than the Tonite Show. (Why does it take forever for the police to arrive?)
Isn’t it obvious that this chapter is out of control? That attacking individuals who are helpless is the hallmark of the GA? Notice, when an innocent student of colour was beaten with a railroad tie last year the GA never showed up to that school. Were they frightened of confronting real violent thugs instead of some kid smoking a doobie? Or some minority teenager with artistic perchants expressing himself? This is a violent cult! It’s leader has used the language of violence: “slammin’ and jammin’, “theraputic backmassage”, “an attitude adjustment”, and the most scary, “sucking concrete” i.e. put someone’s head into the pavement! The good law abiding citizens of Chicago who saw this attrocity were outrage at the manhandling of this innocent child by these storm Troopers in their clown outfits. They resemble Hitler’s S.S. Uniformed, thugish,struting around to inspire fear in those who peacefully go about their business. Throughout the Third World we see the armies of dictators wearing berets as they oppress innocent victims. Just like the GA! Whether in Congo, Rawanda, Lybia, or Venezuela, uniformed thugs strut in their berets! This individual is clearly deranged. He has fantasies of being a “crimefighter”, yet he has no right to “detain” someone, and needs his own militia to do so! Why didn’t he, like his cult leader become a cop? Ans: being a cop has real risks to one’s safety, so it’s easier to “play cop” than be one! Please good people of Chicago you don’t need these junior Al Capones on your streets! Save Chicago’s reputation and just say Operation No Angels now!
My God!!! That video of these thugs remind me Hitler’s S.S. attacking innocent people in the name of their Fuhrer! Is there really any difference? The Nazis said that they were doing it for the “good of society” by protecting society from “undesirables”. How long until an inncoent person is killed in one of their “actions”? They beg for money like panhandlers,even though their fuhrer lives in a million and a half dollar condo, like all cult leaders he sends his stooges out to beg whilst he lives in luxury!!! They are like streetwalkers and he’s their pimp! The ignorant, stupid, halfwitted, knownothings, illiterate and those with no self esteem join, just like those who became the S.A. Losers, with nothing going for them. The clown outfit gives them a sense of worth to their worthless existance! To think that these zombies walk among us! Operation No Angels! Clean up Chicagoland!
The good citizens of Chicago and ILLinios should DEMAND a congressional investigation of this dangerous and violent cult! These storm troopers in their berets must be stopped before some innocent victim is killed or chronically injured by them in one of their violent rampages on the Chicago subway!
The person in this photo is obviously deranged and seems to posess violent tendencies! This is what this cult attracts, dimwits, halfwits, nitwits, illiterates, drones, morons, idiots, and knuckle dragging proto humanoids! For God’s sake, don’t allow these troglytes to rampage through Chicago! Write to your congressman to stop them before they commit God knows what on some innocent tagger or self medicating individual! Operation No Angels!
I think you just cut off your head to spite your nose. How can you possibly say you're conservative when you're defending the rights of scum graffiti criminals and idiots who are so stupid they smoke weed in public. You can't have it both ways, railing for conservative values and then just because you love to hate Sliwa and the Angels, you'd support bin Laden or Hugo Chavez if they were against the Angels. You wouldn't even call the police if you saw a graffiti vandal in action. They're not friggin artists! They cost society, companies, and taxpayers millions each year. I'm glad someone is taking those scumbags down. Oh, the civil rights of criminals and dope heads? Are you serious? When did you join the left?
Typical GA neo Nazi response! Calling kids who are expressing themselves, by tagging as "scum". Yes, moron, the SS got rid of societie's, "undesirables". Is that what you thugs would like to do to these kids? Smoking weed in public? Wow! What a big crime! How about going to Vegas and taking on the gangs that terrorize people? Scared to? You better believe it, Cholo! The cops are trained to cope with these kinds of situations, not dimwitted streetwalkers for Sliwa! Conservative? You don't even know the meaning of it! Listen, halfwit, someone is smoking weed in public, so you dolts "spring into action", like those thugs in Chicago. Okay, just plain smoking in a public place such as a resturant or bar is illegal in most states, so why don't you "detain" these smokers for the cops? God, are you people stupid! But that's how you're recruited to join, morons are welcome. And like that psycho from Chicago, who ENCOURAGED tagging, you won't answer the facts about your fuhrer, Sliwa! Don't try to turn it on me, jackass! Now be a good streetwalker and beg for some more money for your pimp, the media shyster and degenerate liar, Sliwa!. Oh, and btw, putting your hands on someone to "detain" them is a violation of their civil rights! But you neo Nazi thugs fall right into line! Okay, you're not neo Nazis, you're just a bunch of losers out to make a name for yourselves and a buck for Sliwa!
@Frank: Yur juss jellus o'my Moolah Schmoolah. ducats, lettuce, do-re-mi. I thought you ws my brother in solidarity, my goombda chich.If we was in jail together, I'd make you my bitch. I didn't mean to disrespect you. Now go hope and get your fuckin' shine box!!!!
We’ve done more to expose this violent cult than anyone,and are proud of it! I saw media shyster and degenerate liar Sliwa on tv tonight, doing his act. This beyond any shadow of a doubt to prove to those doubting Thomases, that he is a media shyster! His phony act of holding the American flag, is an outrage to the good men who died defending it! He is a whore, pure and simple! And can you imagine that anyone can be so stupid as to follow this bum? That is who joins the GA, the intellectually deficit challenged. This pile of garbage out in Chicago never answered on fact about his fuhrer Sliwa or the GA. Just some pathetic loser who wants to be “somebody”. I hope that one day he picks on the wrong tagger or doober and learns his lesson the hard way when Sliwa won’t help him out with his hospital bills! Wake up dickwad!
Shoot The guradian angels bitch ANGELS OF MAYHEM try stopping the Mafia! fuck dj 3rd Rail