After a spate of recent muggings and robberies, a group of 20 Bedford-Stuyvesant men started escorting people home as they got off the train and are walking through the neighborhood reaching out to young men.

They're not part of a political club, they don't come from any one church and they've never been particularly active in the community – until now.

They also sponsored a neighborhood outreach walk earlier this month, stopping to talk to young men hanging out on the corners.

(READ the story at NY Daily News)