National Guard patrol New York City subways after a string of violent crimes

The National Guard patrolled New York City subways after a string of violent crimes.Source: AP

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00:00 Recently, yeah, it's been a little unsafe.

00:03 So I think they should kind of like control it before it gets out of hand.

00:07 People just fighting over seats.

00:08 They could be slashed.

00:09 The other day they slashed a conductor and that's not cool.

00:12 You know, people should be going to work, relaxed and you know, taking the train and

00:16 even our tourists that come over here, they should be safe.

00:19 Checking bags is a kind of going into your property and I don't approve of that.

00:24 I don't allow it when I go to Walmart and I don't know why I would allow it in the MTA.

00:30 I don't want them to be somebody searching my bag.

00:33 For what?

00:34 Sometimes when I'm in a hurry and I have a bag, I don't like to be stopped, you know,

00:38 so then I try to see, did they stop me?

00:41 If they're going to stop somebody else that doesn't look like me, but in general, I hope

00:46 they do what's right.

00:47 Yes, it is random and we need it.

00:49 And if you don't have a problem, what's the problem?

00:50 Just open your bag.

00:52 You know, we have to do it at the movies anyway, you know, because when you go to a movie,

00:55 you have to open up your bag to make sure you don't have a firearm so that you don't

00:58 shoot up the movie theater.

00:59 I do it all the time.

01:01 Okay.

01:02 Not a big deal.

01:03 You know, if you don't have anything to hide, why you can't open up your bag?

01:05 I've been working here in New York City for 14 months straight.

01:08 I've been riding the subway every single day.

01:10 My own personal anecdote is I have not seen any crime.

01:13 We might do have terrorists that still amongst us, I mean, but honestly, I believe that we

01:19 We just need them here to protect our people.