Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Real-world "superhero" arrested (10/18/2011)

Last weekend in Seattle, an alleged superhero was arrested after he saved a man from getting beat up. Benjamin Fodor, aka Phoenix Jones, sprayed the assailant with pepper spray, for which the victim was grateful. Two hours later, he jumped into a group of people in front of club, and sprayed them too. He claimed that he was breaking up a fight, but the group said otherwise, so he was arrested.

The idea of real-world superheroes has been growing popular recently, especially in Seattle. In fact, Benjamin Fodor is one of the main forces behind the Rain City Superhero Movement, a group of "heroes" in Seattle. According to him, there is nothing wrong with what he did. "I decided to make a difference and stop crime in my neighbourhood," he said.

I find it pretty ironic that a superhero got arrested. It seemed to me like the group of people overreacted because he was wearing a costume. His intentions were clear, and he didn't mean to harm any innocent people. These people should not be deemed crazy because of their costumes. However, at the same time they need to realize that some criminals can't be caught with pepper spray, and require professional crime fighters.

Full article: The Globe and Mail

2 comments:

  1. It is very funny to me that a man who was trying to help someone, gets arrested for his actions. The man should know that when you wear a superhero costume, and its not halloween, people will think you are crazy and will not think very highly of you. His intentions could have been good, however they also could have been to just pepperspray innocent people. To me he should have some kind of punishment, but not too severe.

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  2. Just another guy that want to be famous. There are always these guys that are weak, got no superhero abilities but just wanted to beat bad guys like how they do it in the movies, so they start spraying people with pepper spray. I guess he achieved what he wanted in the first attempt and got too excited that he tried to do it on some random people.I mean he must have really had fun with spraying people and hurting people.

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