Is THIS the way to beat the vandals?; FAMILIES FED-UP WITH ATTACKS AT A BIRMINGHAM CEMETERY HAVE CALLED IN THE CONTROVERSIAL GUARDIAN ANGELS TO HELP.

From: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) | Date: August 20, 1999 | Copyright information

Families heartbroken by repeated vandal attacks on the last resting places of their loved ones have called in the controversial Guardian Angels to help patrol a Birmingham cemetery. Chief Reporter MARTIN BANKS asks if they will be welcome, and what they hope to achieve.

WITH their red berets and cocky stride, the Guardian Angels were as much a part of the New York landscape in the 1980s as the random acts of violence and crime they were trying to control.

But their activities led to their being described as "the notorious American vigilante group", raising fears about ...

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