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Real Life Super Hero Arrested

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-super-enough dept.

First time accepted submitter Pat Attack writes "In an ironic twist of fate, Phoenix Jones, a self-styled super hero from Seattle, has landed in jail. Jones happened upon a group of people fighting in the street and tried to stop the fight using pepper spray. He was arrested by police on four counts of assault. The New York Daily News quotes Jones: 'I've been shot once and I don't really want it to happen again. I've been stabbed twice, hit with a baseball bat and had my nose broken,' he says. 'But in all those incidents I helped someone who was in danger. If someone is going to take that punishment it should be the guy in body armor,' he said."

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  1. Re:Ironically or maybe sadly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Officer Anthony Bologna has yet to be given his comeuppance.

  2. Re:Sounds sort of like a militia by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, in the U.S. at least, the Guardian Angels have been around for decades.

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  3. Re:HBO "Superheroes" documentary on these guys by Inda · · Score: 3, Informative

    We have two sorts plastic policemen in the UK.

    The Specials (not the yellow bus type) - full body amour, full powers, part timers, normally attend Friday and Saturday night pissed up punch-ups and football matches. Hated because they do it for free - it's all about gaining power and gold stars.

    Community Service Officers - no power, only report crimes. Jumped up little Hitlers. The next step up from a traffic warden. Useless waste of money as they get paid a wage.

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    This post contains benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide.
  4. Re:Article is Wrong - Guy Has Become a Pest by Aeiri · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uhhh.... okay. Friends claim there is no fight, fine. They still hit a random guy with their car: http://vimeo.com/30307440 I'm no fan of vigilantism and I think he was being a self-righteous ass in this instance, but there WAS crime being committed, people were getting attacked.

  5. Re:Darmok and Jalad at Seattle by suso · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hate it when I can't remember which NG episode that is from... Brilliant!

    Darmok

  6. Re:Darmok and Jalad at Seattle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's the video of the incident: http://vimeo.com/30307440 It's gotten a lot of air time here in Seattle. The people he broke up the fight on said to the responding police that they were just "dancing in the street" and the officer that showed up apparently had some personal dislike for Phoenix and booked him. Hoping the arraignment hearing tomorrow goes well for him as it clearly should. Also completely ignored by police is the video evidence of the dancing people getting in their BMW and trying to hit the guy they were fighting with.