Former blue state governor and stepson brutally beaten by gang of teenagers

Shocking new footage captures the moment a roving group of teenagers and two city housing authority employees allegedly brutally beat former New York Governor David Paterson and his stepson in the Big Apple.

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, whose son Anthony Chester Sliwa is Paterson’s stepson, posted shocking footage of the Oct. 4 attack on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“I am disgusted to see two adults protesting their innocence after attacking a 20-year-old man and a 70-year-old man who are legally blind,” Sliwa wrote Wednesday. “If a former governor can’t even be safe from violence, no one is safe. Too many families in #NYC have seen a loved one victimized by violence.”

“He is still recovering from being badly beaten to the ground, while he stood his ground alongside Governor Paterson who is also recovering,” the elder Sliwa wrote.

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Paterson suffered injuries to his face and head, while his 20-year-old stepson suffered facial injuries. Both were treated at a local hospital and released. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, file)

“I read that two of the attackers, both aged 30 and 45, took it upon themselves to attack Anthony and Governor Paterson while the other teenagers were talking trash, before kicking Anthony in the head. ground and hit Paterson,” he continued. “These adults have escalated the violence and are now trying to claim their innocence?

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the attack on former Governor Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson while the two men were walking their dog in Manhattan on Friday evening, authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital on Sunday morning.

The police identified the two teenagers, a 12-year-old male, charged with second-degree gang assault, and a 13-year-old male, charged with third-degree gang assault. Their names have not been released because they are minors.

Detectives were searching for five suspects they believe were involved in the attack on Paterson and his stepson shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday on the Upper East Side.

FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK. DAVID PATERSON, STEPSON ATTACKED BY A GROUP OF SUSPECTS WHILE WALKING A DOG

Police place evidence markers at the crime scene where Paterson and her stepson were allegedly attacked. (Pierre Gerber)

“Everyone is subject to attack — anytime, anywhere,” the elder Sliwa told Fox News Digital. “These random attacks are out of control. (My son) is traumatized.”

Five unidentified individuals confronted Paterson and Sliwa and began a verbal altercation that police say escalated into a physical assault that left the former governor with a head injury and his stepson with a more serious injury in the face. Paterson and his stepson were treated at a local hospital.

On Monday, New York City Housing Authority employees Travor Nurse and Diamond Minter, 34, were arrested in the attack. The nurse is charged with assault and gang assault, a police spokesperson said, while another woman, Diamond Minter, 34, was also charged with gang assault.

On Monday, officers escorted the nurse, 40, out of the 23rd district in handcuffs. When asked by a reporter why he would attack Paterson and his stepson, the nurse replied: “He attacked me” without specifying who he was referring to.

Curtis Silwa said his son, pictured in a still from the brutal video of the attack, was “traumatized”. He suffered a cut to his lip that required five stitches.

When asked what happened, the nurse responded, “Look at my eyes,” showing reporters his injuries before officers put him in the back of a vehicle. police car.

“His son hit me in the eye and I defended myself,” the nurse said before the police slammed the door.

“One of the main reasons I posted (the video) is because the two adult attackers…were taken to court and their legal aid lawyers said ‘no, our clients were peacemakers, they tried to stop it… it was Anthony Sliwa and Governor Paterson who really started the fight,” Curtis Sliwa told Fox News Digital.

“Without this video, let Alvin Bragg handle it. What has he always done? He has always sided with the criminals against the victims,” ​​he continued. “Let’s see how this goes to the grand jury…it’s a litmus test. If (Alvin Bragg) doesn’t defend Paterson, a lifelong friend and politician who rose through the ranks of the Democratic Party with him, who will he defend?

Paterson, who is 70 years old and legally blind, told FreedomNews.TV On Saturday, his stepson first met three of the teens when he spotted them climbing a fire escape to a neighborhood apartment building and shouted that he would call the police if they didn’t come back down not in the street.

The New York Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying five suspects linked to the alleged assault. (NYPD, Peter Gerber)

“They came down. He got involved with one of them and that was kind of the end,” Paterson said.

The former governor said he and his stepson later met with the teens and their friends. on Second Avenue and an argument ensued.

Paterson said that while the teens were arguing with her stepson, two other adults intervened and started the fight that ensued.

“The kids didn’t start the fight,” Paterson said. “They were arguing. Then when the fight started, everyone started fighting.”

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Diamond Minter, 34, is eliminated from the 23rd PCT. Monday October. September 7, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. Minter is in custody in connection with an alleged assault this weekend against former New York Governor David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson, Anthony Chester Sliwa. (Barry Williams for Fox News Digital)

Paterson told reporters he was punched “several times in the face” and shoulder.

“The person who hit me in the shoulder, I threw him against the McDonald’s window myself,” Paterson said.

Paterson said he suffered bruising and pain to his head. Sliwa, also beaten and bruised, received a cut lip that required five stitches, Paterson said.

Curtis Sliwa told Fox News Digital that if Paterson hadn’t jumped into the fold, “there’s no doubt in my mind that my son could have been dead.”

Police have released descriptions of the five suspects and asked for the public’s help in identifying them.

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Trevor Nurse, 40, is dismissed from the 23rd PCT. Monday October. September 7, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. The nurse is charged in connection with an alleged assault over the weekend against former New York Governor David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson, Anthony Chester Sliwa. (Barry Williams for Fox News Digital)

The former Democratic governor’s spokesperson, Sean Darcy, previously told Fox News Digital that Paterson and his stepson were released from the hospital early Saturday morning.

“The governor’s only request is that people refrain from attempting to resort to an unfortunate act of violence for their own personal or political gain,” Darcy said. “He and his wife, Mary, are grateful for the quick response from police and for the outpouring of support they have received from people from all walks of life.”

Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor from 2008 to 2010, assuming the role after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned following a scandal involving sex workers.

Stephen Sorace, Landon Mion and Chris Pandolfo of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.